Oklahoma City Dodgers catcher Will Smith playing against the San Antonio Missions on Thursday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderA wave of future Los Angeles Dodgers stars came through San Antonio from 1977 to 2000 when the organization’s Double-A farm club played at V.J. Keefe Field.
More future Los Angeles Dodgers are in town this weekend in the form of the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers.
Oklahoma City catcher Will Smith might be one of those who have a future in the big leagues.
Smith is hitting .288 with three home runs in 15 games this season. Last season Smith split time between Double-A and Triple-A and hit .233 with 20 home runs.
OKC continues a five-game series with the Missions tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Wolff Stadium. The series continues Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Nashfield Sounds third baseman Andy Ibanez playing against the Missions on Friday at Wolff Stadium. – photo by Joe AlexanderAndy Ibanez went into Friday night’s game against the San Antonio Missions hitting .500.
Even though it’s very early in the season, that gives you an idea why Ibanez is one of the Texas Rangers’ top prospects on the Nashville Sounds’ roster.
The Sounds third baseman had one hit, one RBI and one run scored in a 7-3 victory over the Missions at Wolff Stadium.
Ibanez is listed as infielder on the roster and has seen action as a second baseman in the minors. Prospects 1500 lists the 26-year-old from Cuba as the second highest prospect among position players on the Sounds’ roster and in the top 50 in the Rangers’ minor-league organization.
Missions fans got a chance to see Ibanez last season in the Texas League. He hit .283 with 12 home runs with Round Rock in 2018.
The Missions and Sounds continue their four-game series tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Wolff Stadium with fireworks after the game. The teams meet again Sunday at 2:05 p.m. and Monday at 11:05 a.m.
St. Louis Cardinals prospect and Memphis Redbirds outfielder Lane Thomas playing against the San Antonio Missions in April. – photo by Joe AlexanderLane Thomas might look familiar to fans who followed the San Antonio Missions last year in the Texas League.
Thomas hit 21 home runs in 100 games for Double-A Springfield in 2018. He also spent 32 games with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds and hit seven more homers. He also finished the summer with 17 stolen bases.
Baseball America lists Thomas as the No. 7 prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals’ minor-league organization. He is a member of the Cardinals’ 40-man roster. Thomas was originally drafted out of high school (Knoxville, Tenn.) by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2014.
Thomas and the Redbirds are currently in San Antonio and conclude a three-games series with the Missions tonight at 7:05 at Wolff Stadium.
St. Louis Cardinals prospect and Memphis Redbirds catcher Andrew Knizner playing against the Missions at Wolff Stadium on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. – photo by Joe AlexanderMemphis Redbirds catcher Andrew Knizner is the No. 3 prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league organization, according to a recent story on mlb.com.
The Redbirds are currently playing a three-game series with the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium. The series continues tonight and Thursday with games scheduled for 7:05 p.m. (Central) both days.
Last season, Kninzer batted a combined .313 with seven home runs at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis.
Knizner played in college at North Carolina State. He was part of a Virginia high school state championship team at Hanover High School in Mechanicsville, Va.
