March 22, 2023 by Sam Weiderhaft I had never been to MLB Spring Training. I’ve been a baseball fan my whole life and had always dreamt of making a trip to Arizona to see the stars of the game prepare for their seasons. When the Pelicans asked Hunter Horenstein and...

September 5, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft As the Pelicans gear up for their first playoff appearance since 2017, the late-season roster moves have taken place with a handful of games to go. Players who have impressed have received promotions, and the 2022 draft picks are making their way up to...

August 23, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft Being a catcher comes with many responsibilities. From being the team captain, to calling pitches, to throwing out runners trying to steal, many aspects are looked at when evaluating a team’s backstop. Hitting can often be overlooked with catchers because the defensive duties take...

August 8, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft Baseball is the sport of the summer. Every night, there’s a game going on from early April to September. Players can be fatigued both mentally and physically as the season goes on with the number of games. In his second season with the Pelicans,...

August 1, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft The 2022 Pelicans pitching staff has been nothing short of incredible. Their 3.43 team ERA ranks third in Minor League Baseball, and they have the most strikeouts in the Carolina League at 1,050. With these performances, promotions to the higher levels have been frequent....

July 11, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft At the beginning of every Minor League Baseball season, there’s a potential for “breakout” seasons. A player who isn’t expected to catch the eyes of fans, but ends up doing so. Being at the Single-A level, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans have the potential to...

June 27, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft The first half of the 2022 season for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans was historic. They led Minor League Baseball in wins with 47, tallied the biggest run differential at +149, and took home the Carolina League South Division title to make their first playoff...

June 13, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft On May 4, 2022, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans destroyed the Salem Red Sox in a score that looked like it would be seen on the bottom line of an NFL Sunday. 24-6 was the final in Virginia, as the Pelicans scored the most runs...

May 30, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft When BJ Murray was three years old, his dad put a bat in his hand. He got comfortable on the right side of the plate and never turned back. “I’ve been playing ever since, as long as I can remember,” Murray said. Before he...

May 9, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft 2021 was a rollercoaster of a year that only went up for James Triantos. He won Virginia’s 6A State Championship with James Madison High School by pitching a one-hitter and hitting a solo homer in the championship game. He made an early stop at...

April 25, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft The 2022 season could not start any better for a minor league relief pitcher. Riley Martin, the sixth-round pick by the Chicago Cubs in the 2021 MLB Draft out of Quincy University, has been unhittable in his first three outings of the season for...

April 11, 2022 by Sam Weiderhaft Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Tyler Schlaffer aspired to be pitching for the team on the north side one day. "It's been my dream to pitch at Wrigley Field," Schlaffer told the Chicago Tribune in 2019 shortly after being selected by...

September 9, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft It had been a long day in Auburn, Alabama as the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Auburn Tigers met in the second game of a doubleheader. It was a matchup of two of the top teams in the country, with Auburn at number 15 and...

August 30, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft Owen Caissie was back in his home country of Canada during the offseason taking batting practice. The San Diego Padres’ second-round pick in the 2020 draft was gearing up for what would be his first full season in the organization when a text came...

August 20, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft With the 2021 Spring Training coming to an end, Pelicans manager Buddy Bailey met in a room with different coaches in the Cubs’ system. The main point of discussion was deciding which players were going to which levels. A catcher from Venezuela came across,...

August 6, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft The 2021 Myrtle Beach Pelicans have had no shortage of spectacular infielders. From the Cubs’ 2020 first-round pick Ed Howard to another top-20 prospect in the young Kevin Made. Those two young prospects have one thing in common: they’re both shortstops. Add another player...

August 3, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft Before being selected in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft, Jordan Nwogu was a football player. A star defensive end at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nwogu had been offered a scholarship by Eastern Michigan and Kent State to play...

July 11, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft Jeremiah Estrada was ready. Fresh off his rehab for his 2019 Tommy John surgery after his second arm injury, he had worked his way back and was ready to return in 2020. Then, the world was put on pause, and so was Estrada’s progress....

June 25, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft It’s the top of the fourth inning at Pelicans Ballpark on a partly cloudy, warm summer day in the middle of June. The Pelicans took on the Charleston RiverDogs for the second game of the series after dropping the opener a night prior. Throwing...

June 11, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft When Davidjohn Herz was called up in front of the team on Sunday, June 6 in the clubhouse, he didn’t know what to expect. “Our manager [Buddy Bailey] called a meeting in the clubhouse,” Herz said. “Usually when Buddy calls you up, you might...

May 25, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft Tuesday, May 11, 2021, was a special day in Myrtle Beach. For the first time in 628 days, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans opened the gates to 3,300 fans for the first home game since August 2019. Pelicans’ faithful were treated to a thriller of...

May 7, 2021 by Sam Weiderhaft “It feels real, I missed baseball. I’m so excited it’s back with the fans.” Before he became the first shortstop selected in the 2020 MLB Draft, Ed Howard threw the final pitch of the U.S. Championship Game in the 2014 Little League World Series...