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ABL News Flash: Draft Pool Revealed
Tuesday, March 1st , 2067
The 2067 amateur draft pool was published today with barely a mention on BNN. But then, fans rarely get drawn into amateur drafts. The players are not known commodities and they're not tangible, recognizable names. They might be five years down the road, but casual fans don't get sucked in by "might be," they get excited about what is happening in the here and now. Over the next 30 days, scouts will assess their possibilities, run mock drafts and formulate their plans.
To help them, ADULT BASEBALL LEAGUE has posted an interactive draft section on its Transactions page, which will be available for 140 days before draft day.
The early favorites to be high picks are the following:
1. Tom Goin, 18 year-old RHP out of high-school.
2. Dean Feher, 18 year-old RHP out of high-school.
3. Juan Peguero, 21 year-old RHP out of college.
4. Cameron Proctor, 17 year-old 1B out of high-school.
5. Jorge Arteaga, 18 year-old RF out of high-school.
6. Reginaldo Salutari, 17 year-old LF out of high-school.
7. Joe Hicks, 21 year-old CF out of college.
8. John Drummond, 17 year-old LF out of high-school.
9. Tyler Mrazek, 22 year-old LHP out of college.
10. Matt Moody, 17 year-old LHP out of high-school.
The official OSA Mock Draft will be released on the day of the draft, or you can review the draft pool on the draft page.
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Defective Pitching Machine May Be to Blame for Kalk Injury
Tuesday, March 1st , 2067
The Blazers announced today that faulty equipment was indeed the cause of a calf injury to Mike Kalk. He suffered the injury while taking batting practice off one of the team's pitching machines. Inspectors found the aging machine to be "mechanically unsound" and suggested that a faulty throwing mechanism may have resulted in the injury to Kalk. Meanwhile, the Bloomington starting pitcher seems to be fully recovered and has already returned to action.
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Strike Three! Vargas Out as Sasquatch Manager
Monday, February 28th , 2067
Weeks of speculation were officially ended today when it was announced that Vicente Vargas has been dismissed as the manager of the Seattle Sasquatch.
"I can't really say I'm surprised. I saw this coming for a while, but I guess there was nothing much I could really do to prevent it," Vicente Vargas told BNN. "It's not easy to manage when every decision you make is closely scrutinized and criticized, but that's what I dealt with."
A team official said the firing was the end result of "major and irreconcilable differences of opinion" between Vargas and the front office. When pressed for more information, Seattle general manager TEAM (SEA) skirted the issue.
"We're not going to get into that right now. It's not really important why he was fired -- we're just going in a different direction," he said.
BNN originally reported Vargas's tenure with the club was in jeopardy three weeks ago, which team officials at the time dismissed as "just a rumor."
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