The Lincoln Saltdogs have signed RHP Bryan Perez and INF/OF Nick Ultsch, the club has announced. Both players will make their ‘Dogs debut in 2024. Perez, 23, joins Lincoln from the Dominican Republic. Perez spent three seasons at the lower levels of the Houston Astros organization before he pitched for Grand Junction of the Pioneer League [...]
The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed C Luke Roskam, the club has announced. Roskam returns for his third season in Lincoln after a stand-out career at the University of Nebraska. The 26-year-old Minnesota native appeared in 84 games last year, hitting .294 with 14 homers and 62 RBIs. Roskam also put together a 45-game on-base streak, [...]
The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed OF Zane Zurbrugg, the club has announced. Zurbrugg provided the ‘Dogs with reliable depth in the outfield throughout 2023, and the 26-year-old is returning to Lincoln for his second season. Zurbrugg hit .306 with four homers and 21 RBIs across 54 games last year – his first in the American [...]
The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed LHP Abdallah Aris along with adding OF Gary Mattis and LHP Brett Winkelmann, the club has announced. Aris returns for his second season in Lincoln while both Mattis and Winkelmann are playing their first seasons with the Saltdogs. Aris pitched for the ‘Dogs last year, going 6-4 with a 4.52 [...]
The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed OF Aaron Takacs, the club has announced. Takacs played in 89 games with the ‘Dogs last year, his second full season in the American Association after a standout debut with the Houston Apollos in 2021. With Lincoln, Takacs hit .255 with a .750 OPS and had seven homers with 43 [...]
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed all-star shortstop Drew Devine, the club has announced. Devine will return to Lincoln for his fourth season on the heels of his first All-Star Game selection a season ago. The Kalamazoo, Michigan native joined Lincoln at the end of 2021 and has been on the ‘Dogs roster [...]
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lincoln Saltdogs have re-signed RHP Wyatt Sparks and C Marshall Awtry for the 2024 season, the club has announced. Both Sparks and Awtry made their Saltdogs debut in 2023. Sparks, a 23rd-round pick of the Texas Rangers in the 2018 MLB Draft, appeared in five games at the end of the [...]
The Lincoln Saltdogs have signed first baseman and outfielder Alex Baeza, the club has announced. Baeza, 25, just finished his first professional season with Boise in the Pioneer League and slashed .341/.442/.570/1.012 with 14 homers and 72 RBIs in 72 games. The California-born Baeza played collegiately at Hawai’i before finishing his career at Utah. In [...]
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Brett Jodie will return as Saltdogs manager for his fourth season in 2024, the club has announced. Jodie, 47, has led the ‘Dogs since he was hired not long before the start of the 2021 season. This upcoming year marks his 11th as a manager, having spent 2013-2019 managing the Somerset Patriots [...]
LINCOLN, Nebraska - The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association have announced the official 2024 schedule. Lincoln will play a traditional 100-game schedule with 50 home games and 50 away games. The Saltdogs open the season on the road Friday, May 10, 2024 with the first of three games against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Newman [...]
