BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[CUAfan]

Fair enough, infielddad, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

[Dawgsdad]

Tom should of got a shot for sure he can flat out hit. But on a good note for him he will be playing with the Bay Area Torros this weekend in the Continental League along with Coburn. So both of them will be getting a start at pro ball to show what they can do and show the scouts that they can play at this level and them maybe get a shot in the future in playing affiliated ball.

Heard that Williams and Coburn have signed with the Torros. It will be good to see four strong ASC players facing off tonight  and over the next four days down in Alpine.  Best of luck to all of them...

[ATX]

make it 7 ASC players going at it tonight! Yurchick from McMurry and Hudson from Ozarks are also on the Torros. Dixon from Ozarks is on the Cowboys as well so it should be a fun night for the former ASC players!

[CUAfan]

ASC players in Big Bend last night who logged time.

Steven Yurchick, SS - 1/3, single, walk, stolen base; 2 putouts, 4 assists, 1 error
Tom Williams, DH - 1/4, single, 2 strikeouts
Kyle Hudson, RP - 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K

Side note: Bay Area Toros website has Yurchick as having played college ball at "McMurray State".
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Season to-date stats for all the former ASC players in the pros that I know about.

Jonathan Miller (CTX/Florence Freedom) - 12.1 IP, 3.65 ERA, 13 H, 5 BB, 8 K, .277 Avg against
Steven Yurchick (MCM/Bay Area Toros) - 80 AB, 23 H, 1 2B, 2 3B, .288/.341/.350
Tom Williams (CTX/Bay Area Toros) - 4 AB, 1 H, .250/.250/.250
Kyle Hudson (UO/Bay Area Toros) - 21.0 IP, 0.86 ERA, 14 H, 7 BB, 21 K, .194 Avg against
Curt Dixon (UO/Big Bend Cowboys) - 18.1 IP, 2.45 ERA, 10 H, 8 BB, 17 K, .156 Avg against
Stephen Szkotak (CTX/Big Bend Cowboys) - 4.2 IP, 11.57 ERA, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K, .316 Avg against
Jacob Kaase (TLU/Bakersfield Blaze*) - 206 AB, 53 H, 11 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, .300/.408/.708

* designates players in MLB organizations; statistics for entire year, possibly across levels

I know I have to have missed people, so let me know and I'll track them down too! From what I could tell on milb.com, Michael Johnson has signed and been sent to the Brooklyn Cyclones, Brett Holland hasn't signed yet, and Nathan Jennings and Brett Amyx are no longer in MLB organizations. Going to try to track them to independent leagues though.

[Dawgsdad]

Macklin signed with the Cowboys and have seen action the last two nights against the Bay Area Toros...

Macklin, Jeremy [TLU] (3B)  2 games, 3 for 9, 1 2B, 3 RBI, .333/.444/.333

[CUAfan]

So that's who that was. I saw "Macklin" on the Cowboys stats but never thought to check if it was the Macklin from TLU.

[Dawgsdad]

So that's who that was. I saw "Macklin" on the Cowboys stats but never thought to check if it was the Macklin from TLU.

Yeah that's the same Macklin. When not drafted one has to start somewhere

If you're following these guys in general, don't be surprised to see pitching stats on top of his stats as a position player...for Macklin. He may likely get sent to the bump before the weekend is done...

[ATX]

the pitching stats for most of the Big Bend guys are a bit skewed in that they are missing some innings and they gave some guys a couple runs that werent theirs and they were put in the system by hand well after the games not counting in the runs that were earned or unearned. They should have them updated soon so check back in later to see.

www.bigbendcowboys.com

you can go here to keep up with some of these guys or go to the Continental League website.

[CUAfan]

From milb.com, it looks like Brett Holland signed and has been sent to the Padres AZL team.

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry's Stephen Derrick is with the St Paul Saints

http://www.saintsbaseball.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=120

[CUAfan]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .289/.349/.341, 2 3B, 13 SB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .200/.200/.200, 5 AB, 2 K
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .249/.291/.394, 11 2B, 35 K
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .333/.316/.389, 18 AB, 5 K
Stephen Derrick (St. Paul Saints) - .100/.182/.100, 10 AB, 2 K

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 15.1 IP, 2.93 ERA, 9 K, 6 BB, 1 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 21.0 IP, 0.86 ERA, 21 K, 7 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 20.1 IP, 3.10 ERA, 20 K, 10 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 9.2 IP, 7.45 ERA, 12 K, 1 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 4.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3 K, 1 BB, 0 HR

Michael Johnson has yet to make an appearance, and I swear I saw Matt Coburn on either the Big Bend or the Bay Area roster but I cannot find him.

