MOORHEAD, Minn., June 5, 2025 – Jabari Henry made information final Thursday, turning into the all-time dwelling run chief for the American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (@AA_Baseball) along with his 147th dwelling run for Sioux Falls towards Cleburne (and one other one a couple of innings later for good measure). However there’s loads extra occurring across the league because it reaches the primary quarter of the season…
Listed below are 10 (or so) Issues to Know concerning the AAPB this week:
- It was fairly a busy week for 45-year-old righty J.D. Scholten, who rejoined the Sioux Metropolis Explorers’ roster on Sunday. A day later, the Iowa Home of Representatives member, at present representing District 1 within the state legislature, introduced his run for U.S. Senate. Scholten pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 innings in his season debut at Sioux Falls on Tuesday.
- Cleburne Railroaders infielder Kyle Martin and Kane County Cougars starter Konnor Ash gained the American Affiliation’s Rawlings batter and pitcher of the month for Might, respectively. Martin leads the AAPB with eight dwelling runs and is 27 RBI and sports activities a .298 common. Ash has a league-best 1.20 ERA throughout 30 innings in 5 begins this yr. Rawlings is the official baseball of the American Affiliation.
- Pitcher Brenton Thiels of Fargo-Moorhead, at 7’0, is one of many tallest professional baseball gamers at any degree within the historical past of the sport. He has pitched in six RedHawks video games thus far, permitting no runs in 4 of the outings, together with a clear eighth inning with a strikeout towards Kansas Metropolis on Tuesday.
- You can go dwelling once more in any case, simply ask Cougars pitcher Casey Crosby. The Kane County native (Elburn, Ailing.) made a return to the mound on Might 29 after having not performed baseball for 5 years. Crosby has tossed 5 scoreless frames in three aid appearances for the Cougars, all since Might 29, hitting 97 on the radar gun. Casey attended Kaneland HS in Kane County and was drafted out of highschool by the Detroit Tigers in 2007.
- Sioux Metropolis Explorers gamers and mascot Slider will learn to and meet space youngsters to kick off the town’s summer season studying program on the Sioux Metropolis Public Library on Monday.
- The first no-hitter of the season was turned in by the Kane County trio of Vin Timpanelli, Tommy Sommer and Jake Gozzo. They mixed for the no-no on Sunday towards the Lincoln Saltdogs. Timpanelli struck out seven throughout the primary seven innings and Sommer and Gozzo pitched 1-2-3 eighth and ninth frames, respectively.
- Fargo-Moorhead took civic pleasure to a different degree on Tuesday, honoring public providers within the metropolis of Fargo by donning Crimson and Blue jerseys with the logos of a number of native organizations on Salute to Service night time. The jerseys had been auctioned off with greater than $1500 raised by means of profitable bids alone for United Means of Fargo.
- Staying native is UW-Milwaukee righthander Logan Snow, who signed with the Milkmen this week. The 2025 UWM grad was the Horizon League Reliever of the 12 months and a First Workforce All-Horizon League choice, pitching to a pointy 1.89 ERA with seven saves.
- The Kansas Metropolis Monarchs signed John Nogowski, who who performed within the majors with St. Louis and Pittsburgh and posted a 1.014 OPS with 15 dwelling runs and 76 RBI for Sioux Metropolis in 2024, to play first base. He has had 5 hits, together with a double and triple, in a three-game set with Fargo-Moorhead Monday by means of Wednesday in his return to the AAPB.
- One other Main Leaguer has made his manner again to the AAPB, however this time as a coach, as Dan Butler has been added to the Sioux Metropolis Explorers area workers, to work with the crew’s hitters and catchers. Butler was a member of the 2018 World Sequence Champion Boston Crimson Sox. Butler caught 748 video games in his skilled profession that started in 2009 at class A Lowell within the New York-Penn League.
- A few of this week’s notable promotions throughout the league embrace:
- The Milkmen will host their ROC’n Pink Sport on Sunday in assist of Milwaukee-based After Breast Most cancers Analysis (ABCD). The group supplies free, personalized, one-to-one, emotional assist to anybody impacted by breast most cancers
- Fargo-Moorhead will promote studying with Library Evening & Daniel Tiger tonight. The primary 500 youngsters will obtain a free youngsters ebook and Daniel Tiger will probably be available courtesy of accomplice Nice Youngsters Remedy.
- Sioux Falls followers are inspired to rejoice South Dakota, considered one of 11 states with just one space code, on 605 night time, tonight. Beer specials assist maintain everybody dialed in.
- Friday in Cleburne is Wild West Evening offered by Texas Finest BBQ and Chisholm Path Outdoor Museum. La Moderna Subject turns into a brand new frontier of celebration. The theme continues with Wild Rodeo Evening on Saturday.
- The Depraved Witch’s Flying Monkeys take over Wisconsin Brewing Firm Park because the Lake Nation DockHounds’ alter ego Friday by means of Sunday.
- It’s a motor showcase on Saturday in Lincoln because the Saltdogs rev up Automotive Evening at Haymarket Park.
- Media curiosity in AAPB stays robust. A number of the latest articles on groups embrace:
In regards to 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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