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Oct 21, 2026
Eli FishmanGUEST
And to see all three of those guys just come in, slot in the rotation, like it's their first taste of pro ball.
Eli FishmanGUEST
Um, I mean, Nedrow had thrown like at a solid level in the American Association, um, and had started the year in, in the Atlantic League, but right? Like, like, you know, to come in and pitch like that at the pro level, no matter what other, where else you've been, um, is still, still really impressive.
Eli FishmanGUEST
And again, he, like those three guys, and you know, some of the older guys that came up from, or came down from some of the lower levels at times to fill roles.
Eli FishmanGUEST
Uh, like Adam Hackenberg for example, another indie ball guy who'd been in triple A for four years, uh, came down to Dunedin when, uh, all three Blue Jay catchers went down in, in the span of two weeks, and ended up being just a staple of the clubhouse, like a staple of his team.
Brandon TewHOST
Yeah, no, that makes sense.
Brandon TewHOST
It almost makes me think like it might be like the Canadian Professional Baseball League or like the Atlantic League.
Brandon TewHOST
Okay, like it's semi-pro.
Brandon TewHOST
I would think the Canadian Professional Baseball League is a lot like that too.
NickHOST
have a whole off-season clock where there's a segment of just the dumbest postseason format you can think of
RyanHOST
yes yep i've thought about because of how egregious not only the american association because we give them a lot of heat but realistically the american association the america the atlantic league as well with their two halves
NickHOST
yeah
RyanHOST
the pioneer league with whatever the hell they have going on anyone that's not
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NickHOST
I think that's the ultimate end point here.
NickHOST
There's room for one more in each division.
NickHOST
And then you could do some kind of probably Atlantic League move where you go to more like 120 games or something like that.
NickHOST
And you play each team in your division.
Connor NewcombHOST
I don't really know why they released him, but they did.
Connor NewcombHOST
So he signs an independent ball with the Lexington Legends of the Atlantic League for 2026.
Connor NewcombHOST
He pitches in 22 games, posts a 2.66 ERA in 23 and two-thirds innings out of the bullpen, 23 hits, 28 strikeouts to just five walks and one home run allowed, and now he's back in affiliated ball with the Orioles.
Connor NewcombHOST
Now, the last time he was healthy in the Blue Jays system was in 2024 when he threw 31 and two-thirds innings as a reliever in Triple-A.
Sean FergusonHOST
And he looked good in the Blue Jays minor league system back in 2023, but then had to undergo a Tommy John surgery in, uh, 2025, and the Blue Jays released him prior to the season, so was not panning out the way that they thought he would.
Sean FergusonHOST
He did play in the Atlantic League this past season, posting a 2.66 ERA and 23 and two-thirds innings pitched, so he has yet to play in the, uh, major leagues at all.
Sean FergusonHOST
And again, he was once thought of to be a very good relief pitchers in the Blue Jays system, but injuries kind of derailed that in his early play.
Sean FergusonHOST
Again, 2023 was a good year for him in the minors, but 2024 not so much.
Sean FergusonHOST
2025 injuries, and it was a bounce back for him last year in the Atlantic League, and he has been signed to triple A Norfolk, so, uh, we'll see how this off season goes for him and what spring training looks like for him as well.
Sean FergusonHOST
Again, all this is depending on how long all those things are, how long the off season is, uh, how shortened spring training is.
Sean FergusonHOST
Uh, but the Orioles, again, we're gonna talk about this more in depth on future episodes about the Orioles bullpen and how they could really benefit from adding to it.
Andres CaceresGUEST
Uh, so collegiately, I played at, uh, Connors State College in Oklahoma, junior college, and then I went to Arkansas State University, uh, in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Andres CaceresGUEST
Uh, from there, I played in the, uh, Frontier League, Can Am League, and then Atlantic League.
Andres CaceresGUEST
Uh, currently, uh, right now, uh, I do real estate, uh, in New York and in Florida.
Andres CaceresGUEST
Um, and yeah.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
But again, those starts can be kind of skewed because of the way that they use pitching in AAA.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
70 and two-thirds innings pitched, and was a starter, by the way, in the Atlantic League, which is, again, like a semi-pro independent league league.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
That's where the Twins brought him in.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
And look, I think it's fine.
Khalil WilsonGUEST
The advice, the best advice I got was just keep going, never give up, and I'm just like, "That's so vague to me." It just, there's, uh, no meaning behind it until, until I actually found myself in indie ball the year before Cosmic Ball last year.
Khalil WilsonGUEST
I was spring training in Southern Maryland, and this is the Atlantic League, the top-notch independent, independent ball league there is, and I'm sharing the locker room with guys who have played, who've had showtime with the Braves, the Mets, and the Cardinals, and I'm just taking it all in, and I've...
Khalil WilsonGUEST
Never, never forget, it's first spring training game, I'm suited up, I looked in the mirror, and I'm just like, "Wow." My...
Khalil WilsonGUEST
[laughs] Like, if you would've asked me my senior year of college would I be here, and I would've said no.
Mark ViquezHOST
... yeah, like I, yeah, I, like I said, I grew up in New Jersey.
Mark ViquezHOST
There was the Atlantic League.
Mark ViquezHOST
I remember the Road Warriors, but I mean, they were, they were traveling from Atlantic City to Camden to Newark to Somerset to Bridgeport, so they weren't the terrible long bus hours.
Mark ViquezHOST
What was the longest bus hour for you guys in one stretch?
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Al MauldingGUEST
You know?
Mark ViquezHOST
And that's, you know, and that's ...
Mark ViquezHOST
I remember when the Atlan- the, the Atlantic League started in New Jersey, and then you had the, the old Northeast now Frontier soon to be Nor- National Association.
Mark ViquezHOST
Yeah, it was about giving guys a second chance.
Tommy RezachHOST
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Tommy RezachHOST
Legends in the Atlantic League, and yeah, a lot of, uh, collegiate stops along the way as well, so that's, uh, certainly exciting.
Tommy RezachHOST
Connor O'Donnell's here as well.
Tommy RezachHOST
Don't wanna leave anybody out, so that's exciting.
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