(Green Bay, WI) The Green Bay Bullfrogs Baseball Club has signed four pitchers for the upcoming 2010 season. In the signing is Kimberly’s own Brad Schreiber (Purdue University). Also in the singing are left-handed pitcher Mike Thomas (Rider University), and righties Tim Shibuya (UC-San Diego) and Kirk Porter (Army).
Schreiber is in his freshman year with the Boilermakers and is 0-1 on the season. He has appeared in eight games making one start. In nine and two-thirds innings pitched Schreiber holds an ERA of 6.52, while striking out eight.
Prior to his time with the Boilermakers, Schreiber was the Wisconsin State Player of the Year as a junior and senior at Kimberly High School. He also helped his high school to the 2007 state championship.
Thomas, a junior has appeared in eight games, all are starts. In those eight starts, Thomas has one complete game, and has a record of 5-2. In 54 innings pitched, he holds an ERA of 3.00. He has 62 strikeouts on the year to just 16 walks. Thomas is holding opponents to hit .231 on the year.
Thomas was an MAAC All-Academic team member last year. He led the team in wins last year and was second the year before. Thomas led the team in strikeouts while holding opponents to hit .253. In 2008, Thomas was a member of the NJCBA All-Rookie team.
Shibuya is in his junior year for the Tritons of UC-San Diego and has a record of 8-2 in 11 starts, and has thrown three complete games. In 81 innings of work this year, Shibuya has an ERA of 2.22 with 56 strike outs to 17 walks. Opponents are hitting .247 off him on the season.
As a sophomore, Shibuya pitched a team high 118 2/3 innings. He also earned several awards including All-CCAC, ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region, NCBWA All-West Region, Daktronics All-American and NCBWA All-American. Shibuya also added a National Gold Glove to the collection of awards. As a freshman, Shibuya earned CCAC Freshman of the year, All-Conference honors and was named to the ABCA/Rawlings D-II All-West Region Team.
A native of Lake Zurich, Illinois, Porter is a junior for the Black Knights of Army. On the 2010 season, Porter holds a record of 1-4 with one save and an ERA of 3.86. He has made seven appearances for the Black Knights; six of which were starts. In 35 innings pitched, Porter has 33 strike outs to 14 walks.
Porter is listed as the top player to watch in the Patriot League by Collegiate Baseball magazine. Going into his junior year he has posted a 3.92 career ERA. He emerged as a valuable weapon for Army as a starter last spring.
The Bullfrogs are scheduled to open their season on June 2 against the Battle Creek Bombers at 6:35 P.M. at Joannes Baseball Stadium in Green Bay. Season and Group Tickets for the 2010 season are on sale now. For more information on the Bullfrogs, visit our website www.greenbaybullfrogs.com. You can also follow the Bullfrogs on Facebook and Twitter.
