WASHINGTON, Pa. (June 29) – The Washington Wild Things are excited and proud to announce the contract of right-handed pitcher Zach Kirby has been purchased by the Los Angeles Angels organization, following the completion of his entry physical. The purchase sends Kirby to affiliated ball for the first time in his pro career, all of which has been spent with the Wild Things since his signing in 2023. He’s the fourth Wild Thing to have his contract officially purchased by an affiliated organization since the start of the season. “I’m excited Zach is finally getting this opportunity. He has worked hard ever since day one a few years ago and been reliable for us for multiple seasons,” said sixth-year manager Tom Vaeth. “He has been a big part of our success during his time in Washington and we expect him to continue to succeed as he moves into the Angels organization. He’ll always be a big part of the Wild Things family and we wish him nothing but the best.” Kirby is the first Wild Thing since Zach Cates in 2004 to have his contract purchased from the Wild Things by the Angels. He was off to a great start in 2026, pitching his way to the third-best ERA in the league at 2.34 in 50 innings and was 5-0 with six walks and 31 strikeouts. He had a WHIP of 0.840. Kirby had made six quality starts, including his fifth being the best of his career. In a game June 16 against Mississippi, Kirby went the distance and earned his first shutout, going nine innings of scoreless ball with four hits allowed and seven strikeouts. He didn’t walk anybody. It was the second complete game of his career (8 IP in a 1-0 loss to Trois-Rivieres on the road in August of 2025). Kirby was an anchor in Washington’s rotation from the moment he arrived back in 2023, fresh off finishing his collegiate career at Loyola Marymount. He made seven starts and a relief appearance in 2023 and had a 2.83 ERA, logging 41.1 innings with 31 hits allowed, 13 walks and 35 strikeouts. He went winless despite three quality starts and the good body of work, largely due to only receiving two runs of support while on the mound in his final 34.1 innings of the season. His 2024 season saw him finish in the top five of qualified Frontier League pitchers in earned run average after he went 10-4 with a 2.42 ERA in 17 games (16 starts). He allowed 86 hits and struck out 100 with 25 walks. He made 12 quality starts that season, including four in a row between May 25 and June 11 and six in a row to end the regular season. He was named a 2024 Frontier League midseason All Star but was unable to participate in the contest due to a small tweak of an injury. He was brilliant in Game 4 of the Frontier League Championship Series that September, going seven innings of one-run ball on three hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. Last year, he earned his first career complete game August 14 and earned his first pro save August 24 versus Mississippi. His 2025 ended with seven quality starts and a 7-5 record with a 4.62 ERA in 20 games. He pitched 109.0 innings, a career high. He spent his final collegiate season at Loyola Marymount in 2023 and was 5-4 with a 3.84 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). He fanned 89 against 20 walks in 82 innings and was named 2nd Team All-WCC prior to coming to Washington to begin his professional career. That work came off four seasons at East Tennessee State, where he posted his best season in 2021, working his way to a 1.95 ERA and a 3-1 record in 14 games, three of which were starts that season. The Wild Things congratulate Zach on his contract purchase and wish him the best as he gets his first chance in affiliated baseball in pursuit of a dream to make the big leagues.

AVON, OH – Outfielder Brayland Skinner became the first player in Mississippi Mud Monsters' franchise history to earn Player of the Week honors after posting a .609 batting average and stealing eight bases this week. Brayland Skinner ended his week with a pinch-hit, go-ahead grand slam in Sunday’s game against the Lake Erie Crushers. He started Mississippi’s other five games, collecting at least two hits in each of them. Skinner opened the week going 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs, and two stolen bases against Lake Erie on Tuesday. He added another two hits in losses on Wednesday and Thursday, and helped Mississippi get back in the win column on Friday with two hits, a walk, and four stolen bases at the top of the batting order. Skinner collected five of the Mud Monsters’ 20 hits on Saturday, going 5-for-6 at the plate with a double and a stolen base. Skinner finished the week with 14 hits in 23 at-bats (.609 batting average), one home run, and one double. He also stole eight bases in six games, recorded seven RBI, and carried a 1.449 OPS. Skinner, a Mississippi native, was the first player signed by the Mud Monsters ahead of their inaugural 2025 season. He spent the 2024 season with the Pioneer League’s Yolo High Wheelers and played collegiately at the University of Memphis in 2023 and at Mississippi State University in 2021 and 2022. Skinner is the second player in Mississippi franchise history to earn a weekly award, joining pitcher Brian Williams, who won Pitcher of the Week in Week 8 of 2025.

