Blue Crabs Sign Pair Of Former Revs

Wayne Franklin

Quick Update - Former Revolution pitchers Wayne Franklin and Byron Batson have recently signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Both players have been bouncing around the Atlantic League this season so hopefully they have found a good fit within the Blue Crabs organization.

Byron Batson

Rosen Headed To GBL

The Tucson Toros of the Golden Baseball league announced their first batch of players on April 16th. Among those players is former Revolution LHP Mark Rosen. Rosen came to York in early June of last year and appeared in 14 games with the Revs, going 0-2 and posting a 3.77 ERA. Prior to coming to York the Boston native had spent six seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. The Toros season starts at home on May 21st.

Photo courtesy of http://www.ssbc.com/

Spring Training Photos

Here are some Revolution photos from Tuesday's spring training workout. Enjoy!

Corey Thurman

Corey Thurman

Colin Roberson

Brandon Pinckney

Kevin Kotch

Dave Gassner

Dan Foli

Kotch Returns?

There has been no official announcement from the York Revolution but according to the Frontier League transactions page, catcher Kevin Kotch is headed back to York. The Gateway Grizzlies have traded the Kotch to York for future considerations.

Spring Training Time For Esquivel

Former Revolution outfielder Matt Esquivel has begun spring training at the Cleveland Indians minor league camp in Arizona. The minor league spring training games started Wednesday and Esquivel had his first game Thursday. He was the DH in an intrasquad game between AAA Columbus and AA Akron. Esquivel had 2 at bats and recorded one strikeout for Columbus. Akron won the game 5-0.





Take a look at http://www.indiansprospectinsider.com/ for more info on the Cleveland Indians minor league spring training.

Kotch Heading To Frontier League

While browsing the transactions for a few other independent baseball leagues I came across a familiar name. Former Revolution backup catcher Kevin Kotch has signed a contract with the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. After starting the season with the Revolution, Kotch was traded to Lancaster and eventually finished the season as a member of the 2008 Atlantic League Champion Somerset Patriots.

Darin Kinsolving

On March 8, 2007 the York Revolution announced the signings of six new players for the inaugural season. Among those players was outfielder Darin Kinsolving. The Missouri native was no stranger to independent baseball, as he had previously played for teams in the Can-Am, Frontier and Northern Leagues. Unfortunately, his time with the Revolution was short. Kinsolving suffered a shoulder injury and was released from the team on May 3, 2007. Shortly after his release & subsequent shoulder surgery he signed on as a bench coach for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. Today, Kinsolving is set to begin his second season as the Grizzlies bench coach and also owns a hitting academy at GCS Ballpark, the home of the Gateway Grizzlies.

For more information on Kinsolving's hitting academy click here: http://www.grizzliesbaseballacademy.com/index.html

Photo from GatewayGrizzlies.com

http://www.gatewaygrizzlies.com

Jeff Farnsworth

Right now I'm watching an interesting pitchers duel between Mexico & Venezuela in the Caribbean World Series. The game is currently in extra innings, tied at 0-0 in the top of the 11th. I just happened to notice they mentioned Jeff Farnsworth in the bullpen for Venezuela. If you remember, Jeff Farnsworth pitched for York during the inaugural season until he was signed by the Boston Red Sox on Sept. 1, 2007. What makes this really interesting is that Venezuela (Farnsworth) and Puerto Rico (Padilla) will be facing off Wednesday evening. So tune in to the MLB network at 5PM EST to see two Revolution alumni go head to head.

Photo From SoxProspects.com http://www.soxprospects.com/players/farnsworth-jeff.htm

Puerto Rico CWS Schedule

Tune in to the MLB Network to see Juan Padilla and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Series. Mexico took the first game against Puerto Rico 3-2. Here is Puerto Rico's schedule for the rest of the series.

Tuesday, Feb. 3 - 5PM EST - Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico

Wednesday, Feb. 4 - 5PM EST - Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico
Thursday, Feb. 5 - 9PM EST - Mexico vs. Puerto Rico
Friday, Feb. 6 - 5PM EST - Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic
Saturday, Feb. 7 - 5PM EST - Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela

York area residents can tune into Comcast channel 280 to view the games. These games will also be replayed later at night so don't worry if you miss the game the first time around. All times and information can be found at: http://mlbnetwork.mlb.com/network/


Also, there seems to be some confusion as to whether or not Juan Padilla played for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He did start the season with the Criollos de Caguas before being traded to the Leones De Ponce. His official stats page on mlb.com shows that he played 17 games with Ponce. His era was 3.45 and he posted 5 wins, 2 losses and 1 save. http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Juan%20Padilla&pos=P&sid=l162&t=p_pbp&pid=433677

Link to Puerto Rico's roster for the Caribbean World Series:
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l162&t=t_ros&cid=690&y=2008

Photo courtesy of Juan Padilla

Caribbean World Series

Tune in to the MLB network Monday, February 2nd and you may possibly see former Revolution pitcher Juan Padilla in the Caribbean World Series. He is on the roster for Puerto Rico. They will be taking on Mexico at 10pm EST. Before that game you can catch Venezuela taking on the Dominican Republic at 5pm EST.

For those in the York area you can catch the MLB network on Comcast channel 280. For everyone else please go here to check if your area gets the MLB network: http://mlbnetwork.mlb.com/network/index.jsp

For more info on the Caribbean World Series go here: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/winterleagues/index.jsp?league=car

Welcome!

Welcome to the Revolution Alumni Report. This blog is an attempt to keep York Revolution fans updated on their favorite Revolution alumni. There are a few blogs out there dedicated to the York Revolution but none whose sole purpose is to catch up with former Revolution players and see what they are up to now. The first update will be coming soon but in the meantime check out these sites:

REVOLUTION RUMBLINGS
http://revolutionrumblings.wordpress.com/

REVS' INSIDE PITCH
http://www.yorkblog.com/revs/

YORK REVOLUTION OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.yorkrevolution.com/