Illinois Baseball Report

Scott Shaw pitching during the Big Ten Tournament
Fightingillini.com has starting pitcher Scott Shaw up this week for their regular series of University of Illinois baseball player reporting back from their collegiate leagues.
Shaw is pitching for the Waterloo Bucks in the Northwoods League. He’s doing a good job up there with a 2-2 record with a [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 29th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Northwoods League. Coastal Plain League. Central Illinois Collegiate League.
I’ve written about about these leagues and others like them. They’re all college summer leagues and they serve a very important purpose in developing college baseball players.
In this episode of Baseball Zealot Radio, I interview Andrew Hartwell who, as far as I know, has the [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on June 28th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Turns out Ben Reeser and Aaron Martin aren’t the only Illini doing well this summer. Take a look at Joey Bonadonna who is spending his dog days playing for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League.
Bonadonna has already broken the team single season record for stolen bases. He did it in [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Summer League on June 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Brian from Big Ten Hardball pointed out to me that University of Illinois’ Ben Reeser is putting up some good numbers for the Fayetteville Swampdogs in the Coastal Plain League. He’s 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA in 25 1/3 innings. He’s leading the CPL in ERA.
Swampdog teammate and Illini Aaron Martin [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini who are playing in college summer leagues have been busy typing away for the fightingillini.com’s Summer Diamond Notes. A few days ago, Mike Stankewicz checked in from the Crystal Lake Cardinals and just today, Nick Stockwell writes from the Lombard Orioles. Both are in the Chicago Suburban League. I don’t know if the [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Summer League on June 18th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Within a week of the First-Year Player draft, both Illini players who have been drafted have already signed contracts with their respective teams.
According to the Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies signed 27 of the draft picks including catcher Lars Davis who they called an “intriguing catcher from Illinois”.
And from what I [...]

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Fightingillini.com has their first college summer league update. Dom Altobelli checks in from the Coastal Plain League.

Tags: coastal plain league, dom altobelli, Summer League

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Filed under: Summer League on June 12th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I’ll admit it, I was all smiles when pick #1018 rolled past on the ol’ Draft Tracker this afternoon. That was when the Detroit Tigers chose Illini shortstop Shawn Roof in the 33rd round.
And if you notice, his younger brother got picked a few rounds later by the Red Sox. No, not Eric, [...]

Filed under: Awards, Former Illini in the pros on June 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

This shouldn’t be a big surprise. University of Illinois catcher Lars Davis went in the 3rd round (102nd overall) of the First-Year Player draft yesterday. The lucky team is the Colorado Rockies.

I’ve probably said it before but I’ve never seen a college player exude professionalism the way Davis does. When he is playing, he simply [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Former University of Illinois infielder Chris Basak, at age 28, got the call to the bigs. He is now on the New York Yankees’ active roster.
He did well in Spring Training and he can play all infield positions. That was pretty much what the Yankees needed.
“Obviously you’re hoping he can do the job,” Torre said. [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 6th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »