Illinois Baseball Report » sign

Rohde signed by Railcats

The Baseball Zealot — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:29:44 +0000

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 of that this summer.

Congrats, Mike.

Illini Davis, Roof signed within a week

The Baseball Zealot — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:06:51 +0000

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 the local News-Gazette, shortstop Shawn Roof has signed a contract with the Detroit Tigers.

As far as Casey Crosby, the top pitcher who had originally committed to the University of Illinois and was drafted by the Tigers, they still working on an agreement. Says Crosby in the Elburn Herald, “They said that they have every intention of signing me.”

Former Illini Dusty Bensko signs with Frontier League team

The Baseball Zealot — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:46:39 +0000

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 in homeruns with 15 and rbis with 57 while hitting .317.

Good luck Dusty!

Rogowski will sign with LA Dodgers

The Baseball Zealot — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:38:58 +0000

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 guess in retrospect it would have been easier to list what he was not leading the team in.

Good luck, Rogo!!