In American Association Daily, the Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association name Kansas City T-Bones starter Tommy Collier American Association Pitcher of the Year, edging out the Wichita Wingnuts Travis Banwart and the St. Paul Saints Eddie Medina for the award.
On Tuesday night, the St. Paul Saints were only able to hold the Kansas City T-Bones off the scoreboard in three innings, as their pitching staff was pounded for 11 runs and 20 hits. On Wednesday night, Eddie Medina accomplished that feat in just three innings as he dominated Kansas City by allowing three hits […]
A night after watching Chris Nunn blank the Gary Southshore RailCats, right-hander Eddie Medina was trying to replicate the feat, putting his team just one victory away from reaching the American Association championship series. It looked like he would fall short, as two early runs staked the RailCats to the lead, but Medina was brilliant, […]
The St. Paul Saints traveled to Sioux Falls on Monday night looking for their fourth straight victory over the Canaries, and thanks to five home runs and seven outstanding innings from Eddie Medina they would walk away with a 9-5 victory. Dante Bichette, Jr. homered twice in the contest and both he and Brady Shoemaker […]
The biggest series of the year for both the Gary Southshore RailCats and St. Paul Saints got underway at CHS Field on Friday night as the two playoff contenders were looking to make a statement that would vault one closer to the playoffs while crushing the hopes of the other. Thanks to seven outstanding innings […]
For the second time the season, St. Paul Saints starter Eddie Medina got to face his old team, and this time he was even more impressive, blanking the Wichita Wingnuts over 6.1 innings, leading his team to a 5-0 victory. The victory was the fifth of the year for Medina, tying him for the team […]
After watching the pitching staff give away a four run lead in the first game of their double-header, Eddie Medina took matters into his own hands, tossing a complete game shutout in the night cap to lead the St. Paul Saints to a 6-0 victory. The Lincoln Saltdogs won the opening contest, 5-4, scoring five […]
A day after twice leaving the bases loaded in a 1-0 loss to the Cleburne Railroaders, Dante Bichette, Jr. responded in a big way, rapping out 3-hits and driving in 2 in the St. Paul Saints 8-3 victory over the Wichita Wingnuts. That helped snap the 13 game scoreless string of the Wingnuts Casey Harman […]
In American Association Daily, the Minor League Sports Report names their American Association Player and Pitcher of the Week for Week 2 as chosen by Robert Pannier and Kevin Luckow, with Angel Reyes earning the player honors and Eddie Medina being named Pitcher of the Week.
In American Association Daily, Robert Pannier recaps the exciting games around the American Association from Friday, including the Kansas City T-Bones ruining the Chicago Dogs opener with six runs in the ninth and Eddie Medina tossing seven shutout innings as the St. Paul Saints won their sixth straight.
Last season, Eddie Medina established himself as one of the best starting pitchers in the American Association, going 9-3 with a 3.08 ERA for the Wichita Wingnuts. Two starts into his St. Paul Saints career, the right-hander has picked up where he left off last year, winning his first game of the season by blanking […]
American Association Daily provides insights and features on the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions going on with teams around the league. In today’s edition, the St. Paul Saints add three big arms, when RHP John Straka re-signs, and they add Eddie Medina and Mike Devine.
American Association Daily provides insights and features on the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions going on with teams around the league. In today’s edition, the expansion Chicago Dogs add three players, moving the pack to four, with Manager Butch Hobson likely having more ready to announce.
