A look at how Lakeshore Chinook alumni performed throughout baseball in 2017!

 

Mitch Ghelfi – Lakeshore Chinooks 2014                   

Milwaukee Brewers

Former UW-Milwaukee catcher Mitch Ghelfi made significant progress in the the revamped Milwaukee Brewers farm system in 2015 and 2016, advancing as high as Advanced A Brevard County. After making his debut with the major league squad in the team’s 2017 Spring training camp, Ghelfi was poised for a pivotal season and got off to a hot start for Milwaukee’s new Advanced A team, the Carolina Mudcats. Ghelfi hit .304 in 17 games before a thumb injury landed him on the DL for most of the summer.  Late in the summer, Ghelfi was reassigned to a familiar team, the Class A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, where he had played 73 games in 2016. While finding his way back from the injury, the Brewers’ 28th Round selection hit just .211 in 17 games to close out the season, but will look to fully recover this off season and continue his ascent through the organization.

 

Will Headean – Lakeshore Chinooks 2014                                                           

San Diego Padres

Left-handed pitcher Will Headean spent most of his third year in the San Diego Padres’ system at Class A Fort Wayne where he logged 85.2 innings and seven starts for the TinCaps. Including a week one promotion to Advanced A Lake Elsinore, the former Illinois State Redbird posted a 4.38 ERA in 32 appearances with 91 strikeouts against just 30 walks. While his 1-6 record may not indicate progress, Headean has posted solid numbers in his career as a both a starter and bullpen arm with a 4.20 career ERA, a 1.42 WHIP, and a 3:1 strikeout to walk ratio of 219 K’s and 70 walks. Drafted in the 13th round of the 2015 MLB Draft, Headean will look to take another step in 2018.

 

 

 

 

Brett Siddall – Lakeshore Chinooks 2014                                         

Oakland Athletics

After being selected in the 13th Round of the MLB Draft, former Canisius College outfielder and 2014 Chinooks’ MVP Brett Siddall had his best season in the pros. Siddall was promoted to the Advanced A Stockton Ports for 2017 and turned in his best season thus far as he hit .300 and belted 21 home runs and drove in 68 runs. With an OPS of .861 and slugging percentage of .495, the young Canadian has emerged as an up and coming prospect for the A’s after being selected as a California League All-Star and an Organization All-Star in the Oakland system. Ports manager Rick Magnante said about Siddall “Once he was able to hone in on pitches ahead or even in the count that he could drive, he showed some production. He worked hard on his defense and really had a very good season for us.”

 

The Lakeshore Chinooks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Entering its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 185 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.lakeshorechinooks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Chinooks as your favorite team.