Wisconsin Rapids- The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters have announced the first additions to the 2019 roster by signing Dixie State pitchers Brayden Bonner and Jimmy Borzone.<\/p>\n
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Jimmy Barzone<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Brayden Bonner<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Bonner, a right-hander out of Murray, Utah, appeared in 15 games out of the bullpen in 2018 for the Trailblazers. In over 23 innings of work, he struck out 18 batters. Bonner surrendered just 9 walks and completed his sophomore campaign with a 1-3 record.<\/p>\n Last summer, with the Chico Heat of the Great West Collegiate Baseball League, Bonner recorded 33 strikeouts over 24 innings and was named an GWCB All-Star.<\/p>\n Borozone a Vancouver, Washington native, as a freshman posted a 4.13 ERA in 28.1 innings, including two starts. He compiled 27 strikeouts with a 3-0 record in the 2018 season for Dixie State.<\/p>\n As a high school senior, Borzone recorded 43 strikeouts and a 1.72 ERA. He was chosen First-Team All-State and PerfectGame named him the no. 8 pitching prospect in Washington.<\/p>\n Bonner and Borzone will be joining the Rafters pitching staff that is coming off a strong season with a 3.69 ERA in 2018. This was the third best ERA in the Northwood League. Wisconsin Rapids 2019 home opener is Friday, May 31, against the Madison Mallards.<\/p>\n Want to attend a Rafters game next season? Rafters 9-Game Ticket Packages are on sale now! For more information on all Rafters ticket offerings visit Raftersbaseball.com, call the Rafthouse at 715-424-5400, or come visit us over at historic Witter Field. The Rafthouse is open from\u00a09:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday\u00a0through\u00a0Friday at Witter Field, 521 Lincoln Street in Wisconsin Rapids.<\/p>\n ###<\/em><\/p>\n The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind.\u00a0A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0including 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).\u00a0\u00a0All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0Northwoods League portal<\/a>. For more information, visit\u00a0\u00a0www.raftersbaseball.com<\/a>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pitchers Bonner and Borzone become first members of Rafters Roster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":10133,"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":[53,15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-player-signings","category-team-news","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Bonner-Head-Shot-150x150.jpg\")