Minor League Blogs

The Whitecaps now face elimination in their best of three game series after a 7-2 loss to the Loons last night.  Brandon Douglas went two for four with a double and he drove in both Whitecaps runs and the rest of the team managed just one hit.
Casey Crosby took the loss.   He gave up five [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 10-4 on the season with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 9-2 win over South Bend.  He gave up just three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five shutout frames. 
Brent Wyatt went two for four with two doubles, two RBIs, a walk and a run.  BillyNowlin went two [...]

Casey Crosby did it again and he improved to 9-4 with a really nice start in the Whitecaps 3-0 win over South Bend.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with five strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Tyler Stohr pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his 17th save of the season.
Jordan [...]

The Whitecaps made three errors in the fifth inning in which Cedar Rapids scored all five of their runs in a 5-3 loss.  Casey Crosby fell to 8-4 despite a solid start.  He gave up four runs (just one earned) on four hits with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Alden Carrithers went two for four [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 8-3 on the season with another nice start in the Whitecaps 4-2 win over Clinton.  He gave up a run on just two hits with a walk and seven strikeouts in five innings.  Tyler Stohr pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his fourteenth save of the season.
Brent Wyatt had [...]

The Whitecaps managed just a pair of runs in their 4-2 loss to Peoria.  Casey Crosby took the loss and he fell to 7-3.  He gave up four runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk with two strikeouts in three innings.  Victor Larez was particularly impressive on the mound and he pitched five [...]

Casey Crosby got it done again and you wonder how much longer it’ll be before he gets pushed up.  He didn’t allow a hit and he walked one with six strikeouts in five shutout innings.  The win pushed his record to 6-2 and he has 74 strikeouts in 63 2/3 innings with a 3.39 ERA.
Gustavo [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 5-2 on the season with a nice start in the Caps 6-0 win over the Dayton Dragons.  He gave up two hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.  Victor Larez struck out two in three shutout innings of relief.
Mike Gosse went three for four with an RBI.  Billy [...]

Casey Crosby fell to 4-2 on the season in a tough start as the White Caps lost to Fort Wayne 9-5.  He gave up four runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in three innings.
Brandon Douglas went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Avisail Garcia went two [...]

The Caps scored four runs in the fifth inning and that proved to be the difference in their 6-4 win over the Loons.  Gustavo Nunez led the way at the plate and he went three for four with two runs, a triple and an RBI.  Brent Wyatt doubled, drew a walk, drove in one and [...]

Casey Crosby improved to 3-0 in the Whitecaps 8-0 win over Quad Cities.  He gave up just four hits and four walks with five strikeouts and the solid start pushed his ERA down to 2.53.  He has 52 strikeouts in 42 2/3 innings but he hasn’t pitched past the sixth inning.
Ben Guez had the big [...]

The White Caps took care of Beloit 2-0 today behind some solid pitching by Casey Crosby.  The former top draft pick gave up just one hit and three walks with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Unfortunately, the hitters couldn’t get their bats going early enough and it was actually Tyler Conn who picked up [...]

Casey Crosby had a mixed start today and he needed some help from the pen as the White Caps won their second straight.  Crosby went the first 3 1/3 innings and he gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.  Matt Hoffman was very solid and he improved to 1-0.  [...]

Kevin Goldstein recently put out his list of who he things the Tigers top eleven prospects are.  It’s an interesting list because like last year, you have two top players then a steep drop off.  Cameron Maybin checks in at number one for the second straight season and that’s not a surprise.  Yeah Maybin fell [...]