Aaron Sayers - 2016-17 Canberra Cavalry

Former Aces player Sayers returned for his second season with the Canberra Cavalry and sixth in the ABL during the 2016-17 ABL season.

2016-17 Canberra Cavalry Aaron Sayers card front - ©2017 Adam East

2016-17 Canberra Cavalry Aaron Sayers alternate card front - ©2017 Adam East

Aaron Sayers - 2015-16 Canberra Cavalry

Following 4 years with the Melbourne Aces, Victorian youngster Sayers made the off-season move to the Canberra Cavalry for the 2015-16 ABL season for greater playing time. It was a successful move with Sayers playing in the majority of the Cavalry games whilst bating .306 compared to his .147 career average.Sayers also graduated out of the Detroit Tigers Rookie ball team in 2015, moving up to Tiger's short A affiliate, the Connecticut Tigers. This photo features him about to be high-fived on deck after being batted in for a run.

2015-16 Canberra Cavalry Aaron Sayers card front - ©2016 Adam East

Aaron Sayers - 2014-15 Melbourne Aces

Aussie player Sayers spent 2014 with the Detroit Tigers Rookie level tam in the Gulf Coast league - his second season in the Tigers' farm system, before returning to the Melbourne Aces for the 2014-15 ABL season - his fourth in the ABL.

As with most of the Melbourne players, I wasn't overly happy with my shots of them, but was able to salvage the following shots as potential cards.

2014-15 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers card front - ©2015 Adam East

2014-15 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers alternate card front - ©2015 Adam East

Aaron Sayers - 2013-14 Melbourne Aces

Following his ABL rookie season with Melbourne in 2012-13, Sayers headed over to the USA in 2013  where he finally made his minor league debut with the Tigers' Gulf Coast League rookie team. He returned back to the Melbourne Aces for the 2013-14 ABL season.

2013-14 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers card front - © 2014 Adam East

Dingo 2013-14 Melbourne Aces - Series Two Checklist

Here is the checklist for series two of the 2013-14 Melbourne Aces cards released by Dingo Cards on the 1st December 2013.

Dingo 2013-14 Melbourne Aces Series Two Header/Checklist Card - front

Dingo 2013-14 Melbourne Aces Series Two Header/Checklist Card - back

Here are the ten cards that make up Dingo's 2013-14 Melbourne Aces Series Two set of cards:

Card Number: Player: (Nationality, current or past MLB affiliation)
057 Ryan Casteel  (USA, played in Colorado Rockies organisation in 2013)
058 Phil Dale (Australia, Coach of the Melbourne Aces, played 4 seasons in the Cincinnati Reds organisation between 1985-1988)
059 Aaron Sayers (Australia, played  in the Detroit Tigers organisation in 2013)
060 Toshihiro Iwao (Japan, played in Seibu Lions organisation from the NPB in 2013)
061 Tyler Massey (USA, played in Colorado Rockies organisation in 2013)
062 Brett Zawacki (USA, played 6 seasons in the St Lous Cardinals and Miami Marlins organisations between 2007 - 2012)
063 Jared Schlehuber (USA, played in Colorado Rockies organisation in 2013)
064 Justin Trapp (USA, played in Colorado Rockies organisation in 2013)
unnumbered - Header / Checklist Card
unnumbered -  Dingo advert on front / Release Schedule for Melbourne Aces card sets on back

Designs for the 2012-13 card backs

I'm currently working on the designs for the card backs for my 2012-13 set of Australian Baseball League cards. I thought I'd show you what they look like for each team. From memory, the background image is from a shot of one of the Sydney Blue Sox catchers that I took.

2012-13 Adelaide Giants Angus Roeger card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Canberra Cavalry Marcus Knecht card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Perth Heat Aaron Bonomi card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Sydney Blue Sox Timothy Cox card back © 2013 Adam East

Aaron Sayers - 2012-13 Melbourne Aces

Melbourne youngster who signed with the Detroit Tigers at age 16 in 2011, and debuted with the Melbourne Aces at age 17 during the 2011-12 ABL season. Whilst yet to actually appear in the minors with the Tigers, he returned to the Aces for the 2012-13 ABL season.

2012-13 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers card front - © 2012 Adam East