Now that the Washington Nationals have adopted the Rochester Red Wings as their Triple-A affiliate for the next 10 years, Rochester baseball fans can look forward to watching an entirely new roster of prospects when the pandemic gives way to minor league baseball’s return…
Rochester claims a trio of rostered players this Fall Classic (Aaron Slegers, who pitched in three games this playoffs, was left off Tampa’s World Series roster). All three appeared in the late innings of Saturday’s ballgame.
Gary Roenicke hit two home runs and a single, driving in six runs as the offensive standout while Sammy Stewart pitched his first Triple-A shutout.
Rochester-born Jim Poole recorded his first MLB save on May 18, 1991 for the Texas Rangers.
While one of the top players in Red Wings history is more well known around baseball for his managerial career, and another is more famous in Rochester for a play at third base, these five players called second base home- and excelled there- as Red Wings…
66 home games last year attracted 451,853 fans, a better average attendance than International League foes like Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Pawtucket and Syracuse.
By BILLY HEYEN The Minnesota Twins acquired outfielder Jeremy Hazelbaker from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. The 30-year old lefty swinger will be active tonight for the Rochester Red Wings, per a team spokesperson. Hazelbaker was a fourth round pick by the Boston Red Sox in the 2009 MLB Draft out of Ball […]
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Each of the last two seasons, Stephen Gonsalves has been a top-100 prospect in Baseball America’s rankings. In 2007 and 2008, Homer Bailey’s final two seasons eligible for prospect rankings, Baseball America ranked him a top-10 prospect. On a minor-league rehab start in Rochester, Bailey won the pitchers’ duel […]
It starts with Ed Nietopski, who played the 1950 season in Rochester as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals organization. It includes Dave Chamberlain, the legendary MCC coach who was good friends with six-year Red Wing manager Joe Altobelli…
When the Minnesota Twins traded for Chris Carter in late May and signed Cameron Rupp in early June, they knew they’d see strikeouts but expected both players to provide power bats for the Rochester Red Wings…