Jose Fernandez

Jose Fernandez takes the Texas League by Storm

Jose Fernandez has been the biggest suprise in Bomb City so far this season. The 21 year old has taken massive leaps from where he was just a year ago in High-A Hillsboro. The right handed hitter who has typically started slow in his young professional career, actually led the Texas League in AVG (among players still in the league, Peyton Wilson was promoted to Triple-A Omaha before the end of the month) at the end of April at .350. Fernandez is the 2nd youngest qualified hitter in the Texas Le

Soddies by Morning: Offensive Shut Out Spoils Roman Angelo's Good Start in Midland

Roman Angelo has been a road warrior in his two starts away from Hodgetown this season. The Fresno State Bulldog has only given up 1 earned run in his two road starts on this season, a run that was inherited and allowed to score by the bullpen in the seventh inning in Frisco, including pitching 5 shutout innings on Thursday night in what turned into a pitchers duel between two pitchers with some of the highest ERA's in the Texas League. In Angelo's 5 innings of work he made it a point to get ahe

Soddies by Morning: Weekend Recap, Sod Poodles Take Series From San Antonio

Series: Game 1: 15-4 AMA / Game 2: 4-2 AMA / Game 3: 13-11 SA      Game 4: 6-4 (7) AMA / Game 5: 5-3 (7) AMA / Game 6: 5-4 SA First and foremost we want to send our thoughts to those who were caught in the storms on Friday night. We got a double dose of baseball on Saturday that kicked off with a matchup between San Antonio's Jackson Wolf and Amarillo's Roman Angelo. Angelo was coming off his best start of the season in Frisco where he went 6.1 IP, giving up 1 run/earned, 2 walks and struck out

Roman Angelo Reigns in Frisco, Fernandez Flaming Hot

Series: TUE: FRI-4 AMA-3 / WED: FRI-9 AMA-4 / THU: FRI-5 AMA-3 / FRI: FRI-5 AMA-3 / SAT: FRI-3 AMA-4 / SUN: 4:05 PM After struggling to keep the ball in the yard in his first two starts, giving up 7 homers over 7.1 innings, Roman Angelo shoved against the Roughriders on Saturday night. For the first time this season everything looked crisp for the former Fresno State Bulldog. Angelo threw 18 first pitch strikes to Frisco getting ahead early in counts, setting himself up for success. The Sod Poo