OPEN MIC FOILS COQUI EXECUTIVE AS OWNER PASSES Jose Morales, San Juan Weekly Pre-Eminent San Juan (AP) – An era has ended in Puerto Rico as San Juan Coqui owner Myron Beardsall died unexpectedly after a short illness. Beardsall’s 13 year stint as owner of the former Rio Grande Valley-based team produced the franchise’s only […]
The Tadpole Report Written by Green Leader, Special to The San Juan Weekly Pre-eminent This is an in-depth look at the San Juan Coqui organization’s top 20 prospects. This series is a joint effort of The San Juan Weekly Pre-Eminent, Puerto Rico’s weekly sports paper, and It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green, the most popular […]
San Juan (AP) – Raise your hands if you thought the San Juan Coqui would sign the biggest free agent contract of the offseason (so far). Anyone? Bueller? Veteran starting pitcher and longtime Kentucky Thoroughbred Rory Soutar signed a high AAV ($25 million), short term contract (3 years) with the heretofore sleepy San Juan Coqui […]
San Juan (AP) – A year ago this time the San Juan Coqui, under new management, were busy rebuilding their moribund farm system. The Coqui spent Draft Day 1, 2037 drafting hitters, and they didn’t stop until well into Day 2, taking hitters with their first ten picks before finally calling a pitcher’s name in […]
It has been a rough start to the Jay Wells’ era in San Juan – the Coqui are on pace to record their second worst record since the transition from the League of the Rising Sun to PEBA, and are in shouting distance of the franchise’s worst PEBA-era record, the 102-loss campaign in 2027. The […]
An excerpt from the 5th chapter of Jobu 11 And the Commissioner said: A certain division had five franchises: 12 And the younger and less successful of them said to the Commissioner: Commish, give me the chance to shed the yoke of this difficult division. And the Commissioner divided the Leagues unto his substance. 13 […]
It’s better late than never for a draft review, right? With hindsight being 20/20, here’s a take on the draft that will forever be known as Canton’s Mushy draft, after all of the signings have been made and most of the players signed have made their professional debuts. 1-3 SP Mark Ray, Arizona Many […]
The fourth chapter of the book of Rodriguez: 1 And it came to pass, when PEBA franchises began to multiply on the face of the earth, and divers general managers were born unto them, 2 That the sons of Jobu saw the small market franchises that they were fair and bursting with cheap talent, and […]
Posted by Stevedores_Fan_Bob, April 2, 2023 at 1:35 a.m. As it has sometimes done in the past, StevedoresFan.com, the preeminent fan blog of your Canton Longshoremen has consulted with an anonymous scout for his take on the Longshoremen’s roster spot battles in spring training. It’s been a tough two years for the franchise since we […]
A Calm After A Storm It would have been hard to top the Canton Longshoremen 2021 draft. Fortunately for draft mavens, but unfortunately for Longshoremen fans, the Longshoremen front office didn’t even try to pass off the 2022 draft as anything other than a disappointment. Couple an uncharacteristically good 2021 season with a snafu […]
