Local athletes in Major and Minor League baseball this season

Volume 3 Issue 13-14

Apr 07, 2024

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With the 2024 baseball season underway, lets take a look at all the Northwest Ohio athletes playing in majors and minors this season.

There are two local athletes in the big leagues this year. Just across the stateline you can see Western Reserve grad Andrew Chafin suit up for the Detroit Tigers. Chafin is in his second stint with Detroit, also taking the mound for them in 2022. Chafin has been in the majors since 2014 and has been a part of five organizations. Head across the international border and you can see Chris Bassitt take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Bassitt is in his second season with the Blue Jays where last year he led the American League in wins, games started and batters faced. Bassitt also finished 10th in the Cy Young voting.

In Triple-A you don’t have to go any farther than Northwest Ohio’s own Toledo Mud Hens to see Edison graduate Adam Wolf take the mound. Wolf spent last season in Double-A Erie before being called up to start the season. Also in Triple-A is Napoleon’s Art Warren. Warren is on a minor league deal with the New York Yankees after pitching in the MLB in 2022 before having to sit out last season to recover from UCL surgery.

Toledo Central Catholic’s Jase Bowen is back with the Altoona Curve in Double-A. Bowen is one of the Pirate’s top ranked prospects and is expected to continue to climb through the farm system with his hitting and fielding prowess. Also in Double-A is Findlay’s Connor Curlis. Curlis played in just 6 games last year before having to sit out the remainder of the season due to injury. He will be back on the mound with the Chattanooga Lookouts for the fourth year.

Archbold has two players in the minors this season. The first is Jeron Williams in High-A Asheville. Williams played as an infielder for the University of Toledo before being picked up by the Astros after the collegiate season. Williams played in the Rookie and Single-A league last season before being assigned to High-A this year. The other Blue Streak in the minors is outfielder Kade Kern. Kade Kern wrapped up his Ohio State career last year and was signed by Atlanta to their Rookie league affiliate. This season Kern will be with the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets.

Also playing in the minors this year is Celina’s Seth Lonsway. Lonsway will be in his second season as a pitcher with the High-A Eugene Emeralds of the San Francisco Giants organization. Lakota’s Tyler Wehrle will be making his High-A debut with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Wehrle spent last season pitching for the Single-A Carolina Mudcats.

MLB

Chris Bassitt (Genoa) - Toronto Blue Jays
Andrew Chafin (Western Reserve) - Detroit Tigers

Triple-A

Art Warren (Napoleon) - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
Adam Wolf (Edison) - Toledo Mud Hens

Double-A

Jase Bowen (Toledo Central Catholic) - Altoona Curve
Connor Curlis (Findlay) - Chattanooga Lookouts

High-A

Seth Lonsway (Celina) - Eugene Emeralds
Tyler Wehrle (Lakota) - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
Jeron Williams (Archbold) - Asheville Tourists

Single-A

Kade Kern (Archbold) - Augusta GreenJackets

Leading Updates

Kendall Carruthers (Holland/Springfield) has entered the transfer portal.
Grace VanSlooten (Toledo/Notre Dame) has entered the transfer portal.
Michael Deiter (Genoa) signs with the Washington Commanders.
Todd Bumphis (Toledo/St. Francis) enters transfer portal.
Zavier Simpson signs 10-day contract with Memphis Grizzlies.
Nigel Hayes-Davis becomes first EuroLeague player to score 50 points in a game.
Sean Craig (Sylvania/Northview) transfers to IUPUI.

Notable Game Updates

On March 28th Keith Jordan (Toledo/St. John’s) had 36 points in a Briedablik loss to Valur.
On March 29th Nigel Hayes-Davis (Toledo/Whitmer) had 50 points in a Fenerbahce win over ALBA.
On March 30th Ryan Mikesell (St. Henry) had 18 points in a Chalon loss to Limoges.
On March 31st Marc Loving (Toledo/St. John’s) had 20 points in a Sibiu loss to Rapid.
On April 4th Adam Wolf (Milan/Edison) faced 8 batters and gave up no hits or runs for the Toledo Mud Hens.
On April 6th Amanda Cahill (Clyde) had 28 points and 10 rebounds in a Grengewald win over Amicale.
On April 6th Zavier Simpson (Lima/Lima Senior) had 14 points in a Memphis Grizzlies loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Interesting Reads

Just For Fun

World Series winners from NWO

1997 - Jim Leyland (Coach) - Perrysburg - Miami Marlins
1984 - Doug Bair - Oakwood - Detroit Tigers
1982 - Doug Bair - Oakwood - St. Louis Cardinals
1979 - Grant Jackson - Fostoria - Pittsburgh Pirates
1968 - Gates Brown - Crestline - Detroit Tigers
1920 - Elmer Smith - Milan - Cleveland Indians
1905 - Roger Bresnahan - Toledo Central - New York Giants

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