Illinois Baseball Report

On Monday, Illini recruit Charlie Tilson finally made his decision and he chose to sign with the St Louis Cardinals who drafted him in this year’s MLB draft.  It might not have been an easy decision to make but the $1.275 million may have helped the 79th round outfielder make that decision a little easier. [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 17th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Congrats to Adam Davis who got signed by the Baltimore Orioles yesterday.  Davis was drafted in the 11th round of the MLB rookie draft by the Orioles. Davis reported yesterday to the Orioles’ minor league complex in Sarasota, Florida.  He joins Josh Parr, Chris Pack, and Corey Kimes as Illini who have been signed by [...]

Filed under: Draft on June 18th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Corey Kimes Chris Pack There were two more signings of Illini players this weekend. Corey Kimes inked a contract with the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.  Kimes was picked in the 18th round by the Twins.  He’ll report to the Fort Myers (Fla) Miracle in the Florida State League which is a single-A advanced league. Also, [...]

Filed under: Draft on June 13th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Congratulations to Josh Parr who just signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday.  Shortstop Parr, who just finished his junior year with the University of Illinois, signed quickly after the Dbacks drafted him in the 12th round on Tuesday. You can expect to see Parr soon in the short season single-A Northwest League where he will [...]

Filed under: Draft on June 10th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Maybe it’s a little for this but Happy New Year!  It has been a couple weeks since I posted and I do apologize for that. One month from yesterday, the Illini baseball team will be playing in their first game of the 2011 season.  It’s hard to believe.  I remind baseball fans from here who [...]

Filed under: Blog Administration, Recruits on January 19th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Good news for former Illini firstbaseman Mike Rohde.  The Gary Southshore Railcats have signed him for the 2010 season.  Rohde, who was the league’s 2008 Rookie of the Year, moved to thirdbase last year.  And go figure, Rohde got a blogging gig for the Northwest Indiana Times last summer.  If we’re lucky, we’ll see more [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on February 1st, 2010 | 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 read in [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Recruits on June 15th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Kudos to a reader of the blog who pays a lot of attention to the transaction logs. He noticed that two days ago, former Illini star Dusty Bensko signed with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League. Here is the roster for the Thunderbolts team. In 2005, his senior year, Bensko led the Illini [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 27th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Former Illini outfielder Ryan Rogowski has committed to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers once he finishes his season with the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League. Rogo has had a bang-up season with the Mallards.  He’s led the team in batting average, runs, hits, stolen bases, triples, homeruns, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage. I [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 22nd, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »