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Greetings from Ownership Letter from the General Manager Letter from the Southern League 2016 Team Statistics Road to the Show

2017 contents

Departments

Player Profiles Coaching Staff Fan Guide Meet the Staff

Features 10

Turn of the Screw

Brent Honeywell and baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirkiest pitch

Reaching Home

Coach Gary Redus

Biscuits in the Community

Publisher Sherrie Myers

Art Director Ryan L. Smith

Editor Ryan L. Smith

Photo Credits Biscuits Marketing Staff

Letter from the Owners

Baseball, Biscuits Style Wow. Fourteen seasons of baking up what we hope you think has been fun. We’ve tried hard to serve fresh and new ideas to earn your business each year. The weather hasn’t always cooperated, but the memories are irreplaceable - a generation of players, employees and dedicated fans…Southern Style. It has been such an honor. We’ve seen it all…from Championships to All Star Games to Rays at Riverwalk, to awards like Best Team Name, Best Stadium, Best AA Team, and this year, Best Mascot. We have you to thank for these sold out events. We received many of these awards because of your persistent voting. We’ve learned a lot from you. We found out Montgomerians like to arrive late, they love meeting strangers, they enjoy strolling around the stadium, and a certain group is always caught seat creeping or suite hopping. Most importantly, once Montgomerians accept you into their fold, you are family for life. No one ever expects to fall in love with Montgomery, Alabama, but you do. We did. As you have heard, the Biscuits are pending approval to be sold to a new ownership group. An experienced baseball owner who we believe to be a good fit. Lou Dibella, a name familiar to some of you, heads the buyer group. He went to Harvard Law School, had an impressive career at HBO, and is known as one of the premier boxing promoters with his company Dibella Entertainment (who produces some events right here in Alabama). He is also the principal owner of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a Double A Eastern League franchise. Some of Lou’s investors are the same as the Squirrels, plus the principal owner, Gary Green, of the Omaha Storm Chasers franchise, a Triple A team in the Pacific Coast League and the new owner of Baseball America Magazine. We feel confident, come May when the Biscuits are expected to change hands, that Lou will use his staff from Richmond to enhance the Biscuits staff and to create the next chapter of “heating up” family, affordable fun. The great news is we got to play extra innings. Most baseball investor groups usually hold onto an investment like this for 7-10 years. We fell in love with Montgomery and are entering our 14th year. We have been blessed to become part of your community. We have been honored to earn your business, sometimes hire your kids, meet your families, and most of all, get to know you as friends. We can’t express enough our heartfelt thank you for allowing us to be part of everything and hope you will always consider us family. With gratitude and appreciation. Go Biscuits!

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Whether this is your firs t visit to our happy ho me or you’ve been a Sea inception, we hope you son Ticket Holder since r time at our ballpark the Biscuits’ is filled with smiles, lau ghter, cheers, and me mo rie s. Our 2017 season is sha ping up to be our best “ba tch ” yet, so we hope you’ll the ride! We’ve taken join us throughout the a lot of fan feedback ove summer for r the past few seasons and exciting as possible to make our Promotio . We’re keeping fan fav nal Calendar as fun orites like MAX Firework SuperHeroes Night, wh s, Star Wars Night, Rays ile adding new theme Night, and nights such as Harry Po Things Fright Night. We tter Night, Gatsby Nig also have great commu ht, an d a Stranger nit y nights such as Military Appreciation Night, Hig Appreciation Night, Pu h School Spirit Night, blic Safety and Autism and Disabi lity Friendly Night. Consistency is key, wh ich is why we also offer our Weekly Promotions. ballpark hot dogs with Every Tuesday, fans can Dollar Dog Tuesdays. enjoy delicious En listed personnel can enj any active duty, retire oy our Military Wednesd d, or veteran member ays in which of the armed forces rec ies” can enjoy Wednesd eive food and drink dis ays for our Food Fests counts, while “foodin which we offer uniqu Thursday is Thirsty Th e food items around the ursday with $2 sodas, park. Every waters, pretzels and dra days in the Club Car Ba ft beers. We’re also rev r with new Biscuits Co vin g up our Thursrnh ole bo can enjoy MAX Firework ards and live music aft er most Thursday gam s during EVERY Saturd es. Fans ay game this season. lives that we take care Finally, Sunday is for the of with Kids Day and small ones in our Bark in the Park! That’s nity to go on the field right, every Sunday kid before the game and pla s have the opportuy catch with mom or dad post-game Coke Kids , and then run the bas Run the Bases. Your fou es in our r legged friends are als (excluding May 21st), o welcome on Sunday in which dogs are allo s for Bark in the Park wed anywhere in the park! We’re also starting som ething new this year wit h our Themed Weekend genres to get to enjoy s. This concept will allo similar promotions in w fans of certain consecutive nights. Wi Weekend, Holiday We th the Geekend, Coun ek, and College Spirit try Weekend, Fantasy Week, there’s something for any fan! Theme nights are great and provide a lot of ent ertainment, but let’s fac delicious food! Our Foo e it, a ballgame isn’t the d & Beverage team hav same without e been hard at work all adding in new options off-season re-working to keep fans salivating. ou r menus and Our Hickory’s BBQ sta immediately a fan fav nd was installed last sea orite. We’ve fine-tuned son and was ou r rec ipes to make our in-ho added a new trio of sau use smoked meats eve ces for our smoked win n tastier, gs, and even added a smashed potatoes, bak new BBQ Sundae which ed beans, smoked pulled features a base of pork, and cole slaw top and a Wickles pickle! ped with our homema de BBQ sauce Other items added to the various menus aro und the ballpark includ a Pimento Cheese Bis e Fried Wickles at our cuit at the Biscuit Cart, concessions stands, a Pimento Cheese Bu the Philly Cheesesteak rger at the Burger Cart, stand, and a Jalapeno a Chicken Philly at Ch edd ar Dog at the Sausage also received a pricing Shack. Some existing discount for 2017, inc items have lud ing po pco aged candy just to name rn, funnel cakes, alumi a few. num bottled beer, and packWe hope your experienc e at Riverwalk Stadium is one that you remem our guest, and make it ber for years to come. our promise to provid We value you as e “positively outrageo ones. Enjoy the game, us cus tomer service” to you and GO BISCUITS!!! and your loved

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Letter from the League

Welcome to the 2017 Season of Double-A Baseball! Dear Southern League Fans: It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the 2017 season of Double-A baseball! The 22nd annual Rickwood Classic returns to Birmingham on May 31 this year when the Barons will host the Chattanooga Lookouts. The theme this year is “The Fabulous Fifties” and will highlight their affiliation with the New York Yankees from 1953-56. The team will be wearing throwback uniforms from those seasons. The guest of honor will be Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, best remembered for his time with the San Francisco Giants. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will host the All-Star Game on June 20 this year at the lovely Admiral Fetterman Field at Blue Wahoos Stadium. The staff has a busy agenda scheduled for the All-Star Break and tickets will go very fast! We added four new names to our Hall of Fame in 2016, and the league will induct and recognize our fourth class of members to our 2017 Hall of Fame during the All-Star Game events in Pensacola. The 2016 Playoffs and Championship Series did not fail to disappoint as the four finalists met in post-season play. After four games in the North Division, the Jackson Generals were declared the series winner after taking the Montgomery Biscuits down in a 3-1 match. In the South Division, the Mississippi Braves came back after losing the first game to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos by taking the next three games to win the series 3-1. The Championship Series belonged to the Jackson Generals after winning Games 1 and 2 by two runs each, then showing no mercy in the third game, they ran the score up to 11-2, clinching the title and the big trophy. After the season ended in 2016, we had a little shuffle with Major League affiliates. The Arizona Diamondbacks became the affiliate of the Jackson Generals, replacing the Seattle Mariners who will no longer be in our league; and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim replaced the Diamondbacks as the new Mobile BayBears affiliate, marking the first time the Angels have been a part of the Southern League. We welcome the Angels to our family! During the off season, the Jacksonville Suns retired that name, and will now be known as the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. New logos, uniforms and excitement will surround this provocative name change as they make their debut on April 6 in Mississippi, then at home on April 12. 2017 will usher in many new faces on our teams – all hopeful of one day playing on Major League diamonds. There have been a few managerial changes during the off season, and a few changes in our front offices, as well, but our “product” remains the same - quality service, concessions and entertainment, plus some of the best baseball you will see around the Southeast this summer! My mission is to promote Minor League Baseball as one of the most fun, family-oriented, and reasonably priced activities available, and to encourage folks to join the Southern League community by attending baseball games at our ballparks as often as possible. Our fan-friendly parks offer you the opportunity to get up close and personal with our players – the Major League Baseball stars of tomorrow. Thank you for your past support of Southern League Baseball, and I hope to see you at the ballpark this summer! Sincerely,

Lori M. Webb, President

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Turn of the Screw

TURN OF THE

SCREW

Brent Honeywell and baseball’s quirkiest pitch by Chris Adams-Wall

on’t try to tell Brent Honeywell that a screwball is special. “It’s just another pitch,” says the 22-year-old.

And don’t go telling others that he learned how to throw that pitch from major league journeyman Mike Marshall. “My dad taught it to me,” says Honeywell. “He learned it from Marshall. Marshall did not teach me this pitch; everybody gets it mixed up.” Marshall, who pitched for nine different big league teams throughout his career including the Tigers, Braves, and Seattle Pilots, is a cousin of the Honeywell family, and won the 1974 National League Cy Young Award while pitching for the Dodgers.

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“My dad made me the pitcher that I am today,” Honeywell declares proudly. “He instilled in me the baseball IQ that I have today, and told me that the screwball would be one of my keys to getting to the big leagues.” Honeywell may not believe the screwball to be particularly unique, but this is also coming from someone who has been throwing it for nine years. “I was 13 when I was first taught how to throw the pitch,” Honeywell remembers. “And then it wasn’t until I was 15 when I really started knowing what I was doing with it.” The pitch that helped Marshall win that Cy Young Award was also a major factor in Tug McGraw and the Phillies winning the 1980 World Series, and Tigers hurler Willie Hernandez the

1984 American League MVP Award. However, as baseball has changed over the years, so, too, has the frequency of screwballs (the pitch, not the personalities; though Honeywell’s adventurous and goofy disposition that is well-known to his teammates may qualify). As noted by MLB.com’s Chris Landers in his profile of Honeywell: “There remain plenty of screwball skeptics – it has developed a reputation for producing arm injuries. Others, like Buster Posey, are skeptical because they’ve never seen it used effectively in the MLB. Posey even claimed that the pitch didn’t exist back in 2014.” That the screwball is too stressful on pitchers’ arms and that it’s too difficult to throw or coach appear to be commonly held beliefs among professional baseball coaches. Twins southpaw Hector Santiago is a prime

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example of the potential pitfalls of a screwballer. The 29-year-old came up through the minors and eventually reached the majors as mainly a fastball/screwball pitcher. Once in the big leagues however, Santiago all but eliminated the pitch from his repertoire because of the command issues it brought with it, and has thrown just one over the past two seasons. The pitch may be a red flag to several coaches and pitchers alike, but it has yet to deter Honeywell. “It’s not as bad on your arm as people say it is,” the young right-hander insists. “There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just like any other pitch.” A screwball is defined as a pitch that moves in a direction opposite to that of a curveball, and that is how batters have come to expect it: as a kind of reverse hook. When thrown by a righthanded pitcher, a good screwball will break from left to right from the pitcher’s point of view, which means that the pitch should move down and in on a right-handed batter, and down and away from a left-handed batter; the opposite is true when the pitch is thrown by a lefty. Due to this leftto-right movement of the ball, righthanded pitchers will use a screwball against left-handed batters in the same way that they use a slider against righthanded batters. If thrown properly, the screwball will break in the opposite direction of a curveball. When asked how often he threw the pitch last year, Honeywell responded without missing a beat: “All the time. It’s just another weapon.” That weapon, however ho-hum it may be to Honeywell, has already taken the minor leagues by storm. The Carnesville, Georgia native completed a season for the ages in 2016, putting together a 7-3 record with a 2.34 ERA, striking out 117 batters while

allowing only 94 hits and 25 walks in 115.1 innings in 20 starts between A+ Charlotte and AA Montgomery. Though an elbow injury kept Honeywell sidelined for about a month in late May, his promotion to the Biscuits on July 7 signaled the beginning of a clean bill of health that the righty would use to make his presence in the Southern League known. Upon his arrival in Montgomery, Biscuits manager Brady Williams immediately inserted Honeywell into

an already formidable rotation that included Southern League RightHanded Pitcher of the Year, Chih-Wei Hu, co-league leader in wins, Taylor Guerrieri, Rays number 27 prospect Hunter Wood, and All-Star lefty Chris Kirsch. Over the course of the final two months of the season, Honeywell settled in nicely, making 10 starts and going 3-2 with a 2.28 ERA, and did not allow more than four runs in any of those outings. Honeywell was especially dominant at home, going 2-1 with a miniscule 1.72 ERA in five

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starts at Riverwalk Stadium. It was these kinds of numbers that helped steer the Biscuits to a Second Half North Division title for the second consecutive year. Montgomery would come up against a familiar opponent in Jackson in the North Division Series, with the Generals having been the team the Biscuits opened the regular season with in West Tennessee. Daren Brown’s squad was also the one that had given the Butter and Blue the most trouble throughout the season, compiling a 16-4 record against Montgomery that included a five-game August sweep of the Biscuits at Riverwalk, the first in Jackson history. Still, the Biscuits were confident entering the showdown with their divisional foes, and after Hu tossed a gem in the series opener, Game 1 looked ripe for the taking. That was until Tyler O’Neill stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth. The 2016 Southern League Most Valuable Player hit a titanic walk-off three-run home run that hooked just around the left field foul pole after it was finished scraping the ozone layer that gave the First Half North Division Champions a stunning Game 1 victory. “He’s a good hitter,” said Honeywell reflecting on last year’s postseason. “I hope he can do the same this year.” In Game 2, Williams turned to Honeywell, saddling the youngster with the responsibility of avoiding a must-win Game 3 back in the Capital City. And the former 2014 second round pick answered the bell, hurling seven innings of two run ball, allowing just four hits. Honeywell’s two lone mistakes were serving up solo home runs to Tyler Marlette and O’Neill, who went deep for the second-straight night, in a crucial 2-1 victory.

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“If I execute the pitch, the guy isn’t going to hit a home run,” says Honeywell about O’Neill’s shot. “I was already in the zone when I gave the home run up, I just left it up. It’s not going to be the last one I give up either. I just got to make sure to get the next guy out.” The series then shifted back to Riverwalk where the Biscuits rose from the ashes and with their backs against the wall delivered a dramatic walk-off victory of their own on a Jake DePew RBI-double in a 4-3 Game 3 win to keep their title hopes alive. But it was not enough, as Jackson delivered the coup de grace in an emphatic 8-2 series-clinching victory in Game 4, ending the Biscuits season. “We definitely had a good enough team to win it all last year,” says Honeywell, whose teammates included talents like top five Rays prospects Willy Adames, Jake Bauers, and Casey Gillaspie. “But some different things happened and the game sped up on us a little bit.” When it was all said and done, the Generals, who compiled a regular season record of 84-55, won the Southern League Championship in a three-game sweep over Mississippi with O’Neill hitting .448 in the playoffs and collecting another MVP award. It was a bittersweet ending to Honeywell’s first taste of Double-A, but shortly thereafter, just two years after being drafted by Tampa Bay in the second round (72nd overall) out of Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee, the screwballer was named the Rays 2016 Minor League Pitcher of the Year. The Rays organization then gave Honeywell the opportunity to build on the success of his breakout year by sending him to the Arizona Fall League to gain a full

season’s workload against even more advanced hitters. “I had a lot of fun giving up 8 runs my first two starts down there,” jokes Honeywell, who pitched for the Peoria Javelinas. “It was different. Different kind of air, the ball flies out there. I’m not making excuses though.” When Honeywell first arrived in Arizona, he immediately recognized one of his teammates: Tyler O’Neill. “You meet a lot of different people out there. It was really funny to play with Tyler because he wrecked us last year. He’s an awesome dude and a funny dude.” O’Neill and Honeywell remained teammates when they were both selected to participate in the Arizona Fall League’s annual Fall Stars Game at Surprise Stadium. It was there where Honeywell put on perhaps his greatest show yet, fanning five of Major League Baseball’s top 100 prospects during a perfect two-inning stint at the start of the game. Among the strikeout victims were A’s top prospect Franklin Barretto and Blue Jays’ number three prospect Anthony Alford, each of whom looked foolish against Honeywell’s screwball. However effective the pitch though, it isn’t the only one in Honeywell’s arsenal. Far from it. In addition to the famous screwball, MLB.com has also praised Honeywell’s low-to mid-90s fastball with its late sinking action that occasionally tops out at 97 mph. A plus changeup, and a feel for commanding his above-average cutter down in the zone gives him yet another out pitch, while his curveball represents a quality change-of-pace offering. Five devastating pitches. Five. “I’ve got other stuff to throw,” says Honeywell. “A lot of weapons.

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Everybody looks for the screwball, everybody wants to see it. Okay, well, my fastball’s already by you because you’re waiting on a screwball. You’re not going to see a screwball if you go up there looking for a screwball because I know what you’re looking for. It’s fun to throw. Throwing the screwball—it’s just another pitch—and I can locate that down pretty well.” Despite the decline in its usage, many notable pitchers throughout history have had success throwing the screwball. One of the first to employ the pitch was Christy Mathewson, who pitched for the New York Giants from 1900 to 1916. Although historians have been unable to prove it, legend holds that the Hall-of-Fame hurler, who back then called the screwball a “fadeaway” learned the pitch from

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an African-American pitcher named Rube Foster. Giants manager John McGraw had arranged for Foster to teach Mathewson the screwball, as the skipper was forbidden from hiring Foster directly. Then there’s the aforementioned Mike Marshall, Tug McGraw, and Willie Hernandez, but also Cy Young winners Mike Cuellar, Fernando Valenzuela, and even Pedro Martinez that have reaped the benefits of the unusual pitch. Dallas Braden, the former A’s lefty who tossed the nineteenth perfect game in baseball history in 2010, made use of the screwball during his five-year career, and Yu Darvish continues to wield the pitch today for the Rangers. But if players of that magnitude have been so successful with the screwball, why are there so

few that throw it today? “Because it’s not taught anymore,” says Honeywell definitively. “Nobody wants to teach it because everyone thinks that it hurts your arm. The truth is that any pitch you throw is going to hurt your arm. Fastballs hurt your arm, you’re not supposed to throw overhand.” There are various ways for a righthander to throw a screwball, one of which includes releasing the ball on the follow through as if the pitcher is turning a doorknob to the left. Perhaps the mere thought of that, and the amount of perceived strain—imagined, or otherwise—put on the arms of pitchers executing that kind of release has been enough for most pitching coaches to abstain from teaching it.

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Honeywell, however, learned it fairly quickly as a teenager, starting off by throwing a changeup, and then a changeup/screwball, and finally an actual screwball. “Nothing too extravagant about it,” he says modestly. However nonchalant he may seem in discussing the pitch, Honeywell is still fully aware of how difficult it is to master, and has an immense appreciation for the art of pitching. “What we do is hard,” he says matterof-factly. “I have a lot of respect for the guys that throw that pitch because it’s hard work.” No matter his amount of respect though, Honeywell still strives to set himself apart from the crowd. “I don’t want to try to model my game after anybody,” he says. “I want to try to be my own guy. But I like the way Corey Kluber throws, and I love the way Noah Syndergaard throws and the way he carries himself on the mound.” Kluber, a 30-year-old from Birmingham, won the 2014 American League Cy Young Award while pitching for the Indians—the team he still plays for— and made his first All-Star team with Cleveland last season, leading the Tribe into the World Series. Kluber won Games 1 and 4, and started what was an unbelievably dramatic Game 7 against the Cubs last November. Syndergaard, even younger at 24, was also an All-Star last year for the Mets and pitched for New York in the 2015 Fall Classic, winning the lone game in that series against the Royals. Both pitchers, in addition to some of his Rays organization teammates, have given Honeywell something to look up to.

“I talk to Brad Miller a good bit, and Chris Archer will joke around with me every now and then. But honestly, I haven’t had the opportunity to be around many of them yet. The Rays seem like a fun team to play for though, and I know they’re good guys.” Several of those players are former Biscuits as well, including Archer, Alex Cobb, Kevin Kiermaier, Evan Longoria, and 2015 Minor League Player of the Year, Blake Snell. The 24-year-old lefty made his major league debut last April, after starting 12 games for the Biscuits in 2015 under manager Brady Williams, which was Honeywell’s favorite part about playing for Montgomery last season. “I love playing under Brady. I love playing for that guy. He’s one of the smartest managers I’ve ever had. I feel like he’s great with the players—I know he’s great with the players. He shows a lot of fire and enthusiasm on the field. It’s one of those things that you can’t take for granted, having a manager that’s going to back you in any situation. I think that’s why we were as good as we were last year, because we had him at the helm. If the ship is going down, he’s going down with it, and that’s how he is. He’s a hard-nosed manager. I like playing for that guy.” Williams, whose father Jimy won the 1999 American League Manager of the Year Award for the Red Sox, became only the second manager in Biscuits history to guide the Butter and Blue to the postseason in consecutive years, and currently owns the highest winning percentage (.523) in team history. With all that winning, it’s no wonder Honeywell has enjoyed his brief time under Williams’ tutelage. Despite his success in his first year at the Double-A level, Honeywell has

even loftier goals entering 2017. “I want to pitch in the big leagues, and stay in the big leagues,” he says resolutely. “And I want to do that out of camp.” Honeywell has spent most of the spring in minor league camp, but there are already whispers that a September call-up to Tampa Bay could be in the cards for the Rays top pitching prospect. Rays director of minor league operations Mitch Lukevics told MLB. com late last year that “there’s nothing Honeywell throws that is average. His stuff is plus. He’s a bright young guy, has a bright IQ, and his stuff is good. His ability to repeat his delivery was in his favor from Day 1. When you have a good delivery like he does and it’s repeatable, you can count on getting consistent, quality strikes and that’s what he brings.’’ Honeywell has his sights set on playing for the Rays sooner rather than later, and with praise like that it’s easy to see why. Montgomery has gotten a taste of Tampa Bay’s reigning Minor League Pitcher of the Year, and the Biscuits will be happy to have him for any amount of starts in 2017. But who is Honeywell’s favorite screwballer? He pauses, taking a moment to think about it. “Me?” he laughs. “I don’t know.” By the time Brent Honeywell reaches the majors, he may be the only screwballer left, but boy has he made throwing baseball’s quirkiest pitch look easy so far.

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REACHING

HOME Coach Gary Redus by Chris Adams-Wall

ary Redus is no stranger to Alabama. The former big league outfielder has always had a home in the Heart of Dixie having been born in Limestone County, going to high school in Tanner, attending Athens State University for college, and now residing in Decaturâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; all in the northern part of the state near Huntsville. So when both his best friend and first-ever manager encouraged him to help coach professional baseball in his home state, Redus thought it sounded as good an idea as any.

Coach Gary Redus

“Skeeter Barnes and Jim Hoff inspired me to come out of retirement and coach,” says Redus, who turned 60 in November. “I talk to them all the time, and Skeeter kept mentioning it and said, ‘you know, Montgomery is pretty close to you.’ We always talked and he knew I didn’t want to go far away, and Montgomery is close enough where I can get home and see the family. It’s a win-win situation.” Starting in 2017, every minor-league affiliate will have a fourth coach on staff to provide more individual instruction and improved in-game teaching. Hence the hiring of Redus, who will complete the Biscuits coaching quartet that also includes hitting coach Dan DeMent, pitching coach R.C. Lichtenstein, and manager Brady Williams. Redus used to be a rover for Pittsburgh and Houston, and made the rounds as an outfield and base-running coordinator for both organizations. He also has managerial experience, having been the head baseball coach at Calhoun Community College in Tanner, AL for six years as well as the head baseball coach at his high school alma mater in the same town before heading down to Spring Training earlier this year. “The Rays just want me to do whatever I can to do to help,” says Redus. “I’m helping Skeeter in Spring Training with the outfielders and the base-running, and wherever they need me. I can fill in anywhere really.”

Long before his coaching days, Redus was a standout player at Tanner High School, which led to him being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1977. He did not sign, however, opting to attend Athens State University, where he also excelled on the diamond, instead. The Cincinnati Reds then drafted him in the 15th round the following year, and sent Redus to their short-season, rookie-level Pioneer League farm club in Montana. Redus was 21 years old when he first suited up for the Billings Mustangs, producing one of the most unbelievable seasons in baseball history.

Redus played all 68 games for the Mustangs during the 1978 season tallying 117 hits in 253 at-bats, scoring 100 runs, with 62 RBI, 17 home runs, 42 stolen bases, and walking twice as many times as he struck out (62 to 31). His slugging average was .787, his on-base percentage .559 and his OPS 1.346. And oh yeah, his batting average was .462.

That isn’t a misprint either: .462!

Not only did Redus hit above .400, but the almost unfathomable statistic ranks as the highest-ever average in American professional baseball, according to Minor League Baseball. One of Redus’ bats from that season is even on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, 21

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N.Y., with “.462” written in large red lettering next to it. So was Redus just in the zone for that entire summer, or what?

“Basically,” he says, chuckling. “I guess people don’t realize when the team is playing well and everything is going well it’s easy to keep things going. I mean just look at the Chicago Bulls when they had their great season or the Golden State Warriors when they had their great season. It’s just one of those things where everything was clicking.” It also may have helped that Redus hit

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.400 at Athens State earlier that season before making the move to Billings— nearly 2,000 miles, or a 28-hour car ride, from northern Alabama—a place Redus has still yet to return.

“I haven’t been back for one reason,” he explains. “It’s just not a place where you say: ‘You know what? I’m going to go back to Billings.’ It’s not exactly around the corner.” Redus and his teammates, including Barnes, his roommate at the time, lived at Eastern Montana College in the dorms

amongst the students.

“It was different,” Redus recalls. “Nobody had a car, everybody walked and walked. And the stadium was just down the hill.” That’s where Hoff, then the Mustangs manager, would be waiting for the team. The Mustangs were loaded with future major leaguers such as Barnes, Nick Esasky, Tom Lawless and Les Straker, in addition to Redus himself. “Even in high school and college, I never saw anyone that had it all in one

Reaching Home

in Cincinnati: Redus’ first stop in the big leagues.

“The team you get drafted by is always your team,” says Redus. “Dave Parker, Eric Davis, Dave Concepcion, Johnny Bench; you know I was teammates with all of those guys, and all of those guys are special.” Redus made his major league debut with the Reds on September 7, 1982, which began a five-year stint in southwest Ohio, before Cincinnati traded him to the Phillies in 1985. In 1987, Redus was then traded to the White Sox with whom he stole a career-high 52 bases the same season. The next year, Chicago dealt him to the Pirates, where he would become teammates with Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke, Jay Bell, and Doug Drabek. “We had some very good teams.”

Redus put together his best offensive season in 1989 when he hit .283 with six home runs, 18 doubles, 33 RBI, and 25 stolen bases, and helped the Pirates win three-straight National League Eastern Division titles from 1990 to 1992. In what was perhaps the finest stretch of his career, Redus led all batters with a .438 average through the first six games of the 1992 National League Championship Series against Atlanta. The series went the distance of seven games, but a broken foot kept the right-handed slugger out of the final game—well, at least that’s not how Redus remembers it.

package like that,” Barnes told milb. com about Redus years later. “That’s what I remember most about him that year. He was built like a cross between a cornerback and a sprinter. He had a big upper body and little bitty legs.” 1978 would prove to be a memorable 24 MONTGOMERY BISCUITS

summer for everybody involved with the Billings Mustangs as the team won the playoffs under Hoff’s guidance and Redus’ inimitable swing. Redus clubbed his way to .462, got married in Montana that summer (Barnes, of course, was the best man), and embarked on a career with several of his Billings teammates

“I did not get hurt,” he says unequivocally. “You know I’ve seen that before. I wasn’t hurt; I just didn’t play. You know how you see in the NBA ‘Did Not Play – Coach’s decision?’ Well, that’s what that was. At the time I think the left-right thing was going on, and I didn’t play. Sometimes you think you should play, but it was something I didn’t really worry about. You want to play. But I didn’t play, and that was it.” Pittsburgh manager Jim Leyland would

Coach Gary Redus

watch his team’s 2-0 lead evaporate in the bottom of the ninth inning that culminated in Sid Bream’s famous slide, eliminating the first baseman’s former club in dramatic fashion, 3-2 in Game 7.

“That was a hard loss to swallow,” recalls Redus.

When asked if he ever looks back and wonders if the Pirates might have won that game had their hottest hitter been in the lineup, Redus was firm: “I don’t. You try to replay it sometimes in your mind. Drabek was pitching, and he was cruising. But here’s something people do not realize: something happened where the umpire behind the plate had to leave the game and they switched umpires. And the strike zone changed. And that’s when the Braves started that rally, because the strike zone changed.” Following his five years in Pittsburgh, Redus opted for free agency at the end of the 1992 campaign and signed with the Rangers, playing two injury-plagued seasons in the Lone Star State before retiring in 1994. Redus had a solid big league career, playing 13 big league seasons and hitting .252 with 90 home runs, 886 hits, 352 RBIs and 322 stolen bases over 1,159 games. He even hit for the cycle while playing for Pittsburgh in a 1989 game against his original squad, the Reds. So, after such an illustrious career, what else is Redus hoping to accomplish?

