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Wizards Where R They? – George Kottaras
In 2002, the San Diego Padres selected George Kottaras in the 20th round of the draft with the 595th overall pick. In 2004, he put together a solid 78 games with the Fort Wayne Wizards, collecting 84...
View ArticleWizards Where R They? – Travis Chick
In 2004, Travis Chick appeared in seven games with the Fort Wayne Wizards. He went 5-0 with a 2.37 ERA while striking out 55 in 42.1 innings pitched. Yes, a bright future looked to be in store for the...
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Wizards Where R They? – Eddie Pena
Back in 2006, one of my favorite Wizards was Eddie Pena. He was a sidearmer who came out of the bullpen brimming with excitement and reminding me of J.J. Trujillo. He appeared in 27 games for the...
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Wizards Where R They? – Fernando Valenzuela Jr.
There’s some sort of novelty about second generation baseball players that I seem abnormally attracted to following. I guess it’s the fact that baseball runs I the blood ffor those players an I somehow...
View ArticleSean Thompson to Evansville of the Frontier League
Over the last couple days, I have taken note of an increase in visits to the Wizards Where R They? segment I did on Sean Thompson last summer. As is usually the case when something like this happens,...
View ArticleShawn Garrett Retires
I highly encourage you to check out this great Bloomberg article by Scott Soshnick. In it, he details the career of former Wizard, Shawn Garrett, as one of the clean atheletes of the game, and one of...
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Wizards Where R They: Kyler Burke
Kyler Burke was selected by the San Diego Padres in the supplemental first round of the 2006 First Year Player Draft (35th overall). As a senior at Ooltewah High School in Tennessee he batted .459 with...
View ArticleWizards Where R They?: Michael Restovich
In late 1998, a young Michael Restovich joined the Fort Wayne Wizards. He batted .444 in 11 games. Had the Wizards remained an affiliate of the Twins in 1999, Fort Wayne would have seen him back at the...
View ArticleWizards Where R They? – David Pauley
In 2001, the San Diego Padres drafted David Pauley out of high school in the eighth round. In 2003 with the Wizards, he posted a 7-7 record with a 3.29 earned run average to go along with 117...
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WizCaps Where R They? – Paul McAnulty
Paul McAnulty was selected in round twelve (355th overall) by the San Diego Padres in 2002. In 2005, he made his Major League Debut with the Padres and saw Big League action in each of the next three...
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