{"id":3410,"date":"2013-07-10T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"2013mlball-starrosterincludes5formernwlplayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/07\/10\/2013mlball-starrosterincludes5formernwlplayers\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 MLB All-Star Roster Includes 5 Former NWL Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<b styleline-height=\"\"><u><span stylefont-size=\"\">Five Former Northwoods League players on 2013 MLB All Star Game Roster<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><i><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Former Logger Max Scherzer heads the list with a perfect 13-0 record<op><\/op><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">On Saturday July 6th the rosters for the National and American League All Stars were announced and five former Northwoods League players will be participating in the 2013 MLB All Star Game at Citi Field in New York on July 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">The five former Northwoods League players are:<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Tigers &#8211; Max Scherzer (La Crosse)<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">White Sox &#8211; Chris Sale (La Crosse)<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Rays &#8211; Ben Zobrist (Wisconsin) <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Nationals &#8211; Jordan Zimmermann (Eau Claire)<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Cardinals &#8211; Allen Craig (Alexandria)<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Max Scherzer is currently 13-0 for the Tigers with a 3.06 ERA. Scherzer has 146 strikeouts in 123.2 innings pitched this season. Scherzer was a 2004 mid season All Star for the Loggers. <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Chris Sale currently has a 2.78 ERA and has two complete games to go along with 123 strikeouts and only 25 walks this season. Sale pitched for the Loggers during the 2008 season and was a mid season All Star.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Ben Zobrist was added as a reserve utility player to this year&amp;rsquos roster. Zobrist has 47 RBI in 87 games and is currently hitting .262 for the Rays. Zobrist played in Wausau with the Woodchucks during the 2003 season.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Jordan Zimmermann is also enjoying an excellent season for the Nationals. He currently has 12 wins and 3 complete games to go along with a sparkling 2.57 ERA. Zimmermann went to college at UW-Stevens Point and pitched for the Express in 2006.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">Former two time, 2003 and 2005, Alexandria Beetle Allen Craig has knocked in 71 runs in 81 games while also hitting 10 home runs. Craig is currently hitting .329 and has a .429 slugging percentage. <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" styleline-height12.0pt=\"\"><span stylefont-size10.0pt=\"\">The Northwoods League has more teams, plays more games, and draws more fans than any other Summer Collegiate League in North America. The 2013 season marks the 20<sup>th<\/sup> season of Northwoods League baseball. 105 former players have gone on to play Major League baseball. Notable alumni of the league include Curtis Granderson (Yankees), Chris Sale (White Sox), Max Scherzer (Tigers), Josh Willingham (Twins) and Jordan Zimmermann (Nationals).<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Five Former Northwoods League players on 2013 MLB All Star Game Roster Former Logger Max Scherzer heads the list with  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2013 MLB All-Star Roster Includes 5 Former NWL Players  - 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