62 Northern Leaguers In Affiliated Baseball
April 15, 2002 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Portland Forest Dragons News Release
DURHAM, N.C. - Sixty-two ex-Northern Leaguers were playing for National Association teams as of Monday (April 15). Nine of those are currently playing in the big leagues, 19 are in Triple-A, 15 are in Double-A and 19 are in Single-A.
The St. Paul Saints have the most alumni in the National Association with 19 former players. Winnipeg has seven and Fargo-Moorhead and Sioux Falls each have six.
Northern Leaguers In Affiliated Baseball
Name Class Current Team MLB Organization Northern League Team _
J.D. Drew MLB CARDINALS St. Louis St. Paul
Nate Field MLB ROYALS Kansas City Sioux City
Kevin Millar MLB MARLINS Florida St. Paul
Rey Ordonez MLB METS New York (NL) St. Paul Eddie Oropesa MLB DIAMONDBACKS Arizona St. Paul
Terry Pearson MLB TIGERS Detroit Sioux Falls/Duluth-Superior
Mike Porzio MLB WHITE SOX Chicago (AL) Sioux City
Scott Stewart MLB EXPOS Montreal St. Paul
Jeff Zimmerman MLB RANGERS (DL) Texas Winnipeg
Chad Akers AAA Tacoma (DL) Seattle Fargo-Moorhead
Darryl Brinkley AAA Rochester Baltimore Winnipeg
Ben Candelaria AAA Calgary Florida St. Paul
Blas Cedeno AAA Scranton-WB Philadelphia New Jersey
Frank Charles AAA New Orleans Houston St. Paul
Chris Coste AAA Buffalo Cleveland Fargo-Moorhead
John Dillinger AAA Columbus New York (AL) Allentown
Clay Eason AAA Charlotte Chicago (AL) New Jersey/Lincoln
Joey Eischen AAA Ottawa Montreal Adirondack
Garey Ingram AAA Las Vegas Los Angeles Elmira Matt Jarvis AAA Tacoma Seattle Winnipeg
Luis Lopez AAA Sacramento Oakland St. Paul
Julio Manon AAA Ottawa Montreal St. Paul
Julius Matos AAA Portland San Diego Thunder Bay/Sioux City
Luis Ortiz AAA Ottawa Montreal Winnipeg
Jason Pearson AAA Portland San Diego Fargo-Moorhead
Chuck Smith AAA Colorado Springs Colorado Sioux Falls
Roy Smith AAA Buffalo Cleveland St. Paul
Mike Zywica AAA Charlotte Chicago (AL) Lincoln/Adirondack
Jason Camilli AA Arkansas Texas St. Paul
Chris Chavez AA Portland Florida Albany-Colonie
Rodney Dickinson AA Trenton Boston St. Paul
Roberto Giron AA Huntsville Milwaukee Duluth-Superior
Manny Gonzalez AA Reading Philadelphia St. Paul
Rafael Gross AA West Tennessee Chicago (NL) Winnipeg
Lindsay Gulin AA Jacksonville Los Angeles St. Paul
Noah Hall AA Chattanooga Cincinnati St. Paul
Ryan Jones AA Mobile San Diego Winnipeg
Joe Louis Lopez AA Altoona Pittsburgh Schaumburg
Jaime Malave AA Binghamton New York (NL) Waterbury
Paul Ottavinia AA Tulsa Texas Fargo-Moorhead
Jim Rushford AA Huntsville Milwaukee Schaumburg/Duluth-Superior
Tom Sergio AA Trenton Boston Allentown
Gabe Sollecito AA West Tennessee Chicago (NL) Sioux Falls
Tagg Bozied A+ Lake Elsinore San Diego Sioux Falls
Shane Cronin A+ Tampa New York (AL) Duluth-Superior/Sioux Falls
Matt Duff A+ Potomac St. Louis St. Paul/Sioux Falls
Aaron Fera A+ Potomac St. Louis Waterbury/New Jersey
Steve Foley A+ San Bernardino Seattle Schaumburg
Bryan Gaal A+ Lake Elsinore San Diego Allentown
Rob Gandolfo A+ San Bernardino Seattle Massachusetts
Cipriano Garcia A+ San Bernardino Seattle Québec
James Gregg A+ San Jose San Francisco Adirondack
Mike Huffaker A+ Charlotte Texas Waterbury
Brian Myrow A+ Tampa New York (AL) Winnipeg
Guye Senjem A+ Stockton Cincinnati St. Paul/Catskill
Kevin Sullivan A+ Salem Colorado Lincoln
George Arnott A Kane County Florida New Jersey/Fargo-Moorhead/St. Paul Justin Craker A Fort Wayne San Diego Schaumburg
Scott McKee A Kannapolis Chicago (AL) Albany-Colonie
Kevin Reinking A Fort Wayne San Diego Albany-Colonie
Kyle Stanton A Dayton Cincinnati Fargo-Moorhead
John Toven A Lexington Houston St. Paul/Sioux City
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