The Baltimore Orioles must have remembered something they liked in Kyle Hudson. A little over a year after they designated the former Illini centerfielder for assignment, they signed him up again. Word came down yesterday that the Orioles will be re-signing Hudson to a minor league deal. The deal reportedly doesn’t come with a spring [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on February 9th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
It’s getting close to that time of year. In one week and change, the Illini baseball team will square off against Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. The month of February means something else too. Major League Baseball spring training is around the corner. That’s good news for at least one Illini. It was officially announced that [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on February 6th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
On January 2, former Illini head coach Lee Eilbracht passed away at the age of 88. With 515 wins in his 27 years as skipper, Eilbracht is the winningest coach in Illini history. “We have lost a great part of our Illini family,” head coach Dan Hartleb said. “Lee was always very visible and really [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 5th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
A week or two ago, I posted an article about former Illini infielder Shawn Roof getting picked up by the Baltimore Oriole organization. Now, it seems like there is more to the story. I exchanged communication with Shawn before the holidays and he tells me that the Orioles did sign him but he’ll be coming [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on December 29th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
Former Illini outfielder draftee Willie Argo was touted in a Tampa Bay Rays prospect wrap-up on milb.com: Willie Argo, Princeton (64 games), Bowling Green (five games): A largely unheralded 22nd-round pick out of Illinois in June, Argo debuted at Rookie-level Princeton and became a star in the middle of the Rays order. The 23-year-old — [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on December 14th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
More good news for a former Illini baseball player. For the second time in as many weeks, an Illinois alum signed a new minor league contract with an organization. This time it was Shawn Roof. From Baseball America: Baltimore Orioles Signed: RHP Adam Russell, C Jose Gil, C Jim Vahalik (Washington (Frontier)), 2B Shawn Roof, [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on December 9th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Congrats to former Illini catcher Chris Robinson. He just re-upped with the Baltimore Orioles organization for the 2013 season. That comes complete with an invite to 2013 Spring Training, by the way. In 2012, Robinson batted .232 with 18 rbis with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. A little background on Robinson… he played for the University [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on December 9th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
News comes to us from the London (Ontario) Free Press about former Illini catcher Chris Robinson. Robbie, who is Ontario-born, is once again poised to help Team Canada in their bid in the World Baseball Classic. Robinson last played for the Illini during their championship season of 2005. Since then he’s been playing in the [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on November 6th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
College days: Lars Davis and Tanner Roark celebrate their win against Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament in 2007 Illini baseball fans might want to keep an eye on off-season pro league action this year. There are a couple former Illini playing this year. In the Arizona Fall League, 2007 Big Ten Player of the [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on October 27th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Those in the Champaign-Urbana area may already be aware that Champaign Mayor Don Gerard has his heart set on bringing a minor league baseball team to town. Last Tuesday’s city council meeting, a proposal was narrowly passed to use city resources to study possible stadium site locations. I attended the meeting and you can be [...]
Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Off Season Happenings on September 13th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
