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April 22, 2012

FROM TERRE HAUTE TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES

Dennis Clark The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Two former Wabash Valley players are hot as a firecracker, two more have joined new teams, and a fifth played a bit part in major league baseball history.

Josh Phegley and Brady Shoemaker, both former Wayne Newton Post 346 players, are the hot hitters. Phegley is hitting .349 with Charlotte (AAA), while Shoemaker checks in at .362 with Winston-Salem (A-advanced).

Shoemaker was 3 for 4 with a double and a pair of home runs to drive in all three runs to lead the Dash to a 3-2 victory vs. Wilmington on Thursday.

Mitch Stetter and Matt Zaleski, a pair of former Indiana State pitchers, found new teams this week.

Stetter had been released by the Texas Rangers in spring training, then entered a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers — his original team. After a brief time in extended spring training in Arizona, he was assigned to Hunstville (AA).

Zaleski had started the season on the 7-day disabled list. He made his first appearance start of the season with Birmingham (AA) on Thursday.

Joe Thatcher, also a former ISU pitcher, appeared in San Diego’s game with Colorado where the Rockies’ 49-year-old pitcher Jamey Moyer became the oldest major league pitcher to win a game on Tuesday.

For the record, Thatcher — also a left-handed pitcher — has a ways to go to equal Moyer’s record, being “just” 31 years old.



Ryan Strausborger had a close-up view of the Texas Rangers’ new pitcher, Japanese star Yu Darvish, who signed a $60M multi-year contract during the winter.

Strausborger, a former ISU outfielder, was the first Texas hitter to face Darvish on the opening day of workouts for pitchers and catchers. Strausborger put one ball in play fair, hitting a weak grounder to shortstop off the end of his bat.

“I was excited to hear I was facing him and the first one out there,” said Strausborger. “It was definitely a pretty good experience seeing somebody who’s coming over here. He’s the big talk right now and it’s good to see a good arm and somebody with all the movement he has.”

Strausborger is currently playing for Frisco (AA) this season.



Updates on other former Indiana State, Rose-Hulman or Wabash Valley-connected players this week.

• Clint Barmes — Barmes was 2 for 17 in five games for Pittsburgh.

• Nevin Ashley — Ashley was 4 for 17 with a double and two RBI for Durham.

• Josh Phegley — Phegley was 8 for 20 with a double, home run and five RBI for Charlotte. He has a five-game hitting streak.

• Ryan Strausborger — Strausborger was 3 for 23 with a triple and two RBI in  six games for Frisco. He has three extra basehits this season, all triples.

• Nick Ciolli — Ciolli was 3 for 18 with a double and two RBI in five games for Winston-Salem. He was 0 for 10 in his last three games.

• Brady Shoemaker — Shoemaker ws 7 for 22 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI in six games for Winston-Salem.

• Kyle Lafrenz — Lafrenz was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in one game for Clearwater.

• Jake Eigsti — Eigsti’s season begins on Thursday with Camden.

• Joe Thatcher— Thatcher made three relief appearances for San Diego. In 2-3 of an inning, he allowed two runs (one earned), no hits, with two walks, one strikeout. All three outings were no decisions.

• Brian Omogrosso — Omogrosso made two relief appearances for Charlotte. In 3 2-3 innings, he allowed four hits, three runs (all earned), with one walk and three strikeouts. All three games were no decisions.

• Matt Zaleski — Zaleski made his season debut in a starting role for Birmingham on Thursday. He went five innings, allowed two hits, two runs (all earned), with three walks, three strikeouts and allowed a home run. He was the losing pitcher, leaving the game trailing 2-1, in an eventual 9-2 loss at Chattanooga.

• Mitch Stetter — Stetter made his season debut for Birmingham on Thursday. In a relief outing, he went 1-3 of an inning, allowing no hits, one run (earned), with two walks and one strikeout. Despite the rocky outing, he earned a hold in a 9-7 win vs. Tennessee.

• Derek Eitel — Eitel made one start for Mobile. On Wednesday, he went four innings, allowing six hits, five runs (four earned), with two walks and no strikeouts. He was the losing pitcher in a 6-2 loss at Montgomery.

• Jake Petricka — Petricka made one start for Winston-Salem. On Tuesday,  he went 3 2-3 innings, allowing six hits, eight runs (three earned), with three walks and five strikeouts. He was the losing pitcher in a 10-4 loss at Myrtle Beach,

• Colin Rea — Rea made three relief appearances for Fort Wayne. He went 3 2-3 innings, allowing five hits, two runs (one earned), with three walks and four strikeouts. He was the losing pitcher — allowing an unearned run — in a 5-4 loss at Great Lakes on Apr. 13.

• Jason Van Skike, Blake Drake, Brett Merkley, Ryan Tatusko — All four pitchers are listed as active in their respective organizations and have not been assigned to teams as of yet this season.



Dennis Clark can be reached at dennis.clark@tribstar.com and followed on Twitter @TribStarDennis.

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