Jammers Season Rewind: the "BUCS" Start Here
September 18, 2013 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Jamestown Jammers News Release
Jamestown, NY- The 2013 season brought not only a new affiliation, but a new style of baseball to Jamestown. The Pittsburgh Pirates, along with the Jammers kicked off a two year player development contract allowing for some of the top prospects within the organization to call Jamestown home. From the moment the players and coaching staff descended upon Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park, they knew they would be getting back to the "roots" of baseball.
A quick two day mini-camp before the start of the New York-Penn League season gave fans an opportunity to get a glimpse of a handful of new faces to the Pirates organization following the Major League Baseball first year player draft. The Jammers opening day roster consisted of 30 players with 11 suiting up for their first taste of professional baseball.
The first year rookies were highlighted early on by the Pirates 4th round selection Cody Dickson. Dickson, a southpaw pitcher out of Arlington, TX was taken after finishing his collegiate career at Sam Houston State. He would spell trouble for opposing batters displaying an electric fastball with sharp breaking ball to complement his repertoire.
Jamestown stormed out of the gates in 2013, hitting the field with a youthful pitching and fielding combination. Over the course of the season the Jammers suited up several players that were under the age of 20, including both first round draft picks Reese McGuire and Austin Meadows. McGuire and Meadows joined the Jammers for a post-season push and added a jolt to the offense that surged into the end of the regular season.
Harold Ramirez (LF) and Edwin Espinal (1B) became fan favorites over the course of the season, honing their powerful bats in their first taste of short-season baseball. Espinal would also become a vocal leader on and off the field, never counting himself (or the Jammers) out of a game and hustling onto the field each half inning. JaCoby Jones, the Pirates 3rd round selection joined the Jammers after LSU was knocked out of the College World Series. He would be joined shortly after by Adam Frazier (6th Round) who made a run to the finals with Mississippi State.
The 2013 season had moments of highs (and lows) as one could expect to come in any season. JaCoby Jones' season would be cut short by a knee injury, Adam Frazier pieced together a 14-game hitting streak, showing Jammers fans why he lead the NCAA in hits for a season with 109. Jamestown sat atop the Pinckney Division until the last four weeks of season when they locked into a sprint for the finish with State College. Although the division would get locked up by the Spikes, the Jammers would save their best for the last game of the season by pulling off a thrilling 9-4 victory to edge out the Lowell Spinners for the NY-P Wild Card. Fans 2014 season tickets will go on sale soon! For other information or to stay up to date with the Jammers during the offseason give us a call at 716-664-0915 or visit us online at www.jamestownjammers.com. Be sure to follow the Jammers on Facebook & Twitter!
New York-Penn League Stories from September 18, 2013
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