AVON, OH – New Jersey Jackals right-handed pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez tallied ten strikeouts across four scoreless appearances to take home Pitcher of the Week honors. New Jersey Jackals right-handed relief pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez made four scoreless appearances this week. Rodríguez struck out two while firing a perfect ninth inning in the Jackals’ 12-2 loss to the Ottawa Titans on Tuesday. He also appeared in Thursday’s 17-4 win, striking out four over two innings. Rodríguez twirled a perfect inning on Saturday against the Gateway Grizzlies, picking up a strikeout in the Jackals’ 8-3 win. He concluded his week with another two-inning outing, adding three strikeouts in Sunday’s 5-4 win. Rodríguez is the first relief pitcher to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, and just the second since 2023. The other pitcher was none other than Rodríguez himself, who also earned the award in Week 12 of 2025. Rodríguez joined the Jackals in 2022, making 15 starts for the team. He spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons with the Lake Erie Crushers, where he made the transition to the bullpen. The Jackals re-acquired Rodríguez in a December 2025 trade. He was activated from the visa inactive list on June 11 of this year. Before joining the Frontier League, Rodríguez spent parts of four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles organization.

The New York Boulders completed their first-ever three-game sweep at Stade Canac, while the Evansville Otters exploded for 16 runs to claim their series in Florence on Sunday. The Tri-City ValleyCats earned a series win over Schaumburg, Sussex County outslugged Trois-Rivières, Lake Erie rallied past Mississippi, and Washington walked off Joliet to split its four-game set. Read more about your favorite team by clicking their name on the scoreboard below! NEW JERSEY JACKALS 5 @ OTTAWA TITANS 4 - The Jackals were stymied by Ky Hampton across the first six innings but found their way with a big seventh to win 5-4 on Sunday afternoon and take the series in Ottawa. EVANSVILLE OTTERS 16 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 9 - The Evansville Otters (27-16) exploded offensively in the late frames to take the series against the Florence Y’alls (23-20) on Sunday, 16-9. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 9 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 5 - The Gateway Grizzlies took the series against the Windy City Thunderbolts on Sunday afternoon at Ozinga Field, ending the weekend with a 9-5 wire-to-wire win. BROCKTON ROX 2 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 4 - In a feel-good finale, Cam Cotter signed with the Bird Dawgs and took the mound hours later while Mike Hansell also made his debut, combining for 7⅔ innings of two-run ball to lift the Bird Dawgs to a 4-2 victory over the Brockton Rox at Historic Grainger Stadium Sunday afternoon, giving Down East a much-needed win heading into a road trip to New Jersey. JOLIET SLAMMERS 9 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 10 - The Washington Wild Things earned a hard fought 10-9 victory over the Joliet Slammers on Sunday evening to earn a split of the four-game series against Joliet, and a split of the eight game, week-long homestand at EQT Park, outlasting the Slammers with a walk-off single by Antonio Monroy. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 4 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 7 - The Tri-City ValleyCats picked up a solid 7-4 win over the visiting Schaumburg Boomers in front of 1,936 fans who also enjoyed the Collector Takeover Sports and Pokémon Card Show at The Joe on June 28. NEW YORK BOULDERS 2 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 0 - The Boulders got a first pitch home run from 2B Santino Rosso, and their pitching staff did the rest on Sunday night at Stade Canac, with eight hurlers combining for a five-hitter in a 2-0 win as New York completed its first-ever three-game sweep on the home turf of the Québec Capitales. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 12 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 10 - The Sussex County Miners defeated the Trois-Rivières Aigles on their home turf 12-10 on Sunday afternoon. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 13 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 10 - The Lake Erie Crushers (20-25) were in the driver’s seat, then heartbroken, then on top of the mountain in an asinine 13-10 victory over the Mississippi Mud Monsters (18-27) on Sunday.

