MOORHEAD, Minn., August 21, 2025 – The West is gained, or at the very least the playoff groups are settled within the division as Sioux Falls grew to become the fourth and ultimate workforce from the American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (@AA_Baseball) West to safe a slot. The East nonetheless has a race of types with Milwaukee 4 video games out of fourth with simply over every week to play. All common season video games within the MLB Accomplice League stay free for dwell viewing on AABaseball.television.
Listed below are 10 (or so) Issues to Know in regards to the AAPB this week:
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- Lake Nation (50-38, 4 recreation lead on second-place Chicago) and Sioux Metropolis (57-32, 3.5 forward of Kansas Metropolis) noticed their leads slim over the previous few days however are solidly in first place within the East and West divisions, respectively, with fewer than a dozen video games left on the schedule. It’s particularly necessary since Division winners choose their respective first spherical opponents, with the playoffs starting on Sept. 3.
- The standings aren’t the one races followers are watching. Sioux Falls’ Calvin Estrada stored his stranglehold on the batting crown with three extra multi-hit video games up to now week, together with a neat four-for-five on Tuesday and at .346 is greater than 20 factors forward of the following qualifier, Kansas Metropolis’s Todd Lott. Cleburne’s Kyle Martin went deep 3 times final evening vs. Sioux Falls and his 26 dwelling runs are six greater than the Canaries’ Jabari Henry and his six-RBI evening pushed him forward of Estrada for the RBI crown, 83-79.
- Sioux Metropolis righty Kyle Marman set a new workforce single-season file for strikeouts in a season (133) when he whiffed 9 Lincoln Saltdogs within the X’s 7-3 win on Tuesday.
- The X’s have been a working workforce all season, they usually’re placing all of these stolen bases to a good higher use, with “Voice of the Explorers” Dan Vaughan donating two {dollars} for every theft to the Ronald McDonald Home Charities of Siouxland. With an AAPB-leading 243 steals to the workforce’s credit score, Vaughn’s debit stands at $486 up to now.
- We talked a couple of weeks again in regards to the Winnipeg Goldeyes go to to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, for MLB PLAYBALL Weekend Camp. Right here’s a video the workforce put collectively recapping the occasion, which featured associate CalmAir taking GM Andrew Collier and the clinicians 900 miles north to show native youth the sport.
- The Gary SouthShore RailCats proceed their help of STEM training as Challenger Studying Heart of Northwest Indiana will host a fundraiser at the side of Friday’s recreation vs. Milwaukee.
- Playoff fever is hitting arduous in Fargo, the place the RedHawks and Cleburne performed earlier than a sellout crowd of greater than 4,700 on Friday evening at Newman Out of doors Area.
- The Kansas Metropolis Monarchs have had greater than their share of participant motion in 2025. The newest is a comfortable reunion with Isiah Gilliam, who was the high hitter within the American Affiliation earlier than leaving for the Mexican League in June. On the time of his departure, Gilliam led the AAPB with a .389/.478/.770 slash line. He’s now at .390/.487/.756. He celebrated with 4 hits in his first three video games again this week.
- Sioux Falls’s win on Sunday in Lincoln marked the 379th profession managerial victory for Mike Meyer, a brand new Canaries franchise file. Meyer surpassed Steve Shirley, who beforehand had held the file since 2010.
- A few of this week’s notable promotions throughout the league embrace:
- Massive weekend for the children at Gary SouthShore, with Again to Faculty Evening on Saturday and Rusty’s Birthday on Saturday
- Don’t overlook Louie – this weekend is Lake Nation’s mascot’s birthday bash too (what a coincidence!)
- Elvis shall be leaving the constructing on Saturday in Cleburne… Elvis Andrus bobbleheads, that’s. And a few followers will even pull one signed by the Texas Rangers hero.
- Annually, the Société de la Francophonie hosts the Soirée francophone des Goldeyes. On Friday in Winnipeg, the french language shall be within the highlight with the bilingual nationwide anthem, a Francophone announcer and Francophone music all through the sport.
- Chicago Canine followers can get their Irish up on St. Pat’s Day on Saturday, full with celebratory giveaway hat and fireworks offered by Wintrust.
- Followers within the vacation spirit can have a good time Halloween early on Fright Evening on the Birdcage on Friday in Sioux Falls. Saturday it’s Native American Heritage Evening, a celebration of Native American historical past, tradition and music, because the workforce dons specially-styled jerseys.
- Fan Appreciation days dot the schedule the following two weeks at practically each AAPB park as nicely.
- Media curiosity in AAPB stays robust. A number of the current articles on groups embrace:
Concerning the American Affiliation
The American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (www.aabaseball.com and www.aabaseball.television) is a Main League Baseball Accomplice League that operates in 9 states and one Canadian province. Shaped in 2006, the league consists of twelve member golf equipment with many starting play in 1993. By the tip of 2024, over 59 gamers with American Affiliation expertise had made their debut with MLB golf equipment after having first performed within the American Affiliation.
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