CATCHING UP WITH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ALUMS
Source: American Association News
Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Today’s crop of former American Association players in the major leagues brought satisfaction to everyone associated with the league because it spelled success. This extremely productive season ended early Friday morning when the hopes of advancing further in the postseason were dashed for the Washington Nationals’ Brandon Kintzler (St. Paul ’09) and Max Scherzer (Fort Worth ’07). With David Peralta‘s (Wichita ’12, Amarillo ’13) hopes ending a few days earlier when Arizona was eliminated all 12 American Association grads in the majors during 2017 are now on the sidelines. But everyone who follows the league closely–managers, players, the front office, media and fans–also keep an eye on those who may become the next group of players playing in the majors. Let us see what some of those who were in Triple-A, the highest minor league level, did this summer. Six-foot-6 Drew Muren (pictured) seemingly continued to make progress in the second season of his conversion from an outfielder at Gary, Sioux Falls and Fargo to a power pitcher. The right-hander, who turns 29 next month, started the year in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ chain, and finished up the last two months in the San Francisco…
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