It may be a few days before the American Association playoffs begin, but Eddie Medina looked in playoff ready form Saturday night, allowing just two hits in six innings of work and combining with two relievers to help the Wichita Wingnuts blank the Salina Stockade, 13-0. Brent Clevlen and T.J. Mittelstaedt both had huge nights […]
It has been almost three weeks since Eddie Medina made his last appearance, spending the last two-plus weeks on the disabled list, but he returned to pitch an outstanding game in his five innings of work to earn his eighth win of the season. With the 8-3 victory over the St. Paul Saints, the Wichita […]
After dropping their last nine games, the Wichita Wingnuts finally found themselves in the more familiar win column, downing the Cleburne Railroaders 10-3 Friday night, their first victory since beginning their 18-game road trip. Eddie Medina helped to snap the losing streak, tossing seven outstanding innings, and Tyler Sullivan made his debut for the team […]
Record: 38-23 Place: 1st in the South Division (13 Game Lead) Team Pitching (League Ranking Listed in Parenthesis): ERA: 3.86 (3), Strikeouts: 433 (9), WHIP: 1.26 (1) Team Batting (League Ranking Listed in Parenthesis): Average: .301 (1), Home Runs: 56 (6), Slugging: .445 (2), Stolen Bases: 77 (3) Wichita Wingnuts First Half Recap With the Laredo […]
The Wichita Wingnuts need to install a new rule for defeating the Sioux Falls Canaries – don’t play them on Sunday. A week after being shut down by Grady Wood in a 2-1 loss in Sioux Falls, the Canaries avoided the sweep as Miles Nordgren and Jose Ortega combined to blank the Wingnuts, 1-0. That […]
A night after watching a 3-0 lead in the seventh vaporize, falling to the Texas AirHogs 4-3, the Wichita Wingnuts got five solid innings from Eddie Medina and Richard Prigatano drove home two to lead the Wingnuts to the 4-2 victory. Matt Chavez scored 2-runs, and Mike Devine earned his second save of the season […]
It has been an amazing road trip for the Wichita Wingnuts, as the team easily could have gone home as winners of all nine games had it not been for three walk-off losses they suffered in the middle of the road trip. However, Wichita completed a series sweep of the Texas AirHogs, winning the final […]
With Charlie Leesman unable to go again for the Wichita Wingnuts, the team turned to Eddie Medina, who tossed five solid innings, before turning the lead over to the bullpen. Four relievers kept the Salina Stockade off the scoreboard, as the Wingnuts won 5-3, giving Medina his second win of the season. T.J. Mittelstaedt scored […]
Wednesday, the Winnipeg Goldeyes absolutely crushed the Salina Stockade 16-0. Thursday night, they got to get a taste of what it feels like to be on the opposite end of such a score, as the Wichita Wingnuts jumped out to a 13-0 lead before finishing off Winnipeg 19-4. Every player in the Wichita lineup had […]
Saturday night’s Game 3 of the American Association looked like it could be a real pitchers’ matchup. With Jesse Pratt going for the Wichita Wingnuts and Mikey O’Brien for the Winnipeg Goldeyes, the contest had the earmarks of a low scoring affair, but that would not be the case. Neither starter would get through the […]
Anthony Capra returned from the disabled list a few weeks ago and has struggled to find the strike zone since. That continued Tuesday night as the lefty walked six in the first inning before being relieved. Eddie Medina entered trailing 3-0, but dominated from that point on, as his offense rallied behind him sending the […]
Early this season the Wichita Wingnuts were really struggling to get going, and Eddie Medina was one of a handful of guys that had joined in the woes. Those days are over as Medina continues to impress, outdueling All-Star Lindsey Caughel and the vaunted Lincoln Saltdogs bullpen to lead the Wingnuts to a 3-1 victory. […]
The Wichita Wingnuts finally found a way to defeat those pesky Joplin Blasters, getting four-hits from both T.J. Mittelstaedt and Matt Chavez to help produce double-digit runs to lead the Wingnuts to a 10-2 victory over the Blasters. Eddie Medina tossed six outstanding innings to win his third straight game, ending the team’s three-game losing […]
When the 2016 American Association season began, the Wichita Wingnuts had arguably the deepest and most formidable starting rotation in the league. With four veteran starters, all of whom had impressive credentials, it looked like they were the team to beat in the South Division, if not for the league title. Since two of those […]
The lessons are coming hard and fast at Wingnuts University these days, and it is returning Dean Brent Clevlen who is, once again, providing the deepest lessons of them all. The Wichita Wingnuts outfielder drove in five Saturday night, and rapped out three-hits, including hitting two homeruns, in leading his team to a 12-2 victory […]
They say that there are two things that you can always count on – death and taxes. There is one more thing as well – the Wichita Wingnuts making the American Association playoffs. The team has only been in the league for eight seasons, but has made the playoffs in each of the last seven, […]
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Third Team American Association All-Stars Named
In American Association Daily, the Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association name the third team all-stars for the American Association from the 20o18 season.