In the real world, I teach US History, Geography, and World History and I write about prospects in my spare time. I am also into photography and you will see those pics from time to time on this site. I live about 20 minutes SW of Rockford with my wife Anne and our four pups.
Recent Articles from Todd Johnson
BJ Murray - Picture by Todd Johnson Today was a fun day for me when it came to taking pictures. For the first time, South Bend wore their blue alternate jerseys when I went to see them. Up to this point in the year, they had worn nothing but the road grays. I took...
Angel Gonzalez - Picture via MiLB TV One of the keys to Myrtle Beach's success this year was that they put together an amazing rotation and a studly bullpen. For the second half, pitching coach Clayton Mortensen will have most of the starting rotation back but has...
Anderson Espinoza - Picture by Micah Manuel Three out of the four teams won today with South Bend beating Beloit 6-3, Iowa won 7-2, and Tennessee won 2-0 as the Smokies no-hit Rocket City!!! That should give you a little clue about today’s pitchers of the day!...
With the first half now over, I suspect we’ll see a barrage of transactions this week and/or next. We may even see some guys placed on the development list to make room for others, but there's going to be a lot of movement from Mesa all the way up to Iowa. Some...
Cole Roederer - Picture by Micah Manuel When Cole Roederer returned in May after missing just about a year of baseball due to Tommy John surgery, he was put on a rehab assignment with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. In four games, Cole hit .467 and looked to be reborn as a...
Pete Crow-Armstrong - Picture by Todd Johnson We’ve got a lot to cover today so let’s get right to it. The first half is officially over for Myrtle Beach, South Bend and Tennessee. The Pelicans had the best record in all of Minor League Baseball at 47–19 and they won...
Luis Verdugo - Picture by Todd Johnson Today was just a beautiful day here in northern Illinois. The temps were in the low 70s and I got to mow the front yard today as well as trim it and I just enjoyed having fresh air funneling through the house this afternoon while...
I have a lot of stuff to get to today. Several things took place in Mesa and Boca Chica that need to be discussed. Some of them are news, some are stats, and some are just a change of scenery. Let’s start with news item number 1. 2020 5th round pick Koen Moreno...
Welcome to the final “Weekly” of the first half of the 2022 MLB season. It’s hard to believe that Myrtle Beach and South Bend ended their first half on Thursday and Tennessee wraps theirs up today. While there is no first half All-Star team today, I do have some...
DJ Herz - Picture by Todd Johnson Today was a strange one as Myrtle Beach lost for the first time all week to Kannapolis. They fell behind early before a late rally closed it to 6-4. South Bend faced off in a pitcher’s duel. It was a 0–0 game in the ninth-inning when...