“I have no aspirations of getting to the big leagues or trying to move up, so the number one thing is just to help the kids, number one. I think I have some knowledge in different areas that I can use to help the kids, and that’s all I’m trying to do. I want to give back to the game. Skeeter and I talk now about when we were playing, and all you had was the manager and the pitching coach. You didn’t have any coaches just helping. You almost kind of did it for yourself. And the

kids today, they have it made because they have so many coaches.”

One of those “kids” expected to return to the Biscuits this season is 21-yearold Justin Williams, who, like Redus, is African-American. Williams, who burst onto the Double-A scene last year after hitting .330 in 51 games with A+ Charlotte, blasted three home runs in his first seven games for Montgomery and knocked in a team season-high six runs in a 10-5 home win over Pensacola on July 26. The Houma, Louisiana-born outfielder is currently the Rays 10th-best prospect according to MLB.com.

“He’s one of my projects for this season,” says Redus. “He’s going to hear a lot from me.”

couldn’t give you the reason for that.”

Redus says he has been to Montgomery to play golf, and attend a handful of football games, but that he hasn’t spent too much time overall in the Capital City. That will change this season when he teams up with Williams—whose father, Jimy, Redus knows—Lichtenstein, and DeMent—who is also from up north in Birmingham—in coaching the Biscuits. “I’m excited to coach professional baseball in my home state,” says Redus. “I’ve had a lot of people I know who have never been down that way tell me that they’re going to come down to Montgomery and see some games this year. A lot of people.”

“I think I have some knowledge in different areas that I can use to help the kids, and that’s all I’m trying to do.” Last season it was reported that only 8.5% of baseball players on major league rosters were African-American, a number that has steadily dwindled in recent years. Redus offered his opinion on how to explain the downtrend: “When kids want to go to college, there aren’t a whole lot of two-sport guys anymore for one, but for football and basketball they get full scholarships; in baseball they do not,” he says. “So if you’re trying to convince a kid, ‘Hey, come play baseball for me and I’ll give you 60% of a scholarship!’ compared to ‘Hey come play football and basketball and we’ll give you a full ride!’ That makes a difference. There are still kids out there playing. I don’t know why some of them aren’t being scouted, but a lot of them are not, and I

When asked what the most valuable thing the game of baseball has given the former outfielder, Redus sounds appreciative: “Lasting friendships,” he says definitively.

And wouldn’t you know it, Redus will have the opportunity to be reunited with one of his old pals, Doug Drabek, who is now the Jackson Generals pitching coach, when Montgomery visits West Tennessee on April 17. “Baseball teaches you how to be a good teammate and how to get along with people,” Redus concludes. “That’s what I got from it.” With any luck, that’s exactly what the Biscuits will get from Redus, too.

Season Review

2016 Scorecard The 2016 season marked the third year of the Brady Williams Era. As the third manager in Biscuits history, Williams led one of the youngest teams in the Southern League. Williams continued to lead one of the youngest teams in the Southern League, and guided the squad to the third-best record in club history at 76-64. The Biscuits won the Second-Half North Division for the second-straight year and the fifth time in team history, securing consecutive playoff berths for the first time since 2006 and 2007 when the Biscuits won back-to-back Southern League titles. The Biscuits 2016 campaign got off to a rocky start against the Jackson Generals in West Tennessee, dropping the first three games of the year in 50-degree weather in early April. The Biscuits would bounce back, however, and

finished the month 13-9. May was the only month that saw the Biscuits dip under .500, finishing 11-17, before a 15-12 June record saw the Biscuits finish in 3rd (34-36) in the First Half North Division at the halfway point of the season. Willy Adames, Jake Bauers, Jake Faria, Casey Gillaspie, Chih-Wei Hu, Chris Kirsch, and Kean Wong were all selected to the Mid-Season All-Star Team. The All-Star Game was played at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS with Hu starting the game for the North, and Adames, Bauers, and Wong at shortstop, first, and second, respectively, in a 5-1 loss to the South All-Stars. The Biscuits transformed into a stronger team during the second half of the season. They went 16-13 in the month of July before improving upon that mark with an 18-11 record in August, which included a season-long six-game winning streak

FI N AL BAT TING STATS Player

POS

Armando Araiza C

27 3

2B 3B HR

RBI TB

2 0 0

CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E

10 4

0 .406 .370 .296 .777 1

Mike Marjama

74 278 38 80 26 1 5

38 123 19

46 2

0 .341 .442 .288 .783 8

Patrick Leonard

74 276 48 79 24 0 9

47 130 20

82 8

1 .345 .471 .286 .816 7

Kean Wong

117 446 52 123 22 2 5

56 164 31

72 10 10 .324 .368 .276 .691 12

Jake Bauers

135 493 79 135 28 1 14

78 207 73

89 10 6 .370 .420 .274 .789 13

Willy Adames

132 486 89 133 31 6 11

57 209 74

121 13 6 .372 .430 .274 .802 22

Johnny Field

45 195 26 53 10 2 7

29 88 9

42 13 2 .301 .451 .272 .752 2

Casey Gillaspie

85 293 51 79 21 0 11

41 133 58

79 5

Cade Gotta

76 291 42 76 21 3 5

33 118 23

46 22 4 .314 .405 .261 .720 0

1 .387 .454 .270 .840 8

Justin Williams

39 148 20 37 7 2 6

28 66 5

30 0

Granden Goetzman LF

83 313 49 76 14 4 5

38 113 16

70 24 9 .282 .361 .243 .643 2

1 .277 .446 .250 .723 1

Juniel Querecuto 3B

60 220 26 53 11 3 3

27 79 21

43 0

0 .303 .359 .241 .662 6

Jake Hager

43 179 20 43 10 1 2

17 61 7

35 4

1 .273 .341 .240 .614 6 0 .277 .352 .215 .629 6

Jake DePew

86 284 26 61 10 1 9

42 100 26

72 2

Braxton Lee

110 387 35 81 12 3 0

25 99 30

58 13 10 .269 .256 .209 .525 5

Pat Blair

38 123 12 22 5 0 1

Thomas Coyle

57 181 20 32 6 5 2

11 54 19

30 14

35 6

1 .263 .244 .179 .507 6

50 10 3 .251 .298 .177 .550 4

Josh Rapacz C 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .167 .167 .452 0 Justin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Conner C

25 2

0 0 1

0 .154 .280 .160 .434 2

Alec Sole

19 4

0 0 1

0 .238 .316 .158 .554 0

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Batting Average

that would propel the Biscuits to another Second Half North Division title at home on a walk-off throwing error by the Tennessee Smokies on September 3 at Riverwalk Stadium. In the postseason, the Biscuits were matched up against a tough Jackson squad in the Division Series, and fell to the eventual Southern League Champions, 3-1. The Biscuits would finish the year with the most Post-Season All-Stars with four: Willy Adames (best SS), Jake Bauers (best 1B), Chih-Wei Hu (best right-handed pitcher), and outfielder Cade Gotta (best hustler).

LEADERS

Ozzie Albies, MIS.................. .321 Chesny Young, TNS ............. .303 Sebastian Elizalde, PNS....... .297

RBI

Tyler O’Neill, JXN................... 102 Kevin Cron, MOB ..................... 88 Dustin Peterson, MIS................ 88

Home Runs Kevin Cron, MOB...................... 26 Tyler O’Neill, JXN..................... 24 Daniel Palka, CHA .................... 21

Runs Willy Adames, MTG.................. 89 Zack Granite, CHA..................... 86 Jake Bauers, MTG.................... 79

Hits

Stolen Bases

Zack Granite, CHA................... 155 Chesny Young, TNS................ 149 Dustin Peterson, MIS ............. 148

Zack Granite, CHA ................... 56 Ian Miller, JXN ........................ 49 Yefri Perez, JAX....................... 39

ERA

Games

Chih-Wei Hu, MTG.................2.59 Ryan Yarbrough, JXN............2.95 Brandon Woodruff, BLX........3.01

Alejandro Chacin, PNS.............52 Joey Krehbiel, MOB..................52 Stephen Peterson, BLX............52

Wins

Innings Pitched

Brett Ash, JXN ......................... 12 Taylor Guerrieri, MTG ............. 12 Ryan Yarbrough, JXN .............. 12

Sal Romano, PNS................ 156.0 Jackson Stephens, PNS...... 151.1 Taylor Guerrieri, MTG ........ 146.0

Saves

Strikeouts

Alejandro Chacin, PNS............. 30 Stephen Kohlscheen, BLX........ 23 Jaye Chapman, MTG................ 19

Sean Newcomb, MIS.............. 152 Sal Romano, PNS................... 144 Jackson Stephens, PNS......... 141

2016 SEASON REVIEW

SOUTHERN LEAGUE

FI N AL P T C HING STATS Player Taylor Guerrieri Chris Kirsch Chih-Wei Hu Jacob Faria Ryne Stanek Jared Mortensen Yonny Chirinos Jeff Ames Brent Honeywell Hunter Wood Kyle Bird Steve Ascher Brad Schreiber Jaye Chapman Kyle Winkler Buddy Borden Chase Whitley Jordan Harrison Brett Marshall Adam Kolarek Mark Sappington Parker Markel Andrew Bellatti Brad Boxberger Jake DePew

