Winnipeg Goldeyes infielder Matthew Warkentin and Gary SouthShore RailCats starter Peyton Lengthy received the American Affiliation’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week for the week ending 7/6, the league introduced Monday.
Warkentin led the league in hitting this week with 13 hits in 26 at-bats (.500). Amongst these 13 hits had been two residence runs and 5 doubles. He additionally drove in eight runs and scored 5.
He bought off to a roaring begin to the week, accumulating three hits in every of the primary three video games of Winnipeg’s six-game set towards Fargo-Moorhead. He’s at present on a seven-game hit streak.
The native Canadian from Windsor is in his first season again in his residence nation after spending two seasons within the Chicago Cubs group in addition to time in fellow accomplice leagues within the Pioneer and Frontier.
On the pitching facet, Lengthy went an extended distance in his begin this week, throwing an entire recreation shut-out towards Kansas Metropolis on Wednesday night time. He allowed simply three hits and walked one whereas placing out seven.
It was a giant bounce-back begin for Lengthy who had given up a mixed 12 runs throughout his earlier two appearances. He’s been an innings-eater for the RailCats, pitching at the least 5 innings in 9 of his 10 begins.
That is 12 months two for Lengthy in Gary after he put up a 5.50 ERA in 21 begins in 2024. He beforehand spent two seasons within the Milwaukee Brewers group earlier than additionally taking part in within the Pioneer League.
Carbliss is the founding accomplice of the American Affiliation.
Marv Goldklang
Goldklang spent 31 seasons because the chairman and principal proprietor of the St. Paul Saints, together with the membership’s time within the American Affiliation from 2006 to 2020. From the Saints’ inception in 1993, the membership served as a flagship for unbiased baseball, bringing collectively revolutionary promotions, skilled management, and high-quality baseball for the enjoyment of thousands and thousands within the Twin Cities. The Saints reached even better heights upon the opening of CHS Area in 2016, drawing over 400,000 followers per season. On the sector, the Saints received 5 league championships throughout his tenure, together with the 2019 AAPB crown, whereas 4 AAPB Saints reached the majors.
A minority proprietor of the New York Yankees, Goldklang’s administration group, the Goldklang Group, has owned and operated golf equipment in any respect ranges of baseball. He’s additionally a member of the South Atlantic League, Florida State League, and New York-Penn League halls of fame.
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Jeff Bittiger
Bittiger has been concerned with unbiased baseball since its modern-era inception in 1993. The previous big-league hurler with the Phillies, White Sox, and Twins pitched within the Northern League with Rochester, Winnipeg, and Fargo-Moorhead from 1993 to 2002 and was named Baseball America‘s Impartial Participant of the Decade for the Nineteen Nineties. Bittiger additionally served as Fargo-Moorhead’s pitching coach by means of the 2003 season.
After becoming a member of the Oakland Athletics as a scout in 2004, he remained energetic within the RedHawks’ participant personnel division, ultimately changing into director of participant personnel in 2017, a place he continues to carry. Since becoming a member of the AAPB, Fargo-Moorhead has certified for the playoffs seven instances and received the 2022 league championship, whereas 4 (Chris Coste, Jason Pearson, Brandon Mann, Kevin Herget) former RedHawks have reached the majors. The RedHawks additionally received 5 Northern League titles along with the one American Affiliation Title in Bittiger’s time with the membership.
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N. Bruce Thom
Thom served because the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks’ proprietor and chairman from the membership’s inception in 1996 till his passing in 2025. He was instrumental in bringing the membership to Fargo in addition to the development of Newman Outside Area, with practically 5 million followers passing by means of the gates throughout his tenure, six league championships together with a 2022 AAPB title, and the emergence of the RedHawks as one in every of unbiased baseball’s mannequin operations.
Generally known as “The Normal,” Thom led the RedHawks group as President from the membership’s founding in late 1995 earlier than heading an funding group that bought the membership in 2004. Thom was a Fargo native who graduated from Fargo Central Excessive College and Concordia School in Moorhead, MN.
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Dan Moushon
Instrumental within the progress of unbiased baseball all through North America, Moushon was the American Affiliation’s president from the league’s inception in 2006 by means of the 2017 season, overseeing the AAPB’s operations and administration because it emerged right into a strong, well-respected league. At numerous intervals between 1994 and 2018, he additionally served as president or govt director of the Can-Am/Northeast League, Central League, and Northern League, in addition to vp of the Burlington Royals of the Appalachian League.
He’s at present Senior Administrator of the Main League Baseball-sponsored Appalachian League in addition to the MLB Draft League within the northeastern U.S.
