2023 California League playoffs coverage
Championship Series
Nuts don't crack en route to Cal League crown
It's time to get Nuts! Thanks to an unrelenting offense that averaged more than 10 runs per game in the playoffs, Single-A Modesto finished off a perfect postseason on Tuesday night with a championship-clinching 14-8 win over Rancho Cucamonga at LoanMart Field. Colt Emerson led the way with four hits
From 'pure luck' to Latina leader
During Minor League Baseball’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and #ForTheLoveOfBéisbol from Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, Más Allá del Diamante will feature a Hispanic, Latino, Latina or Latinx leader from a MiLB community. In this edition, we visit with Verónica Hernández, director of marketing and promotions for the Modesto
Toolshed: Recent noteworthy Cal League seasons
This space started honoring the short-season leagues after their respective campaigns were delayed in June. Now following the cancellation of all Minor League Baseball in 2020, we're turning it into an appreciation of the full-season circuits as well. So Toolshed is revisiting the 10 most notable individual seasons put together
San Jose beats odds, historic rivalry to welcome A's
Rivalries bring emotion, tension and drama, providing backdrops for some of the most memorable moments in sports. But in the shadow of a global pandemic, two ordinarily adversarial organizations have banded together to add a new dimension to their storied rivalry: partnership.
Ready and waiting: A's Nick Allen
Players at all levels of the Minor Leagues missed significant playing time in 2019 due to injury only to have their return interrupted by the global pandemic. Each week, MiLB.com checks in on an elite prospect’s road back from injury. This week, we focus on Oakland A’s infielder Nick Allen.
Did you know? California League edition
When it comes to size, scope and longevity, few, if any, sporting bodies can rival Minor League Baseball. With 160 teams in nearly as many markets, there are innumerable nooks and crannies to explore. This marks the sixth installment in a series dedicated to such explorations, providing one unique, weird,
On way out, Karaviotis leads North to win
SAN BERNARDINO, California -- A midseason classic, it was -- a good, tight ballgame into the late innings -- but the California League All-Star Game defied "classic" expectations of the homer-happy circuit.The North Division, led by All-Star MVP Mark Karaviotis of Visalia and commanding pitching performances, scratched across four runs
Gore, Castro lead Cal League All-Star rosters
The California League is one of Minor League Baseball's most notorious hitter-friendly circuits, but its most high-profile All-Star in 2019 is a player that toes the rubber.Lake Elsinore left-hander MacKenzie Gore, the No. 7 prospect in baseball, and Lancaster first baseman Luis Castro (Rockies) headline the 2019 California League All-Star
Ports' Blanco leads Cal North to All-Star win
LANCASTER, California -- After a Home Run Derby dominated by the South, the California League All-Star Game was all North Division on Tuesday.Stockton's Dairon Blanco was named the BUSH'S® All-Star MVP, as the Oakland prospect went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double, a stolen base and a pair of runs
JetHawks' Ramos wins Cal League Derby
LANCASTER, California -- On any summer night with baseball at The Hangar, batters anticipate getting a little help from the wind. During Tuesday's California League All-Star Home Run Derby, natural forces left competitors high and dry."It's a big field when there's] no wind. You're used to playing in that wind
Three Rawhide Players Named California League All-Stars
VISALIA, CA - The California League announced today the rosters of the North and South Division All-Star teams for the 2018 California League All-Star Game, to be played in Lancaster on Tuesday, June 19.
Reed, Ramos headline Cal League All-Stars
The California League is already known for its strong offense, but there could be some extra fireworks in store for the circuit's midsummer classic. Lake Elsinore's Buddy Reed, the league's top hitter, will be accompanied by home run leader Roberto Ramos of Lancaster on the South roster that'll take on the
'Weird' Storm lefties exceptionally good
Of 14 pitchers on the California League South Division All-Star team, seven came from the Lake Elsinore Storm. And of those seven, two finished the first half ranked first and second in ERA. Eric Lauer, Tuesday night's All-Star starter, leads the loop with a 2.15 mark, while fellow left-hander Joey Lucchesi
JetHawks' Springer has Hamilton-esque night
George Springer had a nice game. And than he had the game of his life hours later. The Astros' No. 3 prospect homered in his final at-bat of Lancaster's Game 1 win over Lake Elsinore, then went yard in his first three plate appearances of Friday's nightcap as the JetHawks
Records tumble in California League slugfest
When High Desert fell behind by eight runs in the first inning, the Mavericks didn't feel much like celebrating. So when James McOwen hit a bouncer that hopped over the first baseman's head to push his hitting streak to a Cal League-record 36 games, he didn't say much. "Oh, man,