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WHIP HLD GF 12 6 3.76 28 26 0 0 1 146.0 130 67 61 11 10 46 89 1.21 0 1 7 7 3.22 25 25 1 1 0 145.1 139 60 52 8 5 57 114 1.35 0 0 7 8 2.59 24 24 0 0 0 142.2 128 49 41 7 3 36 107 1.15 0 0 1 6 4.21 14 14 0 0 0 83.1 64 39 39 5 1 36 93 1.20 0 0 2 6 3.79 18 11 0 0 2 78.1 64 36 33 6 2 35 91 1.26 2 3 7 7 5.23 34 4 0 0 0 72.1 53 44 42 7 17 57 86 1.52 2 11 5 3 4.46 14 8 0 0 0 66.2 74 37 33 5 0 12 43 1.29 1 3 6 2 2.71 48 0 0 0 6 63.0 45 21 19 7 4 40 61 1.35 7 18 3 2 2.28 10 10 0 0 0 59.1 51 16 15 4 1 14 53 1.10 0 0 6 2 3.28 10 9 0 0 0 49.1 36 21 18 5 1 20 49 1.14 0 1 1 1 2.94 32 0 0 0 4 49.0 45 19 16 4 1 17 38 1.27 5 17 3 1 4.30 26 3 0 0 1 46.0 44 22 22 5 2 18 36 1.35 2 9 1 2 6.06 28 0 0 0 7 32.2 43 24 22 4 3 12 26 1.68 0 13 4 2 2.84 34 0 0 0 19 31.2 19 10 10 1 0 4 41 0.73 0 31 0 2 2.59 29 0 0 0 8 31.1 21 10 9 3 0 11 36 1.02 9 14 1 0 5.22 14 0 0 0 3 29.1 28 19 17 2 0 21 24 1.67 0 4 2 1 2.93 6 6 0 0 0 27.2 17 12 9 3 2 8 22 0.90 0 0 2 0 2.59 25 0 0 0 0 24.1 13 7 7 0 2 19 17 1.32 6 6 2 2 8.24 15 0 0 0 0 19.2 29 22 18 1 0 17 13 2.34 2 9 3 2 3.32 13 0 0 0 0 19.0 14 13 7 0 2 12 17 1.37 4 2 0 0 7.80 13 0 0 0 0 15.0 17 15 13 0 1 15 12 2.13 1 2 2 0 4.22 9 0 0 0 0 10.2 15 5 5 0 0 2 11 1.59 1 5 0 2 9.00 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 5 1 1 3 7 1.80 0 1 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.20 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 0 1

The Montgomery Biscuits are a part of the Tampa Bay Rays organization. As the AA affiliate of the Rays, they are the highest level team of the Raysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; farm system other than the Durham Bulls (the AAA affiliate). Baseball players work their way up through the organization in hopes of getting to the big leagues. The Rays are in the American League.

Tampa Bay Rays MLB - American League St. Petersburg, FL (727) 825-3137 Durham Bulls International League (Class AAA) Durham, NC (919) 687-6500 Montgomery Biscuits Southern League (Class AA) Montgomery, AL (334) 323-2255 Charlotte Stone Crabs Florida State League (Class A) Port Charlotte, FL (941) 206-4487 Bowling Green Hot Rods Midwest League (Class A) Bowling Green, KY (270) 901-2121 Hudson Valley Renegades New York-Penn League (Class A) Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 838-0094 Princeton Rays Appalachian League (R) Princeton, WV (304) 487-2000

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Player Profiles

Meet Your 2017 Biscuits! Jose ALvarado Bats/Throws: Left / Left Height / Weight: 6-0 / 240 Opening Day Age: 21 Born: 5/21/1995 in Maracaibo, VE

LHP Acquired: NDFA, 2012 Professional Experience: 6th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 VSL Rays 2013 VSL Rays 2014 GCL Rays 2015 Princeton 2016 Bowling Green 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2 3 3.81 12 0 0 0 0 26.0 20 14 11 0 4 17-0 20 11 1 1 8 1.97 13 13 0 0 0 45.2 41 23 10 2 0 21-0 54 17 1 1 5 3.79 12 11 0 0 0 40.1 28 28 17 1 2 29-0 46 7 1 0 2 9.53 5 5 0 0 0 17.0 18 19 18 1 5 13-0 18 0 0 2 0 1.46 10 0 0 0 2 24.2 12 5 4 0 1 17 34 4 1 2 1 3.91 27 0 0 0 0 46.0 38 27 20 1 0 38-1 51 10 0 8 19 3.61 79 29 0 0 2 199.2 157 116 80 5 12 135-1 86 49 4

Fernando baez Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-1 / 190 Opening Day Age: 25 Born: 2/1/1992 in Palenque, D.R

RHP Acquired: NDFA (St. Louis Cardinals), 2009 Professional Experience: 6th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 DSL Cardinals 2013 Johnson City 2014 State College 2015 Peoria 2016 Bowling Green Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 5 1 1.14 14 0 0 0 1 39.1 25 7 5 0 3 20-1 50 3 0 1 0 0.82 26 0 0 0 6 33.0 15 3 3 0 3 23-0 47 4 0 2 2 3.94 13 9 0 0 0 45.2 32 21 20 2 2 28-0 48 1 1 2 3 6.69 10 7 0 0 0 35.0 35 28 26 6 1 26-0 41 3 0 3 1 3.00 24 0 0 0 2 42.0 21 15 14 2 3 24-0 70 5 2 13 7 3.14 87 16 0 0 9 195.0 128 74 68 10 12 121-1 256 16 3

Kyle bird

LHP

Bats/Throws: Left / Left Height / Weight: 6-2 / 175 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 4/12/1993 in Orange Park, FL

Acquired: Round 35, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 5/12/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Princeton 2015 Bowling Green Durham 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

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W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 1 0 4.19 12 0 0 0 1 19.1 15 11 9 3 1 6-0 15 3 0 4 0 2.60 32 0 0 0 9 69.1 67 25 20 1 2 17-0 69 6 2 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 2 1 0.50 11 0 0 0 3 18.0 11 1 1 0 0 1-0 22 1 1 1 1 2.94 32 0 0 0 4 49.0 45 19 16 4 1 17-1 38 1 1 8 2 2.63 88 0 0 0 17 157.1 139 56 46 8 4 43-1 146 11 4

RHP

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-3 / 240 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 1/18/1994 in Cabrera, D.R

Acquired: NDFA, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 DSL Rays 2015 Hudson Valley Bowling Green 2016 Bowling Green Charlotte Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 3 3 3.96 18 0 0 0 2 25.0 26 11 11 0 0 11-0 26 8 0 1 2 2.31 13 0 0 0 4 23.1 19 9 6 1 0 7-0 24 1 0 0 0 4.82 5 0 0 0 1 9.1 8 6 5 0 1 4-0 4 2 0 1 3 2.03 24 0 0 0 7 40.0 34 12 9 1 2 11-1 50 11 2 2 3 4.87 14 0 0 0 3 20.1 28 12 11 3 1 6-0 17 2 0 7 11 3.20 74 0 0 0 17 118.0 115 50 42 5 4 39-1 121 24 2

YONNY CHIRINOS

RHP

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 170 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 12/26/1993 in Bachaquero, Venezuela

Acquired: NDFA, 2012 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: 6/27/2016

2017 player profiles

DIEGO CASTILLO

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 VSL Rays 2014 Princeton Charlotte 2015 Hudson Valley Bowling Green 2016 Bowling Green Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 3 3 3.27 13 12 0 0 0 55.0 59 21 20 4 2 11-0 42 8 1 3 0 2.09 14 2 0 0 0 43.0 39 14 10 2 2 11-0 33 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0.60 3 3 0 0 0 15.0 10 1 1 1 1 3-0 14 3 0 4 5 2.20 10 10 0 0 0 61.1 59 19 15 3 6 7-0 47 3 1 1 0 2.31 4 2 0 0 0 11.2 8 4 3 0 0 1-0 9 0 0 6 1 2.15 11 7 0 0 0 50.1 47 16 12 5 1 3-0 31 1 0 5 3 4.46 14 8 0 0 0 66.2 74 37 33 5 0 12-0 43 3 2 23 12 2.76 71 44 0 0 0 306.0 298 112 94 20 12 48-0 222 22 4

Nick ciuffo

Bats/Throws: Left / Right Height / Weight: 6-1 / 205 Opening Day Age: 22 Born: 3/7/1995 in Mount Pleasant, SC

Acquired: 1st Round (2013, TB) Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 GCL Rays 2014 Princeton 2015 Bowling Green 2016 GCL Rays Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .258 43 159 11 41 6 1 0 25 9-1 40 0 0 .296 .308 1 0 0 5 3 .224 52 192 25 43 7 1 4 20 17-0 45 2 1 .289 .333 1 0 1 4 5 .258 94 356 30 92 21 0 1 32 7-0 55 2 3 .269 .326 5 1 0 10 11 .067 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 .176 .067 0 0 0 0 0 .262 59 229 16 60 8 0 0 15 9-0 45 2 3 .288 .297 2 2 0 9 8 .249 253 951 83 237 42 2 5 92 44-1 187 6 7 .281 .313 9 3 1 28 27

Player Profiles

Edwin Fierro

rhp

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 8/30/1993 in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico

Acquired: NDFA,2014 Professional Experience: 4th season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 GCL Rays Hudson Valley 2015 GCL Rays Charlotte Bowling Green 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 0 1 0.00 4 0 0 0 3 6.1 8 2 0 0 1 1-0 2 0 0 0 2 4.38 7 0 0 0 2 12.1 14 6 6 0 0 1-0 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 `0 0 1 1 4.15 3 0 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 0 0 1-1 1 1 0 3 3 1.65 20 0 0 0 3 32.2 32 7 6 0 4 12-1 25 3 0 2 3 3.78 16 1 0 0 1 33.1 40 14 14 2 2 9-0 17 2 0 6 10 2.77 51 2 0 0 9 91.0 100 31 28 2 7 24-2 52 6 0

Mike franco

RHP

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-4 / 200 Opening Day Age: 24 Born: 11/14/1992 in Philadelphia, PA

Acquired: 2nd Round, 2011 Professional Experience: 7th Season Biscuits Debut: 4/7/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 GCL Rays Hudson Valley 2015 Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 4.11 10 1 0 0 2 15.1 24 9 7 1 0 2-0 18 0 0 0 2 1.87 23 0 0 0 4 43.1 35 11 9 2 1 13-0 47 6 0 2 1 0.75 36 0 0 0 4 59.0 61 19 15 1 0 15-1 33 4 0 7 5 1.89 33 3 0 0 4 71.1 48 23 15 3 2 35-2 73 2 0 10 9 1,90 81 4 0 0 11 156.0 125 48 33 6 3 59-2 164 14 0

GRANDen goetzman Bats/Throws: Left / Left Height / Weight: 6-2 / 175 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 4/12/1993 in Orange Park, FL

