The first-ever North American League All-Stars have been announced and the numbers produced by these first-year players are worth a second look.  While this announcement really shows what the league has to offer, three of the very best prospects the league has produced are part of another very exclusive list; Baseball America’s Top Ten Independent League Prospects.  The...

A royal wedding will take place in jolly ol’ England next weekend, but we are keeping our one and only correspondent right here in Washington to cover the Giants and Nationals four game set.  Tough, tough duty to have to tell him that. In the past six seasons, when the Giants traveled to the nation’s capital, there’s been a storyline for each visit.    Their first visit...

Four-A Player-Noun1. Professional baseball player who is too good to play in Triple-A, but is unable to find success at the Major League level: Todd Linden was a Four-A Player for the San Francisco Giants...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

The AAA Scranton Yankees won again tonight by the score of 11-0. They are now 9-0, will they ever lose a game. Phil Hughes got the start pitching five and two thirds innings allowing no runs on five hits and six strikeouts. Steven Jackson pitched two scoreless innings giving up three hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Brett Tomko finished it off with one and a third scoreless...

I am going to start with AAAAustin Jackson continues to impress hitting 389 with 12 rbi's, he hasn't hit a homerun yet.Todd Linden is hitting 361 with 4 homeruns and 24 rbi's.Shelly Duncan is hitting 356 with 9 homeruns and 28 rbi's.Eric Duncan has been slumping but is still hitting 289 with 7 rbi's.Ian Kennedy was pitching well before his injury going 1-0 with a 1.59 era. He has...

I've said it many times before, but one of the best things about Japanese baseball is the away fan culture. No matter what game you go to, there will always, without fail, be SOME group of people there cheering for the away team, yelling their cheers and banging their drums. Sure, a Baystars game against the Giants at the Tokyo Dome will have only a tiny enclave of Yokohama blue...

Chad Jennings reports that the Yankees have sold Triple-A outfielder Todd Linden to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Linden was generally the third hitter for the Scra...

Chad Jennings of The Scranton Times Tribune reports that the Yankees have sold outfielder Todd Linden to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League. Linden had been playing in Triple-A, where he hit .312-.381-.515 in 268 plate appearances. The Yanks agreed to the move after Linden had come to terms with his new Japanese club. Linden is second player...

================We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight.He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I willpost them. Thanks BG for the great contributions.(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (36-24) beat Gwinnett (33-28) 9-4: Box Score - RecapPITCHING: Kei Igawa got the start for SWB. He tossed scoreless 1st and 2nd innings. In the 3rd Gwinnett came...

================Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (35-24) beat Charlotte (26-32) 6-3: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Scranton/WB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 12 0 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 0 W: Melancon (3-0, 2.92); L: Link (0-1, 2.57); SV: Claggett (3)HR: SWB: Leone (3). CHA: Myrow (7).Offense:Kevin Russo: 1-for-5Austin Jackson...

================Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (34-24) lost to Charlotte (26-31) 7-3: Box Score - Recap Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 7 1 Charlotte 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 7 12 0W: Cassel (2-6, 4.84); L: Bush (0-2, 9.39)HR: SWB: Cash (2). CHA: Ginter (4).Offense:Kevin Russo: 0-for-3, BBAustin Jackson: 1-for-4, R, one strikeoutCody...

================Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (34-23) beat Charlotte (25-31) 5-0: Box Score - Recap Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 0 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0W: Fossum (3-2, 2.18); L: Van Benschoten (2-5, 5.63); SV: Ramirez, E (1)HR: None.Offense:Kevin Russo: 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, R, SB (4)Austin Jackson: 2...

================Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (33-23) lost to Charlotte (25-30) 3-1: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Charlotte 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 1 W: Torres, C (4-4, 2.66); L: Kontos (3-3, 2.51); SV: Link (7)HR: None.Offense:Kevin Russo: 1-for-4, RBI, BB - Came off DL before today's game. He...

================Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (33-22) beat Syracuse (27-26) 8-3: Box Score - Recap Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Syracuse 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 1 Scranton/WB 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 X 8 14 0 W: Towers (1-4, 5.35); L: Mock (0-1, 7.31)HR: SWB: Miranda (9).Offense:Cody Ransom: 0-for-3Austin Jackson: 1-for-4, 2B, R, BB, 2 strikeoutsTodd Linden...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (32-21) lost to Syracuse (26-25) 8-6 in game 1 of today's doubleheader: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Syracuse 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 8 12 0 Scranton/WB 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 6 10 1W: Doyne (1-0, 0.00); L: Ramirez, E (0-2, 5.00); SV: Ledezma (1)HR: SYR: Vento (4), Padilla, Jo (2), Solano...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (32-20) lost to Syracuse (25-25) 3-2: Box Score - Recap Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Syracuse 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 Scranton/WB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 W: Martin, J (5-2, 2.74); L: Fossum (2-2, 2.45); SV: Kensing (3)HR: SYR: Eldred (8), Vento (3).Offense:Reegie Corona: 1-for-4, 2BAustin...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (32-18) lost to Louisville (23-27) 7-5: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Louisville 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 2 Scranton/WB 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2 W: Manuel (3-2, 2.32); L: Towers (0-4, 5.86); SV: Roenicke (6)HR: LOU: Griffin (1), McDonald (1).Offense:Reegie Corona: 1-for-5Austin...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (32-17) beat Louisville (22-27) 9-1: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Louisville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Scranton/WB 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 X 9 9 0W: Kroenke (4-0, 1.17); L: LeCure (2-4, 6.02); SV: Claggett (2)HR: SWB: Duncan, S 2 (18), Rodriguez, J (10), Linden (6).Offense:Reegie Corona...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (31-17) beat Louisville (22-26) 4-1: Box Score - Recap Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Scranton/WB 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 X 4 10 1W: Igawa (5-1, 3.39); L: Jukich (3-2, 5.14)HR: SWB: Miranda (8).Offense:Reegie Corona: 1-for-4Austin Jackson: 0-for-4Todd Linden: 1-for-4...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-17) lost to Syracuse (22-23) 5-4: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 0 Syracuse 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 X 5 9 0W: Estrada (3-1, 4.01); L: Ramirez, E (0-1, 4.50); SV: Kensing (2)HR: SYR: Patterson 2 (4).Offense:Reegie Corona: 1-for-5Austin Jackson: 1...

================(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-15) beat Syracuse 4-1 in game 1 of today's double header: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 0 Syracuse 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 W: Kontos (3-1, 2.25); L: Ledezma (0-1, 6.23); SV: Melancon (2)HR: SWB: Duncan, S (16). SYR: Orr (4).Offense:Reegie...

================(AAA) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (26-13) lost to Columbus 4-1: Box Score - RecapFinal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Columbus 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 0 Scranton/WB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 W: K. Saarloos (3-4, 4.42); L: K. Igawa (3-1, 3.77)HR: COL: M. Aubrey (4).Offense:Austin Jackson: 2-for-4, 2B, RTodd Linden: 3-for-4, 2B, RBIChris Malec...

================We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight.He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I willpost them. Thanks BG for the great contributions.(AAA) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (23-10) lost to Charlotte 2-0: Box Score - RecapThe SWB Yankees suffered their 4th straight shutout and 5th loss in a row with a 2-0 defeat from Charlotte (White Sox). They...

Todd Linden and the Oakland A's play against the Scrappytown Gamers in a must-win contest.The new Baseball Prospectus annual claims that the Giants treated Linden as if he were Justin Upton. I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

Todd Linden and the Oakland A's play against the Scrappytown Gamers in a must-win contest. The new Baseball Prospectus annual claims that the Giants treated Linden as if he were Justin Upton. I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.