Class B Update

I should have posted this last week, but things got out of hand here.  Tom Elliot has been sending some updates to me about the teams in his area and sent this to me last Friday. 

Class B rankings:
1. Shakopee
2. Sauk Rapids Cyclones (there’s a Class C Sauk Rapids Jimmy’s, too)
3. Mankato
4. Savage
5. Dundas
6. Cold Spring Springers (there’s a Class C Cold Spring Rockies also)
7. Miesville
8. Austin Greyhounds
9. Rochester Royals
10. Burnsville

Both the Cyclones and Springers appear to be improved this year. Sauk Rapids has Jeremiah Piepkorn back from the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks and he brought along a friend, Matt Petrusek, a fine pitcher who once pitched for the St. Cloud River Bats of the Northwoods League.

The Springers have added Drew Anderson, a power-hitting first baseman/outfielder who played in AAA for the Milwaukee Brewers last year, and left-handed pitcher Ryan Morse. Morse was with the St. Paul Saints last year after five years in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, where he reached AA.

Besides those two, I think the Southern teams are stronger than anyone else north of Minneapolis.  Tom Elliott

Tom has been covering amateur baseball for a long time.  He even covered me in the early days.  He was right about Fort Ripley, in Class C, as they won the Moorhead Tournament this weekend.  I will try to keep ranking B teams one week and C teams the next.  If you have suggestions send them to me at: bnbaseballguy@gmail.com.