OF Acquired: Round 35, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 5/12/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2011 GCL Rays 2012 Princeton 2013 Bowling Green Hudson Valley 2014 Bowling Green Charlotte 2015 Charlotte 2016 GCL Rays Montgomery Minor League Totals

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AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .173 25 75 8 13 3 0 0 8 8-0 17 6 1 .262 .213 0 0 1 2 0 .298 12 47 10 14 5 0 1 8 4-0 7 7 1 .346 .468 1 0 0 0 0 .153 21 72 5 11 1 1 1 9 4-0 15 4 1 .218 .236 0 0 2 4 1 .220 55 209 25 46 8 6 2 22 7-0 50 19 7 .243 .344 5 0 1 2 3 .315 60 235 40 74 20 3 7 31 10-2 53 7 7 .349 .515 1 0 3 5 3 .213 50 174 14 37 6 2 1 13 6-0 53 3 3 .259 287 1 0 3 6 2 .240 93 329 38 79 16 1 3 34 23-0 66 16 3 .292 .322 2 2 2 8 5 .467 4 15 4 7 0 0 0 2 1-1 5 2 0 .500 .467 0 0 0 0 0 .243 83 313 49 76 14 4 5 38 16-0 70 24 9 .282 .361 2 1 2 7 2 .243 403 1469 193 357 73 17 20 165 79-3 336 88 32 .287 .357 11 3 16 34 16

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Player Profiles

Cade gotta

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-4 / 205 Opening Day Age: 25 Born: 8/1/1991 in San Diego, CA

Acquired: 26th Round, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 6/9/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 GCL Rays 2015 Hudson Valley Bowling Green 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .245 49 159 34 39 11 3 2 21 30-1 39 16 3 .371 .390 2 1 3 2 2 .289 42 152 19 44 13 1 0 15 17-2 17 12 4 .355 .388 3 0 0 2 8 .254 16 59 9 15 6 0 2 8 2-0 13 3 1 .279 .458 0 0 0 2 12 .306 46 173 25 53 9 2 4 17 14-2 36 7 2 .362 .451 0 1 1 4 8 261 76 291 42 76 21 3 5 33 23-0 46 22 4 314 405 3 1 1 4 0 .272 229 834 129 227 60 9 13 94 86-5 151 60 14 .341 .412 8 3 5 14 30

Greg harris Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 170 Opening Day Age: 22 Born: 8/17/1994 in Hyannis, MA

RHP Acquired: Trade with Dodgers, 2014 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 AZL Dodgers 2014 Great Lakes 2015 Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Durham Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2 3 5.29 10 7 0 0 3 34.0 33 22 20 4 9 9-0 22 3 0 7 6 4.45 22 1`6 0 0 0 87.0 88 50 43 7 5 28-1 92 9 3 7 5 2..17 16 16 0 0 0 83.0 74 33 20 1 3 28-0 84 5 4 1 4 3.40 9 8 0 0 1 39.2 40 18 15 1 2 14-0 24 5 1 10 6 3.12 26 23 2 2 0 147.0 119 56 51 10 4 58-0 134 12 5 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 4 3-0 6 0 0 27 24 3.48 84 71 2 2 0 393.2 359 182 152 23 17 140-1 362 34 13

Jordan harrison Bats/Throws: Right / Left Height / Weight: 6-1 / 180 Opening Day Age: 25 Born: 4/9/1991 in Porter, TX

LHP Acquired: 25th Round, 2012 Professional Experience: 6th Season Biscuits Debut: 4/12/15

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 GCL Rays 2012 Hudson Valley 2013 Charlotte Hudson Valley Bowling Green 2014 Bowling Green GCL Rays Charlotte 2015 Montgomery Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

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W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 1 2 1.52 10 5 0 0 0 29.2 28 8 5 0 1 6-0 29 1 0 0 1 4.00 4 0 0 0 1 9.0 7 4 4 0 0 3-0 9 0 0 0 1 10.12 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 3 3 0 1 3-0 4 1 0 4 1 2.73 5 4 0 0 0 26.1 17 8 8 3 0 8-0 26 0 0 5 2 2.69 15 9 0 0 0 60.1 52 20 18 4 3 22-2 53 1 0 1 1 3.30 6 6 0 0 0 30.0 30 17 11 2 0 9-0 11 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 7.0 7 0 0 0 0 0-0 9 1 0 3 3 3.45 14 4 0 0 1 44.1 35 19 17 2 1 15-0 41 0 0 0 1 9.35 6 0 0 0 0 8.2 13 10 9 1 0 9-1 3 0 0 1 0 2.53 10 0 0 0 0 21.1 14 6 6 3 0 8-1 22 2 0 0 0 2.86 12 1 0 0 1 22.0 20 8 7 0 0 6-0 13 2 1 0 1 2.77 8 0 0 0 0 13.0 17 6 4 0 2 6-0 10 1 1 2 0 2.59 25 0 0 0 0 24.1 13 7 7 0 2 19-0 17 1 1 17 13 2.98 119 29 0 0 4 298.2 254 116 99 15 10 114-4 247 13 3

Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 180 Opening Day Age: 22 Born: 3/31/1995 in Carnesville, GA

RHP Acquired: 2nd Round (72nd overall), 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 7/11/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Princeton 2015 Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 2 1 1.07 9 8 0 0 0 33.2 19 7 4 1 1 6-0 40 1 0 4 4 2.91 12 12 0 0 0 65.0 53 27 21 3 4 12-0 76 5 1 5 2 3.44 12 12 1 1 0 65.1 57 26 25 2 2 15-0 53 1 1 4 1 2.41 10 10 0 0 0 56.0 43 16 15 5 1 11-0 64 1 0 3 2 2.28 10 10 0 0 0 59.1 51 16 15 4 1 14-0 53 1 0 18 10 2.58 53 52 1 1 0 279.1 223 92 80 15 9 58-0 286 9 2

mac james Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-1 / 195 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 6/2/1993 in San Marcos, TX

C Acquired: 6th Round, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

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Brent honeywell

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Hudson Valley 2015 Bowling Green 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .263 16 57 7 15 3 0 0 1 6-0 6 1 1 .364 .316 0 0 3 2 3 .257 91 323 33 83 14 0 3 32 25-0 49 2 1 .312 .328 5 1 3 8 8 .239 98 356 34 85 11 1 1 30 30-0 54 1 3 .301 .284 3 2 3 13 10 .249 205 736 74 183 28 1 4 63 61-0 109 4 5 .311 .306 8 3 9 23 21

grant Kay Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-0 / 185 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 5/29/1993 in Omaha, NE

1b Acquired: 27th Round, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Hudson Valley 2015 Bowling Green 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .314 42 159 27 50 14 4 2 20 12-0 30 2 4 .376 .491 2 0 5 4 4 .251 118 423 46 106 30 1 1 31 29-0 80 13 6 .304 .333 4 2 5 10 20 .242 115 405 50 98 14 1 8 45 30-0 77 14 8 .300 .341 6 2 6 13 9 .257 275 987 123 254 58 6 11 96 71-0 187 29 18 .314 .362 12 4 16 27 33

Bats/Throws: Left / Right Height / Weight: 5-10 / 185 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 8/23/1993 in Picayune, MS

CF Acquired: 12th Round, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 4/7/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Hudson Valley 2015 Charlotte 2016 Montgomery Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .287 51 202 36 58 7 1 0 13 19-0 33 12 9 .350 .332 1 4 1 1 2 .281 115 374 48 105 7 1 0 24 36-0 67 23 13 .347 .305 2 7 3 5 4 .209 110 387 35 81 12 3 0 25 30-1 58 13 10 .269 .256 1 11 2 3 5 .253 276 963 119 244 26 5 0 62 85-1 158 48 32 .317 .291 4 22 6 9 11

joe mccarthy Bats/Throws: Left / Left Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 2/23/1993 in Scranton, PA

LF Acquired: 5th round, 2015 Professional Experience: 3rd Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

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braxton lee

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2015 Hudson Valley 2016 Bowling Green Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .277 49 184 24 51 7 2 0 21 18-0 23 18 3 .362 .337 1 3 7 1 6 .288 43 153 31 44 12 0 3 29 33-2 30 11 2 .425 425 2 0 5 2 4 .283 61 198 20 56 9 3 5 31 28-0 38 8 3 .376 .434 6 0 5 2 2 .282 153 535 75 151 28 5 8 81 79-2 91 37 8 .386 .398 9 3 17 5 12

justin oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;conner Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-0 / 190 Opening Day Age: 25 Born: 3/31/1992 in Indianapolis, IN

C Acquired: 1st Round (31st overall), 2010 Professional Experience: 8th Season Biscuits Debut: 8/6/2014

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2010 GCL Rays 2011 Princeton 2012 Hudson Valley 2013 Bowling Green 2014 Charlotte Montgomery 2015 Montgomery 2016 GCL Rays Montgomery Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .211 48 161 18 34 13 0 3 29 18-0 46 1 0 .301 .348 3 1 4 3 4 .157 48 178 18 28 8 0 9 29 17-0 78 4 1 .234 .354 1 0 1 7 9 .223 59 238 39 53 18 1 5 29 18-0 73 2 0 .276 .370 1 0 0 5 0 .233 102 399 49 93 17 0 14 56 31-0 111 5 0 .290 .381 5 1 3 7 9 .282 80 319 40 90 31 2 10 44 15-0 78 0 0 .321 .486 2 0 4 9 13 .263 21 80 9 21 4 0 2 3 1-0 20 0 0 .298 .388 0 0 3 3 4 .231 107 429 50 99 27 3 9 53 13-0 129 10 2 .255 .371 1 0 1 10 15 .325 12 40 8 13 2 0 2 5 5-0 7 0 0 .400 .525 0 0 0 1 2 .160 8 25 2 4 0 0 1 3 0-0 9 0 0 .154 .280 1 0 0 0 2 .233 485 1869 233 435 120 6 55 251 118-0 551 22 3 .282 .392 14 2 16 45 58

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michael russell Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 200 Opening Day Age: 24 Born: 1/30/1993 in Huntersville,NC

1b Acquired: 5th RD (2014, TB) Professional Experience: 3rd Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2015 Hudson 2016 Bowling Green Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .257 63 241 50 62 16 4 2 20 27-0 52 22 0 .365 .382 0 1 14 4 16 .293 109 396 76 116 28 5 8 48 45-0 64 29 9 .381 .449 3 1 13 10 14 .279 172 637 126 178 44 9 10 68 72-2 116 51 9 .375 .424 3 2 27 14 30

brad schreiber Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225 Opening Day Age: 26 Born: 2/13/1991 in Appleton, WI

RHP Acquired: Free Agent, 2013 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: 7/7/2015

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 Hudson Valley 2014 Bowling Green 2015 Charlotte Montgomery 2016 Montgomery Charlotte Durham Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 0 0 1.50 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 4-0 7 0 0 2 7 3.57 35 0 0 0 1 68.0 55 33 27 2 11 24-1 82 17 0 0 3 1.83 30 0 0 0 18 34.1 17 9 7 1 4 11-0 29 4 0 2 2 3.54 24 0 0 0 12 28.0 21 11 11 2 0 13-0 28 2 0 1 2 6.06 28 0 0 0 7 32.2 43 24 22 4 3 12-2 26 1 0 0 2 2.45 11 1 0 0 2 18.1 10 8 5 1 2 6-0 21 3 0 0 0 4.15 2 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 2 2 1 0 1-0 4 0 0 5 16 3.52 134 1 0 0 40 191.2 155 88 75 11 20 71-3 197 27 0

alec sole

Bats/Throws: Left / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 200 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 6/1/1993 in Holbrook, NY

Acquired:18th round, 2014 Professional Experience: 4th Season Biscuits Debut: 8/11/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2014 Hudson Valley 2015 Charlotte Bowling Green Durham 2016 Charlotte Durham Montgomery Minor League Totals

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AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .199 63 206 19 41 5 2 0 16 21-0 34 13 2 .285 .243 3 4 5 5 9 .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 .500 .333 0 0 0 0 0 308 61 221 25 68 13 4 1 29 13-0 33 5 4 .347 .416 1 1 1 12 7 .000 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .281 89 320 41 90 12 5 5 36 21-1 63 14 3 .328 .397 1 5 2 9 17 .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 4 0 0 .125 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .158 6 19 4 3 0 0 1 2 2-0 7 0 0 .238 .316 0 0 0 0 0 .259 225 783 90 203 30 11 7 83 59-1 146 32 9 .316 .352 5 10 8 26 33

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Bats/Throws: Switch / Right Height / Weight: 5-10 / 180 Opening Day Age: 21 Born: 8/23/1995 in New Orleans, LA

Acquired: 2nd Round (60th overall), 2013 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 GCL Rays 2014 Princeton 2015 Bowling Green; 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .246 46 167 34 41 7 3 1 15 33-0 43 7 2 .376 .341 0 0 2 1 8 .226 61 243 32 55 11 2 3 19 29-0 47 7 5 .315 .325 1 0 3 4 10 .255 116 439 45 112 13 2 4 35 51-0 99 13 9 .333 .321 4 5 2 3 11 .220 105 369 42 81 12 3 4 31 47-0 91 18 10 .311 .301 5 8 4 3 11 .237 328 1218 153 289 43 10 12 100 160-0 280 45 26 .329 .319 10 13 11 11 40

andrew velazquez Bats/Throws: Switch / Right Height / Weight: 5-10 / 160 Opening Day Age: 22 Born: 7/14/1994 in Bronx, NY

ss Acquired: Trade with Diamondbacks, 2014 Professional Experience: 6th Season Biscuits Debut: N/A

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riley unroe

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 AZL D-backs Missoula 2013 South Bend 2014 South Bend 2015 GCL Rays Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .319 29 116 33 37 8 5 1 20 18-0 35 35 20 .406 .500 3 1 1 3 7 .220 14 50 9 11 0 2 0 4 5-0 12 2 0 .286 .300 1 0 0 0 4 .260 65 235 23 61 10 4 0 16 21-0 59 7 2 .319 .336 1 0 0 1 15 .290 134 544 94 158 18 15 9 56 62-0 136 50 15 .367 .428 5 4 7 4 35 .231 4 13 2 3 0 0 0 2 2-0 6 0 0 .333 .231 0 0 0 0 1 .290 47 186 29 54 9 2 0 10 15-0 53 5 8 .343 .360 0 2 0 2 9 .262 75 286 31 75 6 2 1 14 21-0 71 11 3 .313 .308 2 3 1 4 14 .279 368 1430 221 399 51 30 11 122 144-0 372 95 34 .346 .380 12 10 9 14 94

justin williams Bats/Throws: Left / Right Height / Weight: 6-2 / 215 Opening Day Age: 21 Born: 8/20/1995 in Houma, LA

of Acquired: Trade with Diamondbacks, 2014 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: 7/18/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 AZL D-backs 2013 Missoula South Bend 2014 Missoula South Bend 2015 Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB-I SO SB CS OBP SLG SF SAC HBP GIDP E .345 37 148 17 51 12 0 1 32 8-1 35 0 1 .398 .446 0 0 5 3 5 .412 11 51 12 21 6 0 0 5 1-0 7 0 0 .423 .529 0 0 0 1 2 .111 3 9 3 1 0 0 2 0 2-0 2 0 0 .273 .111 0 0 0 0 0 .386 46 189 31 73 6 2 2 23 17-0 44 1 1 .433 .471 2 0 0 6 1 .284 28 102 16 29 6 3 2 23 7-0 23 0 1 .348 .461 0 0 3 2 0 .284 99 387 43 110 25 2 7 42 13-0 76 3 1 .308 .413 4 0 2 12 4 .241 23 83 8 20 5 0 0 6 1-0 14 3 1 .250 .301 0 0 0 7 3 .330 51 194 23 64 11 0 4 31 6-0 26 0 1 .350 .448 2 0 1 5 4 .250 39 148 20 37 7 2 6 28 5-0 30 0 1 .277 .446 1 0 1 4 1 .310 337 1311 173 406 78 9 22 190 60-1 257 7 7 .343 .433 9 0 12 40 20

Player Profiles

KYLE WINkler Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 5-11 / 195 Opening Day Age: 26 Born: 6/18/1990 in Sugarland, TX

rhp Acquired: Free Agent, 2016 Professional Experience: 6th Season Biscuits Debut: 6/19/2015

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2012 Visalia Rawhide 2013 Visalia South Bend 2014 Visalia Mobile 2015 Durham Montgomery Arkansas 2016 Durham Montgomery Minor League Totals

W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 3 1 5.44 31 0 0 0 0 43.0 51 34 26 2 1 24-0 38 5 0 1 5 7.63 10 10 0 0 0 46.0 67 48 39 10 0 28-0 41 1 1 3 4 3.99 21 9 0 0 0 70.0 73 39 31 3 4 20-0 69 8 0 1 3 3.53 23 0 0 0 0 35.2 31 19 14 3 1 17-2 37 3 0 3 1 4.34 20 0 0 0 0 29.0 30 19 14 4 0 20-0 35 4 0 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 1-0 2 0 0 1 0 0.96 7 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 1 1 0 0 0-0 13 1 0 0 2 5.10 21 0 0 0 0 30.0 28 18 17 1 0 14-3 22 2 0 1 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.59 29 0 0 0 8 31.1 21 10 9 3 0 11-1 36 4 0 13 18 4.61 166 19 0 0 8 298.2 312 191 153 27 6 137-6 293 28 1

hunter wood Bats/Throws: Right / Right Height / Weight: 6-1 / 175 Opening Day Age: 23 Born: 8/12/1993 in Rogers, AR

RHP Acquired: 29th Round, 2013 Professional Experience: 5th Season Biscuits Debut: 6/2/16

Minor League Playing Record YEAR CLUB 2013 Princeton 2014 Bowling Green Hudson Valley 2015 Bowling Green Charlotte 2016 Charlotte Montgomery Minor League Totals

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W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK 3 3 3.80 16 6 0 0 2 45.0 38 20 19 5 2 11-0 59 2 1 1 0 4.07 6 6 0 0 0 24.1 22 13 11 4 3 12-0 21 1 0 3 4 3.08 13 13 0 0 0 64.1 53 24 22 3 7 16-0 57 4 0 1 4 1.82 20 3 0 0 4 64.1 36 13 13 3 1 16-1 81 3 0 1 3 2.79 9 7 0 0 0 42.0 32 15 13 1 2 9-0 32 5 1 3 3 1.70 11 9 0 0 0 63.2 34 15 12 2 1 24-0 56 3 1 6 2 3.28 10 9 0 0 0 49.1 36 21 18 5 1 20-0 49 4 0 18 19 2.75 85 53 0 0 6 353.0 251 121 108 23 17 108-1 355 22 3

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Manager

Williams returns to Montgomery for his fourth season as manager of the Biscuits. He became the third manager in Biscuits history with his Double-A debut in 2014 and has led the Biscuits to the playoffs as Second Half North Division Champions in 2015 and 2016. 2016 will be his 9th season as a manager and 12th season as a manager or coach in the Rays system. Williams has a career managerial record of 542-502. He managed SS-A Hudson Valley in 2009 then was the skipper for the A- Bowling Green Hot Rods for three seasons (2010-2012) before being promoted to A+ in 2013. The Stone Crabs’ record improved from 55-79 in 2012 to 67-65 in 2013 and a second half championship. Charlotte went to the Florida State League Championship Series where they were beaten by the Daytona Cubs in what was their first trip to the playoffs since 2010. Williams earned his 300th career win with a 4-3 victory in 11 innings over Daytona on July 17. He was selected by Baseball America as the 2012 Midwest League Best Managerial Prospect after Hot Rods finished 80-60. He finished three seasons in A- with an overall record of 218-201. The Rays signed him as a coach on March 6, 2006. Williams was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 45th round of the 1999 June Draft as a first-baseman. He played five seasons of minor league baseball with the Red Sox (1999-2001), Twins (2002), and Rays (2003) before beginning his coaching career three years later. Williams went to Pasco Hernando Community College (Fla.) and as a kid was a member of the 1991 Dunedin Little League team that advanced to the Little League World Series... Williams is the son of former Major League manager and Jimy Williams.

