The Thunder Bay Border Cats are pleased to officially announce that two more players from the 2010 team will be returning as the club has signed first baseman Ty Wosleger and catcher Will Thorp for the 2011 Northwoods League season.
The Northwoods League ventures into the always powerful American League East today as they breakdown the Toronto Blue Jays.
The La Crosse Loggers baseball club announced today that they have signed a pair of junior infielders in Thomas McCarthy (Kentucky) and Trentt Copeland (Evansville).
The Oakland Athletics will begin Spring Training play in three days in Phoenix, AZ and a familiar NWL face will be on their 40-man roster. That familiar face will be Josh Willingham who played in the NWL in 1998 and 1999 for the Austin Southern Minny Stars.
Cameron Amsrud, Milwaukee Panther righty and DC Everest alumnus, has signed with his hometown Wisconsin Woodchucks for the 2011 season.
The Mallards are excited to announce the team has signed sophomore outfielder Niko Fraser and sophomore pitcher Kyle Webb, a pair of teammates from Elon University located in Jacksonville, Florida.
Eau Claire Express field manager Dale Varsho has announced that four more players from the 2010 Northwoods League Championship team have verbally committed for the 2011 season. Ty Forney (New Mexico State), Josh Scheffert (Nebraska), Garrett Custons (Air Force) and Evan Zerff (Long Island) will return to Eau Claire this summer.
In today’s segment of ‘NWL Alumni in Spring Training’ we will focus on the Houston Astros franchise. The Astros currently have 10 plus former NWL players in their organization with Clint Barmes and Mark Melancon in the Major Leagues.
A team can never have enough pitching, especially when the schedule calls for 70 games in 75 days as it does for the 2011 Willmar Stingers. The Stingers are currently building this year’s roster with that mentality in mind.
The Northwoods League (NWL) will be featuring various former NWL players who are in Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training camps over the next month and a half in a daily segment called ‘NWL Alumni in Spring Training’.