[Dawgsdad]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .289/.349/.341, 2 3B, 13 SB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .200/.200/.200, 5 AB, 2 K
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .249/.291/.394, 11 2B, 35 K
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .333/.316/.389, 18 AB, 5 K
Stephen Derrick (St. Paul Saints) - .100/.182/.100, 10 AB, 2 K

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 15.1 IP, 2.93 ERA, 9 K, 6 BB, 1 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 21.0 IP, 0.86 ERA, 21 K, 7 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 20.1 IP, 3.10 ERA, 20 K, 10 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 9.2 IP, 7.45 ERA, 12 K, 1 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 4.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3 K, 1 BB, 0 HR

Michael Johnson has yet to make an appearance, and I swear I saw Matt Coburn on either the Big Bend or the Bay Area roster but I cannot find him.

Matt Coburn is on the Bay Area Toros roster and has one start under his belt (no decision).

http://howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/baseball/cbl/382tm.txt

Additionally, Mississippi Colleges' Hinson is on the Alexanderia Aces roster and just joined the team I believe back on the 25th of June - actually saw action in a 14 inning Aces lost against Big Bend.

[CUAfan]

Thanks, Dawgsdad. I'll be sure to include those two next time I put an update post together.

[TexasBB]

There are 5 playing pro ball from this years UTT team:

Holland with the Padres organization which several have noted above but in addition:

Bo Ziegler and Daleiden are playing independent baseball for the Evansville Otters in Indiana.

Also Tommy Rozzell and Paige Hodges are playing for the Coastal Kingfish in Houston.

I don't have their stats but they should be posted on the teams websites.

I had a son that played independent pro baseball back in 2005 for the now defunct Mesa Minors in the Golden Baseball league. It is quite an experience and the better independent leagues are filled with former double and tripple
A players trying to recover from an injury or just not ready to hang them up. The quality of play is higher than low A or rookie league and would be competitive with high A ball. That is quiete a jump for alot of DIII players expecially since many have not played since late April or early May.

Good luck to all of the kids they are getting paid to play and even if they don't make it past independent ball they are still playing professionally and that is a very select group.

TexasBB

[CUAfan]

ASC pro's stat update:

Hitters
Steven Yurchick (Bay Area Toros) - .302/.349/.354, 2 3B, 15 SB
Tom Williams (Bay Area Toros) - .375/.412/.688, 2 2B, 1 HR
Jacob Kaase (Bakersfield Blaze*) - .257/.295/.400, 13 2B, 4 HR
Jeremy Macklin (Big Bend Cowboys) - .400/.407/.600, 2 2B, 1 HR
Paige Hodges (Coastal Kingfish) - .333/.333/.417, 1 2B, 3 K

Pitchers
Jonathan Miller (Florence Freedom) - 21.1 IP, 3.80 ERA, 15 K, 7 BB, 1 HR
Kyle Hudson (Bay Area Toros) - 21.2 IP, 1.25 ERA, 22 K, 8 BB, 0 HR
Curt Dixon (Big Bend Cowboys) - 25.2 IP, 3.51 ERA, 26 K, 11 BB, 1 HR
Stephen Szkotak (Big Bend Cowboys) - 10.2 IP, 6.75 ERA, 13 K, 2 BB, 1 HR
Brett Holland (AZL Padres*) - 4.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 7 K, 1 BB, 0 HR
Matt Coburn (Bay Area Toros) - 9.2 IP, 3.72 ERA, 14 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Beau Ziegler (Evansville Otters) - 10.1 IP, 6.10 ERA, 7 K, 6 BB, 0 HR
Tommy Rozell (Coastal Kingfish) - 13.2 IP, 10.54 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 4 HR
Michael Johnson (Brooklyn Cyclones*) - 2.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3 K, 1 BB, 0 HR

* - part of MLB organization

Doesn't look like Daleiden has played yet for the Otters, and Stephen Derrick was released by the St. Paul Saints on 6/30/2009.

Jacob Kaase has played 52 games in Low-A and 7 for High-A Bakersfield.