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Hitting Coach

Dan DeMent DeMent, 38, enters his second season with the Biscuits. In his nine years of coaching, he has progressed from Short-Season A Hudson Valley (2012-13) to Class-A Bowling Green (201415) to Double-A Montgomery (2016). 2007 wrapped up an eight-year playing career with the Rays and Nationals systems. The former infielder spent the first five years of his career with the Rays after signing as a non-drafted free agent in June 2000. He started for Biscuits in team’s first-ever game back in 2004, and reached as high as Triple-A New Orleans in 2005 and 2006, and played his final season in 2007 with the Harrisburg Senators. DeMent attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He and his wife, Krista, make their home in Birmingham and are parents of two daughters, McNally (12) and Fallon (9)

Pitching Coach

R.C. Lichtenstein Lichtenstein, 46, begins his sixth season as Montgomery pitching coach and his thirteenth in the Rays organization. The Chicago native spent three seasons as pitching coach of the Rays’ low-A affiliate, the Bowling Green Hot Rods before joining the Biscuits in 2012. After a short minor league pitching career, Lichtenstein began coaching in the independent leagues in 1995 before a five-year stint as a coach in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He joined the Rays system in 2005. A former pitcher at University of Illinois-Chicago, Lichtenstein has also taken USA-Select baseball teams on international tours, and is actively involved as a camp and private instructor.

Coach

Gary Redus Gary enters his first season with the Rays and fourteenth in professional baseball. 2017 will be Gary’s first season in Montgomery as he joins the Rays organization as a fourth coach for the Biscuits. This season, each minor league affiliate will have a fourth coach on staff to provide more individual instruction and improved in-game teaching. Prior to joining the Rays, Gary was the head baseball coach at Tanner High School in Tanner, AL, and spent six years as the head baseball coach at Calhoun Community College, also in Tanner, AL. Gary played thirteen seasons in the majors with the Reds, Phillies, White Sox, Pirates, and Rangers.

Biscuits in the

Community by Shelby Schillerstrom

he stage is set here at Riverwalk Stadium as the Montgomery Biscuits are ready to start our 14th season in Montgomery. We are excited to continue building our relationship with the Montgomery community and throughout the River Region. A large portion of these relationships are built on our commitment to serving the community through our various charitable partnerships.

generous donation from Wind Creek, for example, provided more than 80 days of shelter for families fleeing an abusive situation for a safe haven” said Melanie Beasley, Public Affairs Director with Family Sunshine Center “Businesses like Wind Creek provide the resources we need to employ counselors, case managers, children’s therapists, and others who help those families make and execute a plan for independence and safety!”

Each season the Montgomery Biscuits select a few charity organizations to partner with, and be featured as an official Biscuits Charity. For the 2017 season the Biscuits are proud to extend their partnerships with Family Sunshine Center, United Way, The Montgomery YMCA, MagicMoments, and Easter Seals Central Alabama. We are also excited to announce that we will be partnering with the Brantwood Children’s Home for the 2017 season as well. “We have always felt it was our responsibility to give back to the community and try to use our most effective techniques to do that,” said Sherrie Myers, Owner.

On Saturday May 20th the Montgomery Biscuits will host a very special guest child chosen through MagicMoments who will have the opportunity to become a “Biscuit for the Day”. This child will be treated to the full Biscuits experience and will be assigned a Biscuits player as a buddy. They will get their own locker, jersey, have the chance to participate in pre-game warm-ups, throw out a ceremonial first pitch, and be recognized on field during the game. The Biscuits are excited to continue this partnership with MagicMoments in the 2017 season.

We will also be continuing some of our community programs from previous seasons. In 2016, Wind Creek Hospitality donated $5,000 to the Family Sunshine Center as part of the Wind Creek Home Run Donation Program. For each home run hit by a Biscuits player in Riverwalk Stadium during the regular season, $100 is donated to a local charity. “Last year’s

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On Friday August 11th the Biscuits will host our Annual Charities Night which will showcase all of our Biscuits Charities partners and feature special jersey auction with proceeds benefitting the River Region United Way. In 2016 the jersey and memorabilia auction generated a donation of almost $2000. Jerseys and memorabilia will be available for auction online the week of the event,

and will transition to a live auction in park during the August 11th game against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The Biscuits will also host our second annual Autism and Disability Friendly Night Supporting Easter Seals Central Alabama. This special game is geared towards our fans who may not be able to attend a normal Biscuits game due to the over stimulated nature of the stadium. For this game we cater all of our production aspects, lights, sound, and video towards the needs of these fans, and lower the volume and intensity to be more appropriate for this day. In addition to our events throughout the season at Riverwalk Stadium we continue to be committed to serving the community with special Big Mo appearances, ticket donations, and gift packages. We will also continue our charitable ticket donation program that gives tickets to a variety of organizations across the River Region. “The Biscuits are dedicated to serving the community through these donations, and pride ourselves on selecting our charity partners as a staff and choosing organization that our front office is passionate about,” said Scott Trible, General Manager of the Montgomery Biscuits. For more information on our nonprofit partnerships for the upcoming season or how the Biscuits can be a part of your charitable event, visit our website at www.biscuitsbaseball.com.

Fan Guide

Stadium Information

The Montgomery Biscuits would like to welcome you to another exciting season at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium. We’re glad to have you at a Biscuits game and want you to have a wonderful time while you’re here. In the next few pages you’ll get an overview of most everything you need to know about Riverwalk Stadium. Thank you for visiting!

Alcoholic Beverages

Fans may not bring alcoholic beverages into or out of Riverwalk Stadium. Guests purchasing alcohol at Biscuits games must show proof that they are of legal drinking age. Sales of beer and alcohol at the ballpark end after the first pitch of the 8th inning. The Montgomery Biscuits reserve the right to deny the sale of alcoholic beverages. Guests needing assistance home may visit the guest services booth.

Animals

Pets are not permitted in Riverwalk Stadium, with the exception of dogs at work.

Anthem Singers

The majority of National Anthem performers are singing on behalf of an organization participating in a group outing. Individuals may be booked for openings through the marketing department. Please

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send an audition CD or DVD with a letter of request to the attention of Marketing at 200 Coosa Street, Montgomery, AL 36104.

ATM: MAX Credit Union

The automatic teller machine is located in the Biscuit Basket retail store, which is located behind Section 111.

Barrier-Free Seating

Barrier-free seating is available for fans with special needs at all levels in Riverwalk Stadium. Requests for barrier-free seating must be made when tickets are purchased. Barrierfree areas accommodate wheelchairs and companion seating.

$11 $9 *Add $1 per ticket for day-of-game purchases. All sales tax included.

Drinking Fountains

Beverage, Food, Containers

No bottles, cans, alcoholic beverages or food may be brought into Riverwalk Stadium. The Biscuits will do their best to accommodate fans with dietary restrictions. If you have a specific need, please check in at the Guest Services Booth behind section 111.

Drinking fountains are located on the concourse level behind sections 103 and 112.

Elevators Club Car Bar

Official Retailer of the Montgomery Biscuits

Biscuit Basket

The store is open Monday-Saturday from 10:00am - 4:00pm on game days and will re-open when gates to Riverwalk Stadium open. On Sunday game days, the store opens when gates open. The store is also open Monday-Friday 10:00am4:00pm and Saturday 10:00am2:00pm on non-game days and during the off-season.

Biscuit Bucks

Biscuit Bucks are voucher currency that can be used as “funny money” at Riverwalk Stadium. Biscuit Bucks are prepaid and come in $1, $5 and $10 increments. They can be used to buy food at any Riverwalk Stadium concession stand, at Big Mo’s Dugout, to purchase retail items at the Biscuit Basket or to buy game tickets.

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The Club Car Bar is “the place to be” at Riverwalk Stadium. Located along the first base line in the historic train shed, this location offers several unique features including TVs and a fully stocked bar created from timbers from the historic train shed during construction of the stadium. Book the Club Car Bar for your next private event, wedding reception or rehearsal dinner. Visit riverwalk-catering.com for more information.

The elevator for suite level and press box access is located across from section 109 near the Biscuit Basket store. For access to field level, the elevator is located across from section 105.

Employment

The Montgomery Biscuits offer a variety of seasonal employment opportunities. For an employment application, stop by the Guest Services Booth, located behind section 111 or go to biscuitsbaseball.com.

Concessions

The Montgomery Biscuits offer a variety of food and beverages throughout Riverwalk Stadium. The Biscuits have two large concession stands - the Railyard and the Train Station - with ballpark favorites. Enjoy our all beef foods cooked on our in-house smoker. Plus, don’t forget to take note of the specialty portable carts located throughout the ballpark featuring Philly cheese steaks, 1/2 pound burgers and other tasty selections including of course, biscuits!

First Aid – Baptist Health

The Baptist Health First Aid facility, for major or minor incidents, is located on the concourse near the Biscuit Basket retail store behind section 111.

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Baptist Health Birthday Announcements

Birthday Announcements, presented by Baptist Health, can be requested at Guest Services before the end of the second inning. Due to limited scoreboard space, the Biscuits are not able to announce anniversaries, out-of-town guests, or other special events.

Fan Mail/Suggestions

We want your input! Please drop off fan mail or suggestions at Guest Services or mail to: Montgomery Biscuits 200 Coosa St. Montgomery, AL 36104

Lost and Found

The Montgomery Biscuits are not responsible for the return of any mailed items.

All found items should be turned in at the Guest Services Booth behind section 111.

Gates Open

Lost Parents/Found Children

Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium gates open one hour and 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the game.

Gameday Parking

Several parking lots are located within five blocks of Riverwalk Stadium. We think you and your guests will quickly identify your “favorite” place to park – whether it is a private business, your favorite restaurant or a lot built especially for downtown events. The following areas are available for