Results tagged ‘ Fluor Field ’
Mookie Betts is SAL Player of the Week
Second baseman Mookie Betts (7) of the Greenville Drive, right, is congratulated after scoring in the first inning of a game against the Augusta GreenJackets on Friday, May 10, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Greenville Drive second baseman Mookie Betts has been named the South Atlantic League Player of the Week for May 6-12.
Chris Stratton of the Augusta GreenJackets
Pitcher Chris Stratton (22) of the Augusta GreenJackets warms up before a game against the Greenville Drive on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Stratton was a first-round pick by the San Francisco Giants in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. He is also the No. 3 prospect for the Giants. Augusta won, 6-3. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Power’s Orlando Castro, Pitcher of the Week
Pitcher Orlando Castro (22) of the West Virginia Power in a game against the Greenville Drive on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. West Virginia won, 8-3. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Orlando Castro, who pitched for the West Virginia Power in a game against the Greenville Drive on April 16, is the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week.
MiLB.com puts his line at:
(1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 BB, 7 K)
MiLB.com goes on to say: “In 33 innings this season, Castro has struck out 29 and walked one, and he ranks second in the Sally League in WHIP (0.82) and fifth in ERA (1.36).”
Kendrick Perkins of the Greenville Drive broken bat
Kendrick Perkins of the Greenville Drive breaks his bat in a game against the Charleston RiverDogs on Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Charleston won Game 1 of a doubleheader, 6-2. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Some people really like broken-bat photos. Me, I’m just ambivalent because the batter’s face is usually hidden, and I don’t like that. But here’s one I shot last month and just rediscovered for anyone so inclined.
Pitcher Josh Hader of the Delmarva Shorebirds
Starting pitcher Josh Hader (17) of the Delmarva Shorebirds in a game against the Greenville Drive on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Hader is listed as the No. 18 prospect of the Baltimore Orioles, according to Baseball America. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
I know some pitchers seem to have a smoking fastball, but this is ridiculous.
2013 Greenville Drive team photo
Members of the 2013 Opening Day roster for the Greenville Drive pose for a team photo during Media Day just prior to the start of the 2013 season on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Braves catcher Evan Gattis makes opening day roster
Catcher Evan Gattis (36) of the Rome Braves, Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, prior to the first game of a doubleheader against the Greenville Drive on August 15, 2011, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Rome defeated Greenville, 6-3. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
I love a good Minor League success story, and the saga of catcher Evan Gattis of the Atlanta Braves certainly qualifies. Gattis, whose personal struggles were discussed in a Sports Illustrated profile last week, was named today to the Braves’ opening day roster, never having played a day above Class AA.
Jackie Bradley Jr. in the spotlight at SC event
Boston Red Sox prospect outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. speaks with a TV reporter at the Greenville Drive’s annual Hot Stove Event on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in Greenville, South Carolina. Bradley is ranked No. 32 prospect in the country for the 2013 season by MLB.com. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Tuesday night, even as former Gamecock and former Greenville Drive outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. was talking with fans in downtown Greenville, the MLB Network was getting ready to air its new Top 100 prospects list.
Not long after I got home from photographing Bradley and the other notables at the Greenville Drive’s annual Hot Stove Event at Zen in the West End, I flipped on the TV and watched as Jonathan Mayo announced Bradley as No. 32. Mayo said Bradley is someone “who’s looked at as a likely replacement for free-agent-to-be Jacoby Ellsbury . . ..”
Bradley signed autographs for fans, posed for photos, talked with TV reporters and generally showed how comfortable he is even in the spotlight.
Prospect Evan Gattis is Spring Training invitee
Catcher Evan Gattis of the Rome Braves, Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, in the first game of a doubleheader against the Greenville Drive on August 15, 2011, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Catcher turned slugging left field prospect Evan Gattis is among the 21 non-roster invitees the Braves will bring to Spring Training camp this February.
The Braves’ invitees include nine pitchers: Ryan Buchter, Yohan Flande, Sean Gilmartin, J.R. Graham, Dusty Hughes, Wirfin Obispo, Daniel Rodriguez, Gus Schlosser and Alex Wood.
Six catchers: Luis De La Cruz, Evan Gattis, Matt Kennelly, Matt Pagnozzi, Braeden Schlehuber and Jose Yepez. Three-infielders: Nick Ahmed, Blake DeWitt and Joe Leonard. Three-outfielders: Todd Cunningham, Joe Terdoslavich (formerly an infielder) and Jordan Parraz.
Cub Anthony Rizzo to play for Team Italy in WBC
First baseman Anthony Rizzo (25) of the Greenville Drive on the team’s 2009 home opener against the Hickory Crawdads on April 13, 2009, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)
Former Greenville Drive and current Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo will play for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic, which begins in March.
Italy will open the competition on March 7 against Mexico, playing in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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