Illinois Baseball Report

It’s been quite a month for former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff.  First, he hit two homeruns in two games last week.  Then he was honored by the Astros organization getting the Minor League Defensive Player of the Month award for his team. Now it looks like he’s moving up to AAA ball! Wikoff will be [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on September 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

A few former Illini baseball players have been making noise in the minors in the past few days… Brandon Wikoff hit his second homerun in as many days last Wednesday.  Unfortunately, it was in a losing cause as his AA Corpus Christi Hooks lost 3-2.  But Brandon’s effort’s were rewarded with a leading photo of [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 30th, 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! »

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! »

Today was the first day of the University of Illinois baseball Orange and Blue World Series.  It was a nice mild October afternoon day for a baseball game and it was nice to see a few fans out at Illinois Field to watch the guys play ball.  It may be a “World Series” but most [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

There was some good news for former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff that came down the wire today.  Wikoff is being promoted to AAA ball.  That’s a nice jump for Brandon who had spent 2009 and early 2010 in single A.  Most currently, he has been playing for the A Lexington in the Sally League.  Not [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 23rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

My friend Sue who I met at Illinois Field this year, called the other day and we caught up on Illinois Baseball news.  She gently prodded me to write something about Brandon Wikoff.  She’s totally right… Brandon deserves some coverage for what he’s doing in the minors right now.  First of all, Wikoff has been [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

There are college baseball websites I check out and there are pro baseball websites I browse.  And unless it’s MLB draft time, never the twain shall meet. So when it was twittered (by @IlliniBaseball in case you’re wondering) that Brandon Wikoff was mentioned on one of my favorite web sites that mostly focuses on major [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on July 10th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

By now, the minor league season has started for the Illinois players who were drafted earlier this month.  Let’s take a look at how they are doing in their new minor league settings. Well, Brandon Wikoff is off to a hot start for the Tri-City ValleyCats in New York State.  After last night’s two-hit performance, [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 25th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Troy Record (NY)  welcomes the new guys to the Tri-City Valley Cats.  Brandon Wikoff is a new member of the single-A Astros team. Wikoff is a lefthand-hitting shortstop who batted .373 in 228 at-bats for Illinois, with 17 doubles, five triples and four homers, 56 runs and 41 RBIs. Until the Astros sign No. [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on June 16th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »