We saw two former Greensboro Grasshoppers going head-to-head, on the FOX TV Saturday afternoon Baseball Game of the Week… It was Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball right there on FOX TV, and it was sort of surreal to see former Greensboro Grasshoppers’ pitcher Chris Paddock, facing former Greensboro Grasshopper Mark Canha… Paddock was pitching for the San Diego Padres and Canha was hitting(DH) for the Oakland A’s… Paddock took the loss for the Padres and he is now (3-4)…The A’s topped the Padres, 8-4….Canha went 0-2 for the A’s at the plate, but Canha drew two walks, and he scored 2 runs…
On Wil Myers from www.mlb.com: DENVER – Wil Myers(Wesleyan Christian Academy) came into Coors Field smoking hot, a one-man wrecking crew in the mile-high ballpark, and by the time he pulled into third with an eighth-inning triple to complete the second cycle in Padres history and cap a 5-3 Padres victory, he could melt the steel girders framing the park with his historic prowess at the plate. Myers(WES) singled to right in the first, drove an RBI double to left in the second, homered into the right field bullpen to lead off the sixth, and then tripled to the left-center…
Wil Myers has been showcasing his prodigious power at Petco Park for the better part of the past two months. Tonight, he’ll get to do so with the entire baseball world watching. For the first time in his career, Myers has been selected to participate in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, which will take place tonight in San Diego. “It’s something I always looked forward to when I was younger,” Myers said earlier this month. “To be able to do it at the highest level would be pretty cool.” Entering the All-Star break, Myers has launched 19 homers — 11…
Brother Beau Myers to pitch to brother Wil Myers in MLB Home Run Derby on Monday night in San Diego from MLB.com/www.mlb.com: For the first time in his career, Wil Myers has been selected to participate in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, which will take place Monday night in San Diego. It’ll be the first appearance by a Padre in the event since Adrian Gonzalez took part in the 2009 edition in St. Louis. “It’s something I always looked forward to when I was younger,” Myers said earlier this month. “To be able to do it at the highest level…
A good tweet coming in from Scott Davis head baseball coach at Wesleyan Christian Academy: Wesleyan’s Wil Myers(San Diego Padres) selected to the 2016 National League All Star Team!! Wil Myers(1B) for the San Diego Padres to the All-Star game in San Diego…. Also named to the National League All-Star team were Jose Fernandez(P), Marcell Ozuna(OF) and A.J. Ramos(P) and all of these All-Stars are former Greensboro Grasshoppers and we congratulate them along with Wil Myers, from Thomasville… Fernandez(10-4) with 146 K’s in 100 1/3 Innings… Ramos with 25 Saves.. Ozuna batting .314 with 17 HR’s and 47 RBI… Wil…
Wil Myers from Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, has just been named the National League Player of the Month for June…Wil Myers with 11 HR’s for the month of June and 21 extra-base hits…. Wil put up some crazy numbers in June for the San Diego Padres and we will have the Padres’ first baseman’s offensive numbers up here for you in a few… Good job and Congrats to Wil Myers…. Wil was coached at WES by Scott Davis… More on that BIG month of June for Wil Myers, from MLB.com/www.mlb.com: SAN DIEGO — Wil Myers capped his incredible…
Wil Myers(Wesleyan Christian Academy) had another great day on Friday for the San Diego Padres and it seems like every time you look up now, Wil is doing it again with his bat…In Friday’s 13-4 win by the Padres over the Cincinnati Reds, Wil Myers goes 3-5 with a HR and 5 RBI, plus 2 runs scored and now for the season you have Wil Myers at: 17 Home Runs 50 RBI…. The kid from High Point is doing OK for himself….
Caught a glimpse of some of Wil’s numbers this morning and they do look impressive for the start of the 2016 season with the San Diego Padres… Wil Myers with 13 home runs and 37 Runs Driven In so far this baseball season….San Diego Padres(MLB)….Wil previously with WES, KC, Tampa Bay and now in SD and he seems to be healthy and playing well…Wil at first base for the Padres and also with 12 Doubles and his average is at .238…Power numbers look real good….
+++++Bryan Mitchell(Reidsville/NY Yankees) hit in the face by a line-drive back to the pitcher’s head….CLICK HERE to see this connection…+++++ Wesleyan’s Michael Dimock(P) could join Wesleyan’s Wil Myers(OF) in San Diego with the Padres this season….. [Right now Dimock is currently with the San Diego Padres’ Triple A team in El Paso, Texas….The El Paso Chihuahuas and Dimock has worked 7 games for El Paso and goes at 1-0, with one save in 10 and 2/3’s innings with 2 BB and 9 K’s…..Wil Myers is still with San Diego and was due to come off of the DL in the…
*****from www.mlb.com***** MIAMI — The Marlins are bracing to be without Giancarlo Stanton(Greensboro Grasshoppers), the Major League leader in home runs and RBIs, for about 4-6 weeks due to a broken hamate bone at the base of his left hand. The injury was sustained on Friday night in Miami’s 7-1 loss to the Dodgers at Marlins Park. SAN DIEGO — Outfielder Wil Myers received promising news on Saturday about the progress of his left wrist following surgery earlier this month. Myers wasn’t sure of his exact timeline for when he can begin baseball activities, but said it should be from…
Thought you might find this interesting….Actor Will Ferrell was looking to play every position he can during a recent day of baseball’s Spring Training(for a movie) and he joined High Point’s Wil Myers(Wesleyan Christian Academy), as they worked along side each other in the San Padres’ outfield, during a spring training game in Arizona in the Cactus League, one would say… Great photo that has come in from Twitter and it can be seen at several locations, but here is the photo from Twitter by way of the High Point Enterprise… CLICK HERE….
from www.wralsportsfan.com: Durham, N.C. — Reigning American League Rookie of the Year and Thomasville, NC native Wil Myers is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with the Durham Bulls Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays announced Friday. Myers will DH for the Bulls as the Bulls continue their home series with the Buffalo Bisons. Read more about last year’s Rookie of the Year, in the American League, when you CLICK HERE for more/all, on Wil Myers from Wesleyan Academy in High Point, N.C…….
Coming in from www.espn.com: Jose Fernandez(Greensboro Grasshoppers) topped fellow Cuban Yasiel Puig for the NL Rookie of the Year award on Monday. The right-hander went 12-6 with a 2.19 ERA and 187 strikeouts for a Miami Marlins team that finished with a 62-100 record. Wil Myers(Wesleyan Christian Academy/High Point, N.C.) of the Tampa Bay Rays won the AL award after putting up impressive offensive numbers in barely half a season. The right fielder received 23 of 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, beating out Detroit shortstop Jose Iglesias and Rays teammate Chris Archer. Myers becomes the…
Numbers and details coming in from CBS Sports.com: If Wil Myers(Tampa Bay Rays/Wesleyan Christian Academy-High Point) plays every game the rest of the season, he will have appeared in 90 games. So it would be a record for the American League (Ryan Howard took the NL ROY with just 88 games played in 2005). Major League Baseball record for the American League, for fewest games played to win Rookie of the Year honors….Wil Myers, from High Point, these numbers are for you…… Myers is hitting .326/.379/.525 with nine doubles, nine homers, 37 RBI, 29 runs and five stolen bases in…
Wil Myers(Wesleyan) hit a two-run home run to give his Durham Bulls a victory on Saturday night and that gives him 14 HR’s on the season for the Bulls and then comes the BIG NEWS on Sunday…. The Tampa Bay Rays called up their top prospect(Wil Myers/Wesleyan Christian Academy/High Point, N.C.) after a first-inning double during Sunday’s Bulls game with Indianapolis. He is expected to join the Rays in Boston on Tuesday for his Major League debut. *****from www.wralsportsfan.com***** CLICK HERE to read all and more on Myers and you can check out his Durham Bulls photo, might be one…
To read all on this one CLICK HERE to go WRALSportsFan.com…..They have all of the details on Wil Myers…..from www.wralsportsfan.com…. Durham, N.C. — Durham Bulls(Tampa Bay Rays) outfielder Wil Myers(Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, N.C.) has been named International League Batter of the Week for the period from May 27 – June 2. Tampa Bay’s top prospect hit .423 over the past seven days and the led the International League with four home runs, 15 RBI, and a 1.038 slugging percentage. He wasted little time making an impact this week, homering and collecting 5 RBI in the first inning…
from www.wralsportsfan.com: Durham, N.C. — The Durham Bulls had a walkoff 9-8 win over the Buffalo Bisons in a wild slugfest at the DBAP on Tuesday night. Wil Myers(Wesleyan Academy/High Point, N.C.) hit a two-run home run for his second homer of the game to tie things in the ninth inning, and Tim Beckham singled off the Blue Monster to score pinch runner Jason Bourgeois to end the game. In the seventh inning, Wil Myers hit a mammoth home run off the fourth-floor balcony of Diamond View II in left, coming within 5 feet of putting the ball on the…
Wil Myers, from High Point, N.C. and former Wesleyan Academy Trojan, has been traded from the Kansas City Royals to the Tampa Bay Rays…Once saw Wil hit three home runs in one game, on a Monday afternoon over at Grimsley High School and as soon as he hit that third homer, the pro scouts were headed to the parking lot and going home, they had seen enough and now Wil is leaving the Royals’ organization and he will suit up this Spring for Tampa Bay….More on the way, when you check out below… from www.news-record.com: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former…
Professional baseball’s Triple A All-Game came one day after the MLB Mid-Summer Classic in Kansas City and a future Kansas City Royal, Wil Myers(Wesleyan Academy in High Point), was the ‘Star of the Game’ for the Pacific Coast League reps….Myers has had a busy week, as he just finished a big day at the Futures Game, in Kansas City, back on Sunday and now comes his success at the Triple A All-Star Game in Buffalo, on Wednesday….. Congrats to the ‘Star of the Week’, Wil Myers, from High Point…..Pacific League over the International League in the All-Star Game…. from www.mlb.com:…
U.S. tops The World in the MLB Futures Game 17-5, at Kansas City on Sunday and Will Myers, from Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, was one of the big stars in the Futures Game and in the win for the U.S…..Wil Myers’ name was also being dropped in today on Daivd Glenn’s Radio Show(1320/1230/1200AM) and Glenn was dropping Wil in, as part of his weekend trivia wrap-up and a look at what the sports stars were doing back over the weekend….See below what Wil Myers(WES) was up to……In the article from mlb.com, Wil made the headline….. Kansas City hometown…