Today’s hat is an alternate identity of the Toledo Mud Hens, the AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Today we have the Toledo Mud Crawlers, which is an ode to Toledo’s automotive history, specifically the popular Jeep.

(5/31) Lost against the Fredericksburg Nationals. Some hats in the team store I liked: L-R Delmarva Scrapple; Los Gallos de Delmarva; throwback Shorebirds logo; Wild Ponies

Okay so, I'll be being my friends to their first MiLB game next week. It'll be the Trash Pandas @ Lookouts on the 9th. This will also be my first visit to Erlanger Park so I'd like to ask a few questions:

-for those who've been, how is the new park? How's seating?

-any recommended concessions? Drinks?

-any recommended sights in Chattanooga that's near the park?

-Anything else I should be on the Lookout... for while we're there?

Anyway, I'm pumped for the game and will bring nothing but good vibes!

Adam Kloffenstein fanned ten over six innings pitched for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in a 1-0 blanking of the Worcester Red Sox. SWB needed just a first inning home run from George Lombard to seal the deal. Kloffenstein was drafted out of high school in 2018, and has had a tumultuous minor league career, mixing time among all levels between the independent leagues, the Blue Jays organization, and the Cardinals organization. He has exactly one game registered in the majors - a one inning relief appearance for the Cardinals in 2024. In ten starts this year, the 6’5” righty is sporting a 4.97 ERA; a 5.2 walks-per-nine rate appears to be the culprit for some bloating. However, the walks come hand-in-hand with a clear strikeout pitch - 9.3 strikeouts-per-nine on Kloffenstein’s career in the minors, and 8.9 strikeouts-per-nine this year. Here’s to hoping Sunday was a first step to diluting that ERA and walk rate, which should help him eventually add to that one inning MLB till.

Honorable shoutouts: Brady House (ROC), Charlie Condon (ABQ)

I had to change some league teams in order to have 15 teams in each league

Today’s hat dips back into the Copa Diversion hats that are some of my favorite. Today we have the Wilmington Blue Rocks, High A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. This is the Rocas Azules which literally translates to Blue Rocks.

There were no real extraordinary acts of baseball on Saturday, but we can take a moment to appreciate Triple-A cult hero Creed Willems, who did hit a walk-off three run home run for the Norfolk Tides. Willems is the catcher for the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate. Drafted out of high school in 2021, the twenty-two year old has maintained a .738 OPS with sixty-five home runs over 432 minor league games. In his first taste of Triple-A this season, he has acquitted himself well to the pitching, with eleven dingers and an .851 OPS in forty-six games. Notably, Willems complements his on-field prowess with an unmistakable mulleted-and-goateed aura, harkening to mythological minor league hero Kenny Powers. Norfolk is a tough place to be a catcher; the Orioles have one of the deepest catching depth charts in the majors. But at just twenty-two, there is no need to rush; Willems will keep donning the tools and dazzling the minor league faithful with his marvelous locks and his prodigious power.

I love that they put the captain's hat on the logos!

Today’s hat is a fun one. It’s brought to you by the Jersey Shore Blue Claws, the high A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. This is an alternate identity known as the Shore Town Beach Badgers.

Sounds won 4-3

Another long overdue honor for a bona fide box score menace, Yohandy Morales struck for two home runs and a double on Friday, including the game-tying shot in the bottom of the ninth (3-5, 2 HR, 2B, BB, 3 RBI, 3 R). Morales’ late-game heroics forced the contest to extra innings, where the Rochester Red Wings would ultimately take it from the Syracuse Mets, 9-8. The Nationals’ twenty-eighth ranked prospect out of the University of Miami is now batting .352/.428/.610 with twelve home runs in fifty games for the Red Wings. Interestingly, Morales still finds himself in traffic to the big leagues. Former first round draft pick Brady House was recently sent back to Rochester for more frequent playing time at third base, while across the diamond, twenty-fifth ranked prospect Abimelec Ortiz is also lighting up Triple-A pitching. Meanwhile, one of the most productive offenses in the bigs is piecing it together just fine with Luis Garcia Jr., and Curtis Mead, et al. There is some potential platoon/bench flexibility between guys like Nasim Nunez, Jorbit Vivas, and Jose Tena; the Nationals will need to decide who the next man up is, and what caliber of playing time they want to give them.

Honorable shoutouts: Brody Hopkins (DUR), Jace Jung (TOL), Michael Toglia (LOU), Ryan Fitzgerald (OKC)

Today’s hat hails from Portland, Maine. AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. This hat is the Maine Lobster Bakes.

I just started to watch the most recent Sugarland Space Cowboys game on League Pass. ( A guy must have his weird little pleasures, right?)

They had a very strange pregame show with a man in a gorilla suit pitching a banana to the catcher (a guy in a safari outfit).

As a swede, I do am intrigued. Is this the most odd MiLB theme thingy you'd say? The most wildly american? (Yes, I have seen John Olivers piece about Milb).

(If anyone knows why two players got ejected before the game, i would be very grateful to know why, it was Oklahoma City vd Sugarland Space Cowboys).

Been loving the content this camera has helped me get

New teaser dropped for 2026 music artist x team merchandise collaborations, full announcement coming June 2nd

In Charlotte tonight a dispute over a home run call ultimately led to both managers getting tossed within a minute of each other! I don't see any stories about it online, and it was really out of the ordinary.

I have never been at a game (that I can remember) where it happened.

Anyone else?

View of Stormy Uptown CLT from the visiting dugout for reference...

Blaine Crim notched a five-hit cycle in the Round Rock Express’ 16-11 barnburner win over the Salt Lake Bees on Thursday (5-5, HR, 3B, 2B, BB, 5 RBI, 4 R). The first baseman out of Mississippi College came up in the Rangers system and made his big league debut in 2025. After he was sent down and DFA’d, the Rockies claimed Crim, where he played another fifteen games. This year, Crim slashed .265/.339/.449 with seven home runs in thirty-six games for the Albuquerque Isotopes, but the Rockies also designated Crim for assignment. Who came back knocking for Crim? The Texas Rangers, and in his second game back in Round Rock, Crim hit for the cycle. Crim’s production at the plate suggests there is not much left for him in Triple-A, but as is often the case, he needs a few good breaks to get his second stint in the show.

Honorable shoutouts: Jacob Gonzalez (CWS), Joshua Baez (MEM), River Ryan (OKC), James Tibbs III (OKC)