Category: T-Bones

Catcher Brian Erie has a new contract with the Kansas City T-Bones.

Erie signed up for another season, according to today’s announcement.

The 25-year-old from Louisville, Ky., hit .236 in 2014 with the T-Bones, when he played in 92 games. He had 70 hits, 41 RBIs, 29 runs and 28 walks.

A clutch hitter, Erie was .362 with runners on base and two outs. He had 22 RBIs in the 47 at-bats as a clutch hitter.

“Erie was a great two-out, two-strike RBI guy last season,” said T-Bones manager John Massarelli in a news release. “On top of that, he established himself as one of the top defensive catchers in the league.”

The T-Bones open the 2015 regular season at home on May 22 against Lincoln.
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The Kansas City T-Bones have announced the re-signing of outfielder Robby Kuzdale.

Kuzdale, 27 (11-07-87), who is 5-foot-9 and 179 pounds, was in center field for 96 of Kansas City’s 100 games in 2014.

He hit a career-high seven home runs and finished the season with the T-Bones’ third-highest batting average at .275 (also a career high).

His season-ending average was .095 points higher than where he sat on June 22, when he was batting .180.

Largely because of that jump at the plate, Kuzdale was selected as the club’s Most Improved Player for 2014. Kuzdale’s surge included a 14-game hitting streak from July 10-26.

Kuzdale, who’s originally from Tampa, Fla., spent the first three seasons of his professional career in the Frontier League, including two years in Lake Erie for current T-Bones manager John Massarelli.

In four professional seasons, Kuzdale is a career .252 hitter with 185 hits, including 39 doubles and 11 triples, and he’s scored 106 runs.

“Kooz established himself early on as one of the best defensive center fielders in the league,” Massarelli said of Kuzdale’s first season in Kansas City. “And then, after early adjustments at the plate, he became a solid offensive contributor.”

The T-Bones open the 2015 regular season at home on May 22 against Lincoln.
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The Kansas City T-Bones announced today that they have signed Adam Bailey to a contract for the 2015 season.

Bailey, who’ll be 27 when the season starts in May, is a 6-foot and 201-pound left-handed outfielder originally from Lincoln, Neb., but now lives in Overland Park, Kan.

In 2014 — his second season with Long Island of the Atlantic League, Bailey drove in 89 runs and batted .301 with 147 hits, including 23 doubles and 20 home runs.

The Houston Astros selected Bailey in the 23rd round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft out of the University of Nebraska. He reached triple-A Oklahoma City during the 2012 season. In five professional seasons, Bailey is a .274 hitter with 571 hits, 73 homers, 251 runs and 319 RBIs.

“Adam is a corner outfielder with some pop in his bat, who gives us that middle-of-the-lineup run producer,” said T-Bones manager John Massarelli.

In an unrelated transaction, the T-Bones placed infielder Darrell Hudson on irrevocable waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release.

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