AA Sioux City Explorers

Explorers Acquire Rights to Pete Rose Jr.

Published on May 15, 2003 under American Association (AA)
Sioux City Explorers News Release


The Sioux City Explorers announced today that they have acquired the rights to Pete Rose Jr. in exchange for a player to be named later from the Winnipeg Goldeyes. By acquiring the rights to Rose, the X's now hold the option year of his contract which he may play out or sign a new contract for the 2003 season.

"The middle three hitters in our lineup will arguably be the best in the league," comments field manager Jay Kirkpatrick. "With John Cotton, Tim Flahrety, and Pete Rose Jr. we have a lot of powerful sticks that can drive in a lot of runs. We just need to work on getting all the contractual stuff worked out and we will have a great lineup."

Rose, 33, enters his second straight season in the Northern League after playing for the Goldeyes in 2002. For Winnipeg, he hit .344 during 56 games and drove in 53 runs with 17 doubles and 8 homeruns. The Cincinnati, Ohio native finished the season first in the Northern League in strikeouts per plate appearances with a one-to-fifteen ratio. Rose also played well in the field playing 53 games at first base and committing only 4 errors in 522 total chances.

Rose was originally drafted in the 12th round of the 1988 major league draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He proceeded to bounce around between the Orioles, White Sox, and Indians organizations before joining the Reds in 1997. Once with the Reds, Rose received a late season call-up and appeared in 11 games at the major league level with the Reds. Following a couple seasons in the Reds organization, Pete moved on to play with the Pirates and Phillies before singing an independent league contract in 2002 with Winnipeg.

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The Explorers host their exhibition game at Lewis & Clark Park tomorrow night when the take on the Lincoln Saltdogs for a 6:05 contest. The X's will open up their regular season on Friday May 23rd when they begin a three game series with the Saltdogs.

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