The New Jersey Jackals stretched their winning streak to eight games while the New York Boulders erupted for 18 runs in their highest-scoring game ever at Stade Canac on Friday night. Elsewhere, the Trois-Rivières Aigles walked off Sussex County, Mississippi rolled past Lake Erie behind another strong outing from Tyler Campbell, and Gateway snapped its five-game losing streak with a decisive win over Windy City. Read more about your favorite team by clicking their name on the scoreboard below! SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 0 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 9 – The Tri-City ValleyCats picked up a smooth and groovy win over the visiting Schaumburg Boomers in front of 2,005 fans in for Grateful Dead Night at The Joe on June 26. NEW JERSEY JACKALS 5 @ OTTAWA TITANS 3 – The Jackals were backed by great pitching on Friday night as they extended their season-long winning streak to eight games with a 5-3 over the Ottawa Titans. JOLIET SLAMMERS 6 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 5 – When you hear about a baseball team that hit four home runs in a single game, you wouldn’t be crazy to think that they easily won. But that was not the case tonight, as even with all those deep shots, the Washington Wild Things (28-14) could not pull out the victory as the Joliet Slammers (17-23) would take the 6-5 victory on Friday. NEW YORK BOULDERS 18 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 2 – The Boulders erupted for their highest scoring output ever at Stade Canac in Québec City, where they clobbered the Québec Capitales 18-2 to tie their season high with a fourth straight win and move a season-best seven games over .500. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 3 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 4 – The Trois-Rivières Aigles defeated the Sussex County Miners in walk-off fashion, 4-3, on Friday Night! LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 4 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 11 – Kasten Furr and Slater Schield each picked up 3 RBIs behind another Tyler Campbell quality outing as The Mississippi Mud Monsters (17-26) jumped to an 11-4 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers Friday evening (19-24). GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 10 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 1 - The Gateway Grizzlies ended their five-game losing streak with a wire-to-wire victory over the Windy City Thunderbolts on Friday night, winning 10-1 to kick off their road trip at Ozinga Field.

The New York Boulders completed their first-ever three-game sweep at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium while the Québec Capitales clinched another series victory behind a four-home run performance on Thursday night. Elsewhere, Windy City outlasted Washington in a sudden-death thriller, Lake Erie powered past Mississippi to take the series, and the New Jersey Jackals earned a rain-shortened victory in Trois-Rivières after Game 2 of the doubleheader was suspended. Read more about your favorite team by clicking their name on the scoreboard below! NEW JERSEY JACKALS 6 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 0 – The Jackals and Aigles were set to play a double header on Thursday in Trois-Rivières, but the rain became a problem in game two. NEW YORK BOULDERS 11 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 2 – The Boulders completed their first-ever three-game sweep at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium (aka “The Joe”) in Troy, NY, leading the Tri-City ValleyCats (15-24) wire-to-wire in a rain-shortened 11-2 win. The game was halted in the top of the seventh inning and did not resume. BROCKTON ROX 5 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 3 – The Brockton Rox scored twice in the final two frames to pull away for a 5-3 victory over the Down East Bird Dawgs at Historic Grainger Stadium Thursday night. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 5 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 5 – The ThunderBolts came from behind to force extra innings and defeated the Washington Wild Things 5-5 in a marathon that ended in sudden death at EQT Park Thursday night. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 2 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 7 – The Sussex County Miners (18-22) took down the Schaumburg Boomers (20-21), 7-2, on Thursday night at Skylands Stadium. OTTAWA TITANS 2 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 7 – Four homeruns from the Québec Capitales clinched the series finale against the Ottawa Titans, 7-2. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 11 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTER 5 – The Lake Erie Crushers (19-23) scored crooked numbers in each of the first three innings on Thursday night to bury the Mississippi Mud Monsters (16-26) early. The Crushers won 11-5 and took the third game of the six-game set in Pearl.

