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Thank you for joining us this season and helping the PCL continue its tradition as one of the most prestigious leagues in professional sports. 16 OMAHA STORM CHASERS LETTER FROM THE PCL PRESIDENT BRANCH RICKEY III Baseball Enthusiasts: It is a pleasure to have you join us in sharing another thrilling year of Pacific Coast League Baseball. Now in our 114th season, we take great pride in being one of the premier leagues in all of Minor League Baseball. Our 16 clubs have spent the offseason hard at work preparing to bring you another season full of lasting memories. Their success in these efforts has never been more transparent than with the 7,230,514 fans that walked through the gates last season. Not only was that figure up 3.3 percent from the previous year, it marked the fourth highest total in the PCL’s storied history. El Paso, following up their inaugural season, set an attendance record, while seven other clubs saw their totals rise from 2014. The action on the field was equally historic. The Fresno Grizzlies, in the first season as the affiliate of the Houston Astros, won a franchise-best 84 regular season games before beating El Paso and Round Rock, the latter in an epic five-game series, to capture their first PCL title. In the 10th Triple-A National Championship Game, the Grizzlies beat the International League’s Columbus Clippers, 7-0, to cap the most successful season in their franchise’s 19-year PCL history. The PCL takes great pleasure in developing some of the sport’s finest young talent. This was especially true last year, as six of Baseball America’s Top 10 prospects played in our league, with many going on to make an immediate impact with their parent club. In total, 118 players from the PCL made their major league debuts, a number that increased for the third consecutive season. Oklahoma City saw a PCLbest 11 players advance to the big leagues for the first time, while seven other clubs had at least eight! Not only is the PCL as healthy as it’s ever been, so too is Minor League Baseball, with our league as a driving force behind it. In a day and age in which popularity is measured by retweets and likes, social media has allowed fans to say engaged with content all year long. Minor League Baseball’s Facebook and Twitter accounts both saw their networks grow over 15 percent last year, garnering nearly 4 million combined engagements. As the <strong>2016</strong> season progresses, we are looking forward to another record-breaking season that will culminate with the Triple-A National Championship Game, hosted by our Memphis Redbirds. While it remains to be seen which teams will compete in that contest, one item can be certain: It would not be possible without your continued support.
<strong>2016</strong> ROSTER BRIAN DUENSING LHP HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 200 BATS/THROWS: L/L BORN: February 22, 1983 (Marysville, Kansas) OPENING DAY AGE: 33 ACQUIRED: Signed as a minor league free agent (2/18/16) DUENSING IN 2015 Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Minnesota 4-1 4.25 55 0 0 0 1 48.2 46 24 23 5 4 21 24 3 .254 JONATHAN DZIEDZIC LHP HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 165 BATS/THROWS: R/L BORN: February 4, 1991 (Houston, Texas) OPENING DAY AGE: 25 ACQUIRED: Selected in 13th Round of 2013 MLB Draft DZIEDZIC IN 2015 Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG OMAHA 0-1 21.60 1 1 0 0 0 3.1 10 8 8 3 0 2 4 0 .526 Northwest Arkansas 10-6 3.12 26 25 1 0 0 138.1 138 57 48 9 1 35 93 4 .258 BRETT EIBNER OF HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 195 BATS/THROWS: R/R BORN: December 2, 1988 (The Woodlands, Texas) OPENING DAY AGE: 27 ACQUIRED: Selected in 2nd Round of 2010 MLB Draft EIBNER IN 2015 Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HB OBP SLG E OMAHA .303 103 389 65 118 23 1 19 81 38 79 10 0 2 2 0 .364 .514 3 ANDY FERGUSONRHP HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 203 BATS/THROWS: R/R BORN: September 2, 1988 (Benton, Arkansas) OPENING DAY AGE: 27 ACQUIRED: Selected in 18th Round of 2011 MLB Draft FERGUSON IN 2015 Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Northwest Arkansas 4-0 0.85 6 4 0 0 0 31.2 19 4 3 2 0 8 37 1 .173 OMAHA 7-3 3.21 16 14 0 0 0 73.0 65 27 26 11 2 16 71 5 .237 #STIRUPTHESTORM CHASERS GAMEDAY | 17
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