The Tempe Knights parted ways with their 64 year old manager Jose Mendoza today. Mendoza in the middle of his 3rd year at the helm. He was 155-231 .401 pct during his tenure for the Arizona club. In the last three years the Knights finished in the cellar 2 straight years and are currently in […]
It’s Baseball Time: As spring training has come to a close the Tempe Knights have set their major and minor league rosters for the 2021 season. With the smell of freshly cut grass and the sound of batting practice and popping gloves that fill the air, comes hope of improvement in Tempe, Arizona. Some vets […]
July 28, 2020 Tempe, Arizona Overview: The 2020 PEBA baseball season couldn’t have started out any worse for the Knights. The started out the season with a 4-19 record for April. Then followed it up with month records of 13-16 in May, 10-17 in June and 4-7 in the first half of July. The […]
Tempe Tribune March 2020 Offseason The Tempe Knights were pretty quiet in the off-season. The one big transaction came in November with a trade between the Knights and the Crystal Lake Sandgnats. Tempe received relief pitcher Jose Paz and sent OF Matt Carter to Crystal Lake. While giving up some offensive firepower with Carter they […]
PEBA announced it’s salary arbitration rulings on Friday. The Tempe Knights lost two salary arbitration decisions and won five of them. 3rd basemen Javier Padilla and outfielder Tony Figueroa both won their cases on Friday. Javier Padilla was awarded a one year contract worth 9.35 million dollars. Tony Figueroa was awarded 8.54 million dollars in […]
The Tempe Knights transferred the contract of 27 year old starting pitcher Sadayoshi ‘Yoshi’ Yamamoto to the Kure Arsenal. The knights received $750,000 in return for the Japanese righthander. Yoshi was born in Rikuzentakata, Japan on May 23, 1992. He had a 5.13 ERA in the Majors and a 3.77 ERA in AAA overall. He enjoyed […]
2019 Tempe Knights Wins 67 Losses 95 PCT .414 GB 40 Apr: 10-18 May: 16-12 Jun: 8-19 Jul: 15-10 Aug: 10-18 Sept: 8-18 2019 Tempe Knights Review: 2019 in Tempe was a tough one. They almost hit the dreadful 100 loss mark. Only one time in their history did they hit that mark and […]
The streaking in Tempe has been unbearable. The Knights started the month off losing 4 straight, including a 3 game sweep by rivals the Yuma Bulldozers. Then they follow the streak with a 5 game win streak. Oh and it’s doesn’t stop there. They follow that streak with a 7 game losing streak. Yes, […]
August 10, 2019 Tempe Knights: 54-63 20.5 GB 6th place Apr: 10-18 May: 16-12 Jun 8-19 Jul 15-10 Aug 5-4 With a little over half of the 2019 season in the books, the Tempe Knights are holding up the Desert Hills Division on it’s shoulders. That may sound good, but that’s because we’re at […]
The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Good: Tempe has a few good pieces going into the 2019 season. The 2018 batting champ 3B/1B – Javier Padilla who hit .334 last year and OF – Tony Figueroa who hit .329 both return as the main cogs in the lineup. This team overall hits for […]