The Madison Mallards announced the team has signed Hawaii freshman pitcher Matt Sisto and Fort Hays State junior outfielder Greg Bieker for the 2009 season. Sisto, a 2008 graduate of Cypress (CA) High School, helped lead his team to league championships from 2005-07. The Anaheim native was named a TPX Preseason First Team All-American before his senior year. Meanwhile, Bieker was named to the All-MIAA First Team after leading the Tigers in batting average (.399), hits (79), and doubles (21), and ranking second of the team in home runs (14) and RBI (58) last season. Greg’s brother, Jeff, was a member of the Mallards 2004 Northwoods League Championship team and played in Madison the following summer as well.

Jimmy Swift and Jonas Dufek of Creighton University will be joining current teammate Carson Vitale in Wausau this summer. All three have signed on to play for the Wisconsin Woodchucks, who open their season on May 28th in Eau Claire.

The Green Bay Bullfrogs Baseball Club announced that talented Western Kentucky outfielder Jared Andreoli has signed to play for the Bullfrogs this summer.

Eau Claire Express field manager Dale Varsho announced the addition of three pitchers to his 2009 roster. UC Davis freshmen Tyler Bremer and Scotty Walker will join the team along with Des Moines Area Community College sophomore Cole Nelson. The Express roster now stands at 14.

The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced the signing of Tony Thompson, a 6’5” 225-pound sophomore infielder from the University of Kansas.

The Waterloo Bucks announced the signing of Northern Illinois University freshman Troy White. The 6'0", 190-pound infielder becomes the ninth Buck added to the 2009 roster.

Former decorated Oklahoma high school two-sport athlete Mark Ginther has signed with the Madison Mallards for the 2009 season, giving the team flexibility in finding a cohesive left side of the infield. Ginther, who is being used extensively as a shortstop and third-baseman during his freshman year at Oklahoma State this spring, is a graduate of Jenks High School in Tulsa, OK where he helped lead the school to back-to-back state football championships as a quarterback his junior and senior campaigns. He wasn’t too shabby on the baseball diamond either, hitting .430 with eight home runs and 50 RBI his senior year. He also posted a 9-1 record and 0.99 ERA with 88 strikeouts in 56.2 innings on the mound. Ginther was drafted in the 48th round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced the signing of Nick Ramirez, a 6’3”, 225 pound infielder and left handed pitcher from Cal State Fullerton. The Titans are currently 18-4 and are ranked 1st in the nation by Baseball America.

The Madison Mallards newest roster addition, St. John’s junior outfielder Jimmy Parque, comes to Madison with hopes of trying to differentiate himself from two other rather athletic and successful people named “Jim” in his family. The first “Jim,” his father, was a member of the last Terra Nova Central Coast (CA) baseball championship team in 1980 and was named the team’s MVP. The other “Jim,” his second-cousin, pitched for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998 to 2003 after being selected in the first round of the 1997 supplemental draft from UCLA. The former Bruin enjoyed his best season in the big leagues in 2000, posting a 12-6 record before a torn labrum ended his year.

The La Crosse Loggers continued their roster-building process with a pair of signings from a familiar friend in the San Diego State University program. RHP Addison Reed and OF/IF Brandon Meredith will be joining the Lumbermen for the 2009 campaign.