Let’s recap the first round of the CBU inaugural draft, just for sh*ts and giggles …
1 – West Tennessee – SP – Vincent ‘Clutch’ Gingras   20 starts 3-7 record, 3.60 ERA, 13 quality starts before a back injury. Good pick.
2 – Burlington – 1B – Angel Vazquez .316/.394/.604, 38 HR in a neutral park. Good pick.
3 – Redbank – 1B – Santiago Lopez .315/.378/.608, 29 HR. Broken ankle so just 112 GP. Good pick.
4 – Sioux Falls – INF – Bryan Wigmore. Yeah, we know. Good pick.
5 – Middletown – …

The Sioux Falls Uber Giraffes are cruising to their first Landis League Finley Division championship of hopefully many. This report will be a focus on the players who may be contributing to the Sioux Falls success down the road.  To begin we will start with the newest faces in the Morris Buttermaker Rookie League where Sioux Falls affiliate the James River Pintails finished with a strong 35-27 record, but yet finished 3rd in the division.
While the wins and losses are not as important in the minor leagues, any player needs …

SARANACK LAKE, NY (AP) — There are a lot of roads to baseball’s big leagues, but few are odder than that of Zho-qian Niu.
Niu grew up in Weifang, China, a city of 8.5 million on China’s northeast coast
best known for its International Kite Festival, the largest in the world. But Niu, from a family that for generations sent men to the circus in Shandong City, capital of Shandong Prefecture where Weifand is located, had a different passion.
Somehow, he got his hands on a baseball and glove. He thinks one of …

Yesterday we looked at the best hitting prospects in the draft and you can look at them here. Now today we will look at the best throwers that could be terrorizing those same hitters as they progress through the minor leagues in the Classic Baseball Union.
SP -Dale Wolfe – 19 years old – Menchville High School
11 Games Started 5 Wins 2 Losses 4.20 ERA 64.1 IP 3 HRA, 17 BB, 81 K.
Dale Wolfe suffered in high school from a lack of a capable defense behind him. When a hitter put …

July 16th is a huge day for over 300 youngsters. As 20 rounds of selections made by Classic Baseball Franchises will determine the futures will begin for these young men. In the CBU they follow the MLB model of draft pick compensation and don’t allow the trading of draft picks, however the signing bonuses are different and if you get drafted you get a minor league contract. The hold outs never happen, players that get drafted don’t go back to school. Its a done deal.
Anyway here are some the top …

Orlando, FL (AP): The Orlando Orcas now have a face for their franchise. RF Carlos Moreno was drafted in the inaugural draft with the 7th overall selection and is expected to become the face of the franchise.

RF Carlos Moreno
Moreno comes from Managua, Nicaragua. Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua. The city has a population of about 1,680,100. In 2007, Managua was declared the first capital city in Central America to be rid of illiteracy. In comparison, Orlando has an estimated population in the city of approximately 227,907; and of …

Sioux Falls – After eleven rounds the Sioux Falls Uber Giraffes have filled out nicely drafting eleven major league ready players who are all among the best of their positions. Sioux Falls has drafted hitters who can hold their own on the defensive side, and can hit the snot out of the ball on the offensive side. Uber Giraffes general manager JWay has really outdone himself giving the future manager of the team a pool of talent to put on the field.
Round 1: Brian Wigmore – 3B – 23, R/R
Projected …

Welcome to the initial Classic Baseball Union draft.  In a few short weeks over twenty two hundred players will have their names sent through the commissioners office. This report looks at the first five baseball players to become of baseball history. The theme of the five picks was franchise-driving youth. All give guys were on the right side of 27 most a few years away from smelling their prime. First off the board was a starting pitcher from Canada named Vincent Gingras.
West Tennessee used their first pick to draft a …