![]() |
2017-18 Brisbane Bandits Sam Holland card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Friday, February 22, 2019
Sam Holland - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits
The 2017-18 ABL season was local player Holland's fourth season with the Brisbane Bandits. Holland spent 2017 playing for the Inland Empire 66ers, the LA Angels affiliate in the Advanced A level California League. Unfortunately for Holland he became a free agent at the end of the 2017 northern summer and it appears that he wasn't picked by another organisation for 2018.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Liam Sherer - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry
Sherer is a local developmental junior who made his ABL debut with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. He spent his time playing in the Canberra competition as a position player, and is listed as a Shortstop on the ABL website but his debut ABL season game time consisted of a single inning pitched in a single game.
![]() |
2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Liam Sherer card front - ©2018 Adam East |
![]() |
2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Liam Sherer alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Monday, February 18, 2019
Mitchell Skinner - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox
Friday, February 15, 2019
Brian Grening - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry
Veteran American import Grening played his final season with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. It was his seventh season with the Cavalry. Having married a local girl and settled down in Canberra he would return in 2018-19 as Canberra's pitching coach. At the start of the 2018-19 season he was the first Cavalry player to have their number retired by the club.
![]() |
2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Brian Grening card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Matt Timms - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits
Monday, February 11, 2019
Nick Hutchings - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite
Hutchings is a local South Australian player who played with the Adelaide Bite during the 2017-18 ABL season. That was his fourth ABL season with Adelaide however, games had previously been few and far between for him. After playing five games in his debut year in 2012-13, Nick only played a single game in each of the 2013-14 and 2016-17 seasons. He did finally manage to break into the bullpen for more regular time on the mound in 2017-18, pitching in 16 games for the Bite.
![]() |
2017-18 Adelaide Bite Nick Hutchings card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Friday, February 8, 2019
Matthew Rae - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Robbie Perkins - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry
Perkins continues on as a part of the Canberra Cavalry leadership group, with 2017-18 ABL season being his sixth season with the Canberra Cavalry and in the ABL. 2018 was also his sixth year in the Colorado Rockies farm system. He split his time between the single A Asheville Tourists and the double A level Hartford Yard Goats.
![]() |
2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Robbie Perkins card front - ©2018 Adam East |
![]() |
2017-18 Canberra Cavalry Robbie Perkins alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Monday, February 4, 2019
Ryan Battaglia - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits
Bandits veteran Battaglia returned for his eighth ABL season with Brisbane during the 2017-18 ABL season. Having been only 25 years of age at the end of the 2017-18 season there are probably still a number of seasons ahead for him, age and form permitting.
![]() |
2017-18 Brisbane Bandits Ryan Battaglia card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Monday, January 28, 2019
Steven Chambers - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite
Friday, January 25, 2019
Joshua Strong - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Justin Lopez - 2018-19 Canberra Cavalry
Lopez is a Venezualan import from the San Diego Padres organisation who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the first half of the 2018-19 ABL season. Lopez is in his second year with the Padres and spent 2018 playing for their single A affiliate, the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
![]() |
2018-19 Canberra Cavalry Justin Lopez card front - ©2018 Adam East |
![]() |
2018-19 Canberra Cavalry Justin Lopez alternate card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Dylan Thompson - 2017-18 Perth Heat
Thompson is an American import who played with the Perth Heat during the 2017-18 ABL season. Thompson spent two seasons (2014 - 2015) in the Colorado Rockies' farm system. He has spent most of the last three seasons playing with the Sioux Falls Canaries in the independent American Association.
![]() |
2017-18 Perth Heat Dylan Thompson card front - ©2018 Adam East |
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Jack Murphy - 2018-19 Sydney Blue Sox
Legendary American import Murphy spent four seasons as a Canberra Cavalry fan favourite between 2012-13 and 2015-16 so it was a bit of a surprise to see him return to the ABL in 2018-19 with the Sydney Blue Sox. He did explain that it made sense though. Although he would have liked to have returned to his roots at the Cavalry, he would have been one of four characters on the Cavalry list behind the entrenched Perkins brothers and youngster Nick Hosie.
Murphy spent nine years playing in the minors between 2009 and 2017 with Toronto and the LA Dodgers before electing free agency at the end of 2017. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians but was released at the start of the 2018 season, having played at Triple A level in four different seasons during his career.
Murphy spent nine years playing in the minors between 2009 and 2017 with Toronto and the LA Dodgers before electing free agency at the end of 2017. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians but was released at the start of the 2018 season, having played at Triple A level in four different seasons during his career.
![]() |
2018-19 Sydney Blue Sox Jack Murphy card front - ©2019 Adam East |
![]() |
2018-19 Sydney Blue Sox Jack Murphy alternate card front - ©2019 Adam East |
Monday, January 21, 2019
Nicholas Rossell - 2017-18 Melbourne Aces
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)