Illinois Baseball Report

Seems second time is better for former Illini outfielder Kyle Hudson… at least when it comes to Triple-A.  The first time Hudson (left during his Illinois days) was promoted to the Baltimore Oriole AAA affiliate Norfolk Tides, he could only muster a .197 average.  This time he’s hitting .373 with the Tides. Hudson was promoted [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 9th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

There was a nice feature article about Josh Parr in his hometown paper, the Chillicothe Times-Bulletin today. Former Illini Parr, who was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks this summer, is now playing for the Class A Missoula Osprey.  So far, he’s done well, playing every day and hitting .292. Share Tags: josh parr, minor leagues [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Former Illini hurler Scott Shaw was named American Association Pitcher of the Week on Monday.  Shaw, who pitches for the Gary SouthShore RailCats (he’s teammate of another former Illini Mike Rohde), not only threw a three-hit shutout but did it against the reigning league champion Shreveport-Bossier Captains. For the year, Shaw has done well.  He [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 20th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Jason Anderson, the former Illini pitcher who made it to the bigs, is calling it a career. Anderson who was drafted from Illinois in 2000 by the New York Yankees, played three years in the majors for the Yankees, Mets and Indians.  Since then the Danville native has bounced between the Double A and Triple [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 20th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m a little late with this but some former Orange and Blue celebrated the Red, White and Blue this past 4th of July weekend. Former catcher Lars Davis (left with Illinois) had a fantastic game with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers’ record setting 17-5 performance at their new ONEOK Field.  He hit two homers and went [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 10th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Good news for former Illini 3B Dominic Altobelli.  One week after getting written up in the local paper where he plays for the Tri-City Dust Devils, he’s been promoted to the next level.  He’ll be playing for the Class A Asheville Tourists in the Colorado Rockies organization. Dom is off to a hot start this [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

An excited email from Mike Altobelli landed in my inbox today.  He was happy because Jack Millikin of the Tri-City Herald did a write-up on his son, former Illini thirdbaseman Dominic Altobelli. “I like the attitude Altobelli brings to the park. He wants to move up, but he’s not going to bury a teammate to [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

By now, those members of the 2011 Illinois baseball team who were drafted and signed are getting used the minor league system and how it works.  In some cases, players have been shuffling from one level to another. Case in point, I saw Adam Davis’ tweet today that he is leaving for Aberdeen to play [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Just catching up on a few stories… The Daily Illini has a nice article on the Parr brothers not to mention Dad Cam who we find out was a shortstop himself at Huntington University. Speaking of shortstops, former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff (left, during his Illini days) has been doing quite well in AA ball. [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Media on May 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Josh Parr and Co will attempt to win their first Big Ten series this weekend This weekend, the Illini will be hosting their first Big Ten series.  They’ll be hosting the 11-15 Iowa Hawkeyes.  Weather permitting, that is.  I doubt the Illinois weather will prevent any action on Friday but the outlook on Saturday looks [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Game Previews on April 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »