Isaias Quiroz - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite

Quiroz is an American import from the Texas Rangers organisation who played with the Adelaide bite during the 2017-18 ABL season. He spent 2017 playing for the low A level Spokane Indians and the single A level Hickory Crawdads in the Rangers' farm system.

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Isaias Quiroz card front - ©2018 Adam East

Craig Anderson - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox

Anderson, the Sydney Blue Sox veteran returned for his eighth ABL season with the Blue Sox. Unfortunately for him, the 2017-18 ABL season was his least successful over his extensive time in the league. Given that he'll be 38 by the time the 2018-19 season rolls around, it will be interesting to see if he's able to bounce back for a ninth ABL season.

2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox Craig Anderson card front - ©2018 Adam East

Jake Bowey - 2017-18 Perth Heat

Perth local Bowey returned for his fifth season with the Perth Heat in the ABL during the 2017-18 ABL season. Although used sparingly as a position player, Bowey has become a bit of jack of all trades. Since playing as a pitcher in the 2016-17 season, he has still seen action as both a catcher and at first base in occasional games for the Heat.

My last post for Bowey was back after the 2014-15ABL season after he had signed with the Houston Astros. Unfortunately for him, he only spent two seasons with them, reaching their GCL Rookie level team in 2015 before being released.

2017-18 Perth Heat Jake Bowey card front - ©2018 Adam East

Virgil Vasquez - 2017-18 Melbourne Aces

Despite acting more as the pitching coach for the Melbourne Aces, former MLB player and American import Vasquez still managed to start a single game for the Melbourne Aces during the 2017-18 ABL season, marking his sixth season playing in the ABL

2017-18 Melbourne Aces Vigil Vasquez card front - ©2018 Adam East

Jay Baum - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

Baum is an American import who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. Baum had previously spent four years in the Seattle Mariners' farm system before being released in 2017 after a stint with the Arkansas Travelers in the AA level Texas league. He completed the American season playing with the Sussex County Miners in the independent Canadian-American Association before joining the Cavalry.

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Jay Baum card front - ©2018 Adam East

Donald Lutz - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits

German-American import and former MLB player Donald Lutz returned for his fourth ABL season and third with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2017-18 ABL season. Lutz has been an integral part of Brisbane's transformation from the only team to have never played in the ABL finals series to winning three straight championships in a row.

2017-18 Brisbane Bandits Donald Lutz card front - ©2018 Adam East

Angus Roeger - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite

Adelaide stalwart Roeger returned for his sixth season with the the Adelaide Bite during the 2017-18 ABL season.

Ina  side note, I'm going through and cleaning up a bunch of card designs I'd already made for 2017-18 as I realised that some of the layer masks and text sizes weren't standardized across all of the cards. I mainly mention this here as there are a number of Adeliade Bite cards I'm having to redo.

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Angus Roeger card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Angus Roeger alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East

Lars Anderson - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox

Anderson is a former MLB player and American import who played with the Sydney Blue Sox during the 2017-18 ABL season. Anderson played 30 games with the Boston Red Sox across three seasons (2010-2012), as well as ten seasons (2007-2016) in the minors, mainly with Boston, but also with the Indians, White Sox, Cubs and Dodgers organisations.

2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox Lars Anderson card front - ©2018 Adam East

Luke Hughes - 2017-18 Perth Heat

Former MLB player and Perth Heat veteran Hughes returned for his eight season with the Perth Heat during the 2017-18 ABL season.

2017-18 Perth Heat Luke Hughes card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Perth Heat Luke Hughes alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East

Tomoya Mori (森 友哉) - 2017-18 Melbourne Aces

Mori was a Japanese import from the Seibu Lions organisation who played with the Melbourne Aces during the 2017-18 ABL season. Mori is a veteran of the NPB, having played 324 NPB games with the Lions since 2014 prior to his 2017-18 ABL debut.

2017-18 Melbourne Aces Tomoya Mori card front - ©2018 Adam East

Gabriel Arias - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

Arias is a Venezualan import from the San Diego Padres organisation who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. Arias was only 17 years old during his time at Canberra, having only debuted in the Padres organisation in 2017, playing with both their Arizona Rookie League team and their Single A team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps.

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Gabriel Arias card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Gabriel Arias card front - ©2018 Adam East

Darius Day - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite

Day is an American import from the Texas Rangers organisation who played with the Adelaide Bite during the 2017-18 ABL season. Day has spent four years in the Rangers' farm system, most recently with the Rangers' Arizona League rookie team.

I'm struggling with the design for the Bite players as there isn't enough contrast between the dark blue colouring of the Bite used for the player name and logo shield and the black background. I may have to play around with the colouring a bit. The Bite design was the last team design I've done for this season, otherwise I might have used something different than the black background in the design.

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Darius Day card front ©2018 Adam East

[Update 2nd Apr 2018: Here's my redux version of Day's card with a few changes I've made to the design:]

2017-18 Adelaide Bite Darius Day card front - updated ©2018 Adam East

Boss Moanaroa - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

The 2017-18 ABL season was Moanaroa's seventh ABL season and his third with the Canberra Cavalry. Boss was able to recruit his brother Moko to play with the Cavalry to cover the loss of the local Sloan brothers to drug suspension.

I was fortunate to get some shots of Boss this season. Due to work commitments, he was only able to play weekend games, and I was only able to get to weeknight games this year. The perils of a non-fully professional league. I was fortunate though in that I was able to get some shots of him during game one of the 2017-18 ABL Championship Series last Friday night.

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Boss Moanaroa card front - ©2018 Adam East

2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Boss Moanaroa alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East

Adam Weisenburger - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits

Weisenburger is an American import who is playing with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2017-18 ABL season. Weisenburger spent seven seasons (2011-2017) playing in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, eventually reaching the Triple A level Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2017 before being released.

2017-18 Brisbane Bandits Adam Weisenburger card front - ©2018 Adam East

Matthew Rae - 2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox

Veteran Blue Sox pitcher Rae returned for his sixth ABL season in 2016-17, also his sixth season with Sydney.

Rae’s card is the last of my 2016-17 ABL player card designs. It’s time to get on with working on the rest of my 2017-18 card designs.

2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox Matthew Rae card front - ©2017 Adam East