Frisbie Toss, Summerhill HR Robbery Gain Notice, Highlighting Week for the MLB Partner League
MOORHEAD, Minn., June 25, 2026 – Last year, Julian Garcia set the Kansas City Monarchs record for strikeouts, fanning 163. He parlayed that into a deal with the Reds, and his promotion to Cincinnati to become the latest former American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) player to reach the Majors is a league highlight this week. All AAPB games are as always available free for live viewing on AABaseball.tv.
Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week:
- As noted above, after dominating for the team’s AAA affiliate in Louisville, Garcia was recalled by the Cincinnati Reds to their big league roster on Monday. The righty made his debut a day later, fanning three in 1 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Nine-year major leaguer J.D. Davis is now a Kansas City Monarch, signing with the club on
Tuesday. Davis has 72 career home runs in 645 big league games with Houston, the New York Mets, San Francisco, Oakland, the New York Yankees and most recently the Los Angeles Dodgers, mostly at third base. Davis drove in a run and scored another in his KCM debut. -
The Athletics’ Colby Thomas rightly earned praise for this home run robbery of the Angels’ Jo Adell on Sunday. But Gary SouthShore’s Colin Summerhill pulled off almost a carbon copy leap to keep Kane County’s Charles Mack in the yard on Wednesday.
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First-year Lincoln manager James Frisbie gained some notice last week for tossing first base like… well… a frisbee following a disputed call at that very base in a game at Lincoln.
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Kane County players and the Cougar mascot stopped by GreenFields Senior Living in Geneva, Ill., on Tuesday to talk some baseball. Some teammates also picked up a shift at Portillo’s St. Charles restaurant on Monday, greeting and serving patrons.
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Not satisfied with at 15-15 mark after their first 30 games, the Gary SouthShore RailCats shook up the roster a bit last Friday, signing 1B Marc Flores and RHP Jonathan Martinez. They also swung a deal with Lake Country to bring in RHP Dominic Cancellieri and ship out former All-Star RHP Jacob DeLabio. Early returns are good, as the RailCats have gone 3-1 since the flurry of moves.
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The Sioux Falls Canaries will transform into the Minnehaha Martians and rock out-of-this-world jerseys on Area 51 Night on Friday at the Birdcage.
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With most teams just having completed 1/3 of the regular season by passing the 33-game mark, a quick look at the AAPB standings shows Milwaukee (24-12) moving into first place in the East Division with a string of 13 wins in its last 14 games, surging ahead of Lake Country (21-14), which has dropped seven straight after a 14-game winning streak in May in to early June. The Kansas City Monarchs (21-14) hold a three-game edge over Sioux Falls (19-18) and 4 ½ better than Fargo-Moorhead (17-19).
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KTIV announced its slate of Sioux City Explorers games to be broadcast live on their stations, including KTIV-TV 4, MeTV 4.3 and Matrix Midwest
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Media interest in AAPB remains strong. Some of the recent articles on teams include:
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Yahoo! Sports , Cynopsis and World Baseball were a couple of the outlets to cover Tuesday’s news that the AAPB All-Star Game will air LIVE on MLB Network on July 15
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Kidlist had this piece with tips on going to a Kane County Cougars game as well as a special BOGO discount for readers.
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The Lawrence (Kans.) Journal-World is keeping tabs on Jaxx Groshans of the Chicago Dogs.
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Third Coast Review highlighted Chicago Dogs games at Impact Field as “Events this Weekend and Beyond.”
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The (Fort Collins) Coloradoan is tracking hometowner Julian Garcia’s road to the majors
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A few team promotions of note are:
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Former wrestler Matt Hardy will make a special appearance at Kane County tonight for Wrestling Night.
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Cleburne will hold a “Garage Sale” of pre-2026 merch on Friday from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at La Moderna Field, with 40% off jerseys and polos. The $50 ticket includes lunch, flex tickets to a Railroaders game, entries for prizes and giveaways.
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Lake Country will get a head start on the USA’s 250th Celebration with a night of baseball, complimentary food & drinks, patriotic fun, and special guest Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann on Friday.
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Winnipeg will feature a celebration of Indigenous culture through song and dance as part of its National Indigenous Peoples Day in Manitoba festivities
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About the American Association
The American Association of Professional Baseball (www.aabaseball.com) and (www.aabaseball.tv) is a Major League Baseball Partner League that operates in nine states and one Canadian province. Formed in 2006, the league consists of twelve member clubs with many beginning play in 1993. Through the 2025 season, 483 player contracts have been transferred to MLB organizations. In addition, 60 AAPB alumni have reached the Majors, including 17 participating in 2025.
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Contact:
Joe Favorito, joefavorito2@gmail.com, 917-566-8345
Jerry Milani, jerry@jerrymilani.com, 917-797-5663
