Player Bios

Bakker, a right handed pitcher comes to the Fielders with a 27-29 record.  Bakker played the ‘08-‘09 seasons with the Fargo-Morehead RedHawks where he finished with a 14-10 record and 142 strikeouts.  The right hander played college ball for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.  In 2004, he was an 11th round selection of the Chicago White Sox where he advanced to the organizations High-A team.

    Ryan Bicondoa RHP

Bicondoa comes to the Fielders after a 2008-2009 stint with Southern Maryland where he went 24-14 in 55 starts. He struck out 89 batters and gave up 85 earned runs to close out the season with a 4..66 ERA.

    John Brownell RHP

    Chris Homer RHP

In 2003, Homer was drafted into the Detroit Tigers farm system.  In 2006 he advanced as high as the club’s Double-A team, the Erie SeaWolves.  He played the ’09 season with the Winnipeg Goldeyes where he went 2-3 with a 4.83 ERA.  Homer played collegiately and graduated from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Justin Jordan RHP

Jordan, a right-handed pitcher out of Nashville, TN played collegiately for Belmont University from 2002 to 2005. In his collegiate career, Jordan posted an overall 14-11 record, pitching 199.1 total innings with 109 strikeouts and 37 walks.  From 2005 to 2007, Jordan played within the Seattle Mariners farm system, advancing as high as their advanced-A team where he started in 14 games posting a 5-7 record. In 2008 Jordan pitched for the Independent League Evansville Otters in 2008, where he was 5-5 before being traded to the Schaumburg Flyers. He posted a 2-3 record with 30 strikeouts in 44 innings pitched for the Flyers.

    Alec Lewis RHP

Lewis played for the Coe College Kohawks from 2007-2010 and is the school's career leader in appearances (57), innings pitched (290 1/3), pitching wins (24), and strikeouts (249). In 2010, he was named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-American Second Team, leading the Kohawks going 11-0, with a 3.42 ERA, 91 strikeouts, eight complete games, four shutouts, and one save in 94 2/3 innings, setting single-season school records for innings pitched, wins, and strikeouts. He led the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in innings pitched wins and strikeouts and ranked third nationally in victories and 10th in strikeouts.

    Chad Lundahl  RHP

Lundahl signed with the Atlanta Braves organization in 2006 after attending the Unversity of California-Irvine. While Lundahl has been mostly an infielder in his four seasons in the Atlanta system, he will be playing for the Fielders as a relief pitcher. In 15 games in 2010 before being acquired by the Fielders, Lundahl was 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in 18.1 IP, striking out 22 while walking only five.

  Garrett Sherrill RHP

  David Wasylak RHP

Wasylak was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 26th round of the 2006 amateur entry draft. In four minor league seasons, he is 4-5, with five saves and a 5.55 ERA in 82 games pitched. He played 2009 for the American Defenders of New Hampshire (Canadian-American Association) and the Grand Prairie AirHogs (American Association). In 2010, before joining the Fielders, Wasylak pitched for the Pittsfield Colonials (CAMA).

Infielders 

 Kevin Haas - SS

Haas, a graduate of the University of Akron, earned a spot on the second team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV spot in his 2009 season with the Zips. In 2009, Haas was the only Zip to play in all 52 games of the season, leading the team in hits, runs, and doubles. He posted a .324 average in his 2009 season with 73 hits, 16 of which were doubles and nine were home runs. He ranked seventh in the MAC as the "toughest to strike out" going down just once every 8.3 at bats. 

    Kyle Higgins SS

    Amos Ramon - 3B

Ramon began his professional playing career with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League.  He then moved to the Frontier League, spending time with both the Windy City Thunderbolts and Kalamazoo Kings.  In his past four seasons, Ramon has an overall batting average of .302 and 88 RBIs.  Last season, Ramon played 3rd base for the Kings where he had a fielding percentage of .937.

Outfielders

    Joshua Short OF

Short, like many inaugural year Fielders players, joins his 2009 skipper, Riordan, from the Kalamazoo Kings where he had a .360 batting average and 9 home runs.  As an outfielder for the Kings, Short had a .966 fielding percentage and 80 putouts. Short was drafted into the Florida Marlines farm system in 2005.

    Cody Strait OF

Strait split the 2009 season playing for NW Arkansas and Montgomery, double A affiliates for the Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays. In six seasons in the minor leagues, Strait has an overall batting average of .255 and has driven in 340 runs. Strait hit four homeruns with NW Arkansas in 2009.

    Juan Valdes CF

Valdes was drafted out of Fernando callejo High School (PR) by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round (138th overall) of the 2003 amateur entry draft and reached the AA level witht the Akron Aeros of the Eastern League. In 2008, for the Cleveland organization, Valdes hit .251 with a .357 OBP in 55 games.

     Anthony Esquer - C

Esquer played the 2009 season with the Northern League Gary SouthShore RailCats.  Esquer has an overall batting average of .270 and 75 RBIs.  As a catcher, Esquer has a fielding percentage of .985 and 1,263 putouts.  He was drafted into the Cincinnati Reds farm system in the 24th round of the 2006 amateur entry draft.

    Zach Larson - C

After attending San Diego Mesa College, Larson played the 2008 and 2009 seasons in the Chicago White Sox organization, reaching the single-A Kannapolis Intimidators. In two minor league seasons prior to 2010, he has hit .210 with 44 hits and 20 runs scored.