{"id":11852,"date":"2019-03-28T14:22:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:14:33","slug":"bird-is-the-word-a-couple-ducks-become-honkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/2019\/03\/28\/bird-is-the-word-a-couple-ducks-become-honkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird is the Word: A Couple Ducks become Honkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ROCHESTER, MN. \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2019 Rochester Honkers baseball club will feature two players from the University of Oregon: A.J. Miller and Vinny Tosti. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miller is a 6\u20191\u201d, 217-pound infielder from Pataluma, California. He will join the Honkers after completing his freshman season at Oregon. At Casa Grande High School, he hit a .385 batting average, with 12 doubles, 4 triples, and 25 runs batted in (RBIs) as a senior. Miller was named the top-ranked first baseman in California and seventh in the country by Perfect Game, an amateur baseball scouting service. He was also selected a member of first-team All-North Bay League as a senior and junior. As a junior, he batted 0.370 with three home runs and 32 RBIs. He was selected in the 37th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tosti is a 6\u20190\u201d, 193-pound outfielder from Santa Rosa, California. Like Miller, he will join the Honkers following his freshman season at Oregon. In his first 15 collegiate at-bats, he\u2019s already generated 3 RBIs. He was the 59th-ranked player in the nation and the seventh-ranked player in California by Perfect Game. Among outfielders, Tosti ranked 13th nationally and second in the state. He was named honorable mention All-North Bay League as a junior at Cardinal Newman High School before transferring to Mater Dei High School for his senior year. In addition, he was a second-team Underclass All-American selection by Perfect Game in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Honkers will open up the 2019 campaign on May 28 when they host the St. Cloud Rox on Opening Night at Mayo Field. \u00a0Season tickets and new all-you-can-eat ticket packages are available for purchase right now at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterhonkers.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.RochesterHonkers.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or by calling the Honkers front office at 507-289-1170.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rochester Honkers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 26<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">over 200\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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 (MIA).\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.emailsrvr.com\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=Md8hbkEjI7D-eltphWRtYyD6k44HY4TRag2yDAokxO5a5iHFlCjWCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fportal.stretchinternet.com%2fnwl%2f\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northwoods League portal<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterhonkers.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.rochesterhonkers.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Honkers as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">####<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ROCHESTER, MN. \u2013 The 2019 Rochester Honkers baseball club will feature two players from the University of Oregon: A.J.  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