FRISCO, Texas (April 23, 2024) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles began their six-game series in the Dallas Metroplex with a 12-7 win on Tuesday night. Amarillo tagged Frisco pitching for 14 hits, including a four-hit night by Deyvison De Los Santos. Ivan Melendez added a home run, driving in three

AMARILLO, Texas (April 20, 2024) – The Sod Poodles racked up 14 hits, including five extra-base hits as a balanced offensive attack propels Amarillo to a 9-6 win on Saturday night. With the win, the Sod Poodles took control of the series and secured at worst a series split heading

AMARILLO, Texas (April 19, 2024) – Playing as the best alternate identity in baseball for the first time in the new season, the Amarillo Calf Fries dropped their first extra innings game of 2024. The bats powered the offense in the early going but went cold as the temperature dropped

MIDLAND, Texas (April 10, 2024) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles used a five-run third inning en route to earning their first win of the 2024 season. Multi-hit efforts from four players and a dominant showing from the bullpen provided an all-around effort in the 7-4 win over the Midland RockHounds

MIDLAND, Texas (April 9, 2024) – Tied after the fifth inning, the Amarillo Sod Poodles dropped their first game of the series to the Midland RockHounds 4-3 on Tuesday night. A ninth-inning two-out rally placed the tying run 90 feet away for the Sod Poodles who unfortunately left 12 runners

Some prospects never struggle on their way to the Major Leagues. For example, the first two guys on our Top 100 Prospects list, Orioles shortstop Jackson Holliday and Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio, have yet to taste failure in pro ball. They're the exceptions, however. Most prospects face adversity at some

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Arizona Diamondbacks. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Reno: 88-62 Double-A

Hillsboro, OR (September 20, 2023) – Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) today announced the league awards and All-Star teams for the High-A Northwest League. Votes were cast by league managers and final decisions were determined by the Commissioner’s Office. 2023 Hops’ Infielder Ivan Melendez and Starting Pitcher’s Dylan Ray and Yu-Min

San Antonio, Texas (August 24, 2023) – Behind 13 hits, the Sod Poodles outlasted the San Antonio Missions 4-2 on Thursday night at Nelson Wolff Stadium. The Sod Poodles got five scoreless innings from Luke Albright on the mound and were paced in hits by D-backs' no. 8-rated prospect, Ivan

Amarillo, Texas (August 16, 2023) – Los Pointy Boots de Amarillo exploded for a season-high 17 runs on 15 hits to take control of the series against Arkansas on Wednesday night. All nine in the Amarillo order recorded hits and scored with seven of the nine crossing the plate multiple

Amarillo, Texas (August 15, 2023) – Amarillo and Arkansas began their series with seven combined home runs, including Neyfy Castillo's second career grand slam on Tuesday night. The Sod Poodles built a five-run lead after the fifth and were able to outlast the Travs in the later innings. Conor Grammes

Tulsa, Okla. (August 12, 2023) – After falling behind by six runs on Saturday night, the Amarillo Sod Poodles battled back to beat the Tulsa Drillers 10-9. Amarillo hit four home runs on the night, highlighted by a pair of long balls from Tim Tawa. Amarillo left the bases loaded

Tulsa, Okla. (August 8, 2023) – Amarillo jumped out to an early lead in game one in Tulsa but was toppled in the series opener 7-4. Ivan Melendez added to his season home run total in the loss. A.J. Vukovich reached via an infield single with two outs to extend

Amarillo, Texas (August 5, 2023) – The Sod Poodles jumped out to a first-inning lead on Saturday night before finding themselves in a five-run hole after the top of the seventh. From that point on, the Sod Poodles scored six unanswered runs to top the Corpus Christi Hooks 8-7 in

Amarillo, Texas (August 2, 2023) – A 26-hit, 24-run, back-and-forth game did not go in favor of Amarillo, who fell 13-11 to the Corpus Christi Hooks on Wednesday night. The game saw a combined eight home runs split evenly between the two clubs vying for the top spot in the

Midland, Texas (July 29, 2023) – Amarillo jumped out to an early lead and held on to defeat the Midland RockHounds on Saturday night. Ivan Melendez was one of five Sod Poodles to record multi-hit efforts and paced the team with his four RBI at Momentum Bank Ballpark. Camden Duzenack

Midland, Texas (July 28, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles dropped their Friday night game against the Midland RockHounds by a final of 10-9. The Sod Poodles jumped out to an early lead but were unable to halt a late push by their Oil Pan Cup Rivals. Amarillo starter Yu-Min

Amarillo, Texas (July 23, 2023) – Amarillo ended a nine-game home stand with a 12-6 loss to the Wichita Wind Surge on Sunday evening. The Sod Poodles ended the nine games by going 6-3 with series wins over Frisco and Wichita. Making his first start since the 2021 season, Conor

Ivan Melendez can’t stop mashing in the Yellow City. The seventh-ranked D-backs prospect, who has homered in all of his last four games, went yard twice Tuesday night en route to Double-A Amarillo's 10-7 win over Wichita at HODGETOWN. But Melendez was reaching the fences before the All-Star break …

Amarillo, Texas (July 18, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles welcomed the visiting Wichita Wind Surge with a combined 17 runs and 26 hits in game one of the series. Prior to Tuesday night's series opener, the Wind Surge hadn't visited HODGETOWN since the 2021 season. Wichita struck first, plating

Amarillo, Texas (July 15, 2023) – The Amarillo Sod Poodles evened the series against Frisco with an 11-4 win on Saturday night. Caleb Roberts led the charge with a pair of home runs, two of the five total home runs the Sod Poodles hit for the game. Two batters into

Amarillo, Texas (July 14, 2023) – Kicking off the first of a three-game weekend series against the Frisco RoughRiders, Amarillo fell 8-3 at HODGETOWN on Friday night. Luke Albright picked up right where he left off in his previous start, sitting the RoughRiders down in order in the top of

Hillsboro, OR (July 9, 2023) – The Hillsboro Hops were trying to avoid losing 5 of 6 for the fourth time in five series’ on Sunday at Ron Tonkin Field against the Vancouver Canadians. One of the best pitchers in Minor League Baseball so far on the season, Devereaux Harrison

If there were any questions about why Ivan Melendez was nicknamed the "Hispanic Titanic" coming out of Texas, those were answered -- with an exclamation point -- last week. The seventh-ranked D-backs' prospect pulverized the ball over six games for High-A Hillsboro en route to being named the Minor League

Ivan Melendez, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ second-round pick in the 2022 draft out of the University of Texas, hit for the cycle on Friday night at Ron Tonkin Field in the Hillsboro Hops’ 10-6 loss to the Everett Aquasox. An official scorer’s change after the game gave Melendez a triple in