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Edmonton Prospects Announce 2011 Head Coach
The Edmonton Prospects are pleased to announce Bryn Biancalana will be the Head Coach for the 2011 WMBL Season.
Bryn Biancalana is the son of former Kansas City Royals' shortstop and 1985 World Series champion Buddy Biancalana. He attended Kansas University and spent last season as an assistant coach in the WMBL for the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets following 2 years of coaching spring and summer Varsity High School Teams. Bryn grew up around several Major League organizations while his father was managing and coaching, and has recently assisted his father Buddy in working with many professional players with "PMPM Sports-Zone Training", a sports consulting company that teaches athletes how to access deeper levels of mind/body coordination in order to expedite development. The company works with professional athletes in MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL and ATP tennis and has a systematic way to teach the processes in the mind that are taking place when an athlete is playing their best. "PMPM Sports-Zone Training" is a 21st century sports teaching method that has Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett convinced. “I believe these guys have discovered something in sports that is going to have a huge impact wherever it is taught,” Brett said.
Bryn is excited to bring his strong baseball background and unique teaching tools to the Edmonton Prospects.
Edmonton Prospects Announce Major League Drafts (June, 2011)
The Edmonton Prospects are proud to announce that several of their players from the past few seasons have been drafted in the Major Leagues. Here is the list of drafted players:
Sheldon MacDonald, Pitcher with Edmonton Prospects in 2010 drafted by the Chicago Cubs in Round 33 999th overall.
Alex Kreis, Pitcher with Edmonton Prospects in 2009 drafted by the Washington Nationals in Round 35, 1057th overall.
Dillon Hazlett, (Edmonton Prospects 2009) was drafted in the 20th Round by the Seattle Mariners, number 603 overall.
Ryan Hutchinson got drafted by San Diego in Round 49.
Additionally, our Prospects Academy that we run out of Athletes Nation in St. Albert has had our first player drafted into the Majors as well:
Ethan Elias of the Prospects Academy was drafted in round 22 by the Chicago Cubs, number 669 overall.
7 a.m- Cam ‘N Eggs – Your Edmonton Prospect Report (By: Cam Tait)
June 2, 2011. 7:04 am • Section: Good News, Sports
Go west, young man, and plenty north.
That’s exactly what John Apostolo has done, travelling to Edmonton from his hometown of New York to follow his passion -baseball.
It’s the first time the 20-year-old Apostolo has set foot in Canada.
“I came to Edmonton to play in a competitive college summer baseball league,” the six-foot-two right-hander said Tuesday, the day after making his first Western Major Baseball League start with the Edmonton Prospects at John Fry Park.
He would have liked a better outcome -having given up seven hits and six runs in five innings as the Prospects lost 7-3 to the Lethbridge Bulls -but knows he’ll have better days.
“Baseball has always been more than a game to me. It has taught me to be patient, hard-working, and to have a great mindset on and off the field,” he said. “I love slowing the game down and letting things come to me. I feel my mental part of the game is a very strong part of my game and makes me the player I am today.”
Apostolo brought an impressive resume with him. As a junior with the Mitchell College Mariners in New London, Conn., he became the first player to be named both player of the year and pitcher of the year in the New England Collegiate Conference last season. He not only batted .463 with 12 homers and 56 RBI this season, but compiled a 9-2 record with a 3.13 ERA in 16 appearances on the mound.
The Prospects (2-1) play the second game of a two-game series Thursday at Saskatoon against the Yellow Jackets.