The Windy City ThunderBolts and Washington Wild Things split a doubleheader Wednesday as Windy City snapped Washington's nine-game winning streak in Game 1 before the Wild Things rallied to take the nightcap. Elsewhere, the New York Boulders clinched a series win in Tri-City, Ottawa knocked off the Frontier League-leading Québec Capitales, and Schaumburg manager Jamie Bennett earned the 700th victory of his managerial career. Read more about your favorite team by clicking their name on the scoreboard below.  NEW YORK BOULDERS 15 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 9 - The Boulders have taken a series at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium (aka “The Joe”) in Troy, NY, for the first time since August of 2024 after a 15-9 comeback win over the Tri-City ValleyCats on Wednesday night. BROCKTON ROX 1 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 7 - Christian Adams broke a 1-0 deficit with a two-run homer in the sixth, and the Bird Dawgs broke the game open with five runs in the eighth to pull away for a 7-1 victory over the Brockton Rox at Historic Grainger Stadium Wednesday night, evening the six-game series at one game apiece and improving to 18-23. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 5 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 4 - The Schaumburg Boomers held off a late rally to log a 5-4 decision over the Sussex County Miners on Wednesday night to secure the 700th career victory for manager Jamie Bennett. OTTAWA TITANS 9 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 5 - On a provincial holiday in the province of Québec, the Ottawa Titans (22-18) got back in the win column with a 9-5 victory over the Québec Capitales (29-10) on Wednesday night, snapping a two-game skid. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 13 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 2 - The Crushers matched their Tuesday run total before even making an out in the top of the 1st inning. RBI singles from 3B Pavin Parks, 1B Jacob Tobias, and RF Garret Pike got Lake Erie on the board against RHP Jackson Smith. Then, SS Jarrod Watkins lifted a sacrifice fly to put a fourth tally on the board. The Crushers led 4-0 before LHP Edwin Sanchez even touched the baseball. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 11 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 1 - The Florence Y’alls (22-18) decimated the Grizzlies on Wednesday night, 11-1, to take their second series win against Gateway this season. JOLIET SLAMMERS 6 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 3 - An early score for the Evansville Otters (25-15) could not hold as the Joliet Slammers (16-23) kept cutting away at the lead before winning 6-3 on Wednesday at Bosse Field. DOUBLEHEADER WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 9 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 4 - The ThunderBolts won the opener of a doubleheader 9-4 at EQT Park Wednesday night. The Washington Wild Things came from behind to win game two 7-6. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 6 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 7 - After a lengthy first game to open the doubleheader against the Windy City Thunderbolts ended in a loss, the Wild Things flipped the script with a come-from-behind 7-6 victory in Game 2.

TROY, NY - The Tri-City ValleyCats are proud to announce the transfer of outfielder Jake Reinisch to the Athletics. This “The Joe to The Show” Update is presented by Curtis Lumber. Photos and video are available here. Formerly known as the Oakland Athletics, the Major League organization officially dropped "Oakland" ahead of a planned future move to Las Vegas. Reinisch is in his third season in the Frontier League and second with the ValleyCats. In 20 games this summer he already has 25 hits including six home runs, 19 runs scored, and 25 RBI. He is second on the team in homers and batting average while leading Tri-City in slugging with an impressive .342 AVG/.461 OBP/.699 SLG/1.159 OPS slash line. Last year, he led the ValleyCats in home runs with 20 in 78 games as he drove in 57 runs and put up a .279/.387/.572/.960 slash line in 2025. Reinisch is the third ValleyCats player to join a Major League organization within the last ten days and the fourth this season. Infielder Parker Coddou headed over to the Colorado Rockies just a few days ago, Pitcher Nate Nabholz joined the San Francisco Giants last week, and pitcher Stephen Still went to the Baltimore Orioles in May. The 24-year-old, 6-foot-2, Shenendehowa alum knows Joseph L. Bruno Stadium well as he helped his alma mater win the Section II Class AA title on the field in 2019. After high school, he played in 154 collegiate games at Wake Forest, from 2021-2024, where he had 150 hits, with 26 homers, 108 runs, 126 RBI, and a .293/.422/.516/.937 line. To note on Father's Day, Reinisch’s father, Paul, was also a Wake Forest baseball player and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1990. Paul played independent league baseball himself for three seasons with the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs from 1995-97. Paul is currently the Athletics Director for the Troy City School District. Jake is also working with student-athletes. As a graduate assistant coach with Russell Sage College this spring, he helped guide the Gators to a historic 37-8 season and into the Division III NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. Overall, the Gators finished No. 30 in the nation in the final American Baseball Coaches Association National Poll. This is the sixth time a Tri-City player is set to join a Major League organization in the past two seasons, as the ValleyCats remain committed to player development. Beyond this year’s quartet, right-handed pitcher Nick DeCarlo signed with the Milwaukee Brewers, and catcher Miguel Useche signed with the Chicago Cubs last season. In total, over 115 Tri-City alumni have gone from “The Joe to The Show” since the team was established in 2002 including stars such as Jose Altuve (2009), George Springer (2011), and current Houston Astros ace Hunter Brown (2019). Since 2021, when Tri-City joined the Frontier League, 21 ValleyCats have joined Major League organizations. Kumar Rocker (2022) - now in the Texas Rangers starting rotation – is the most recent notable Frontier League-era ValleyCat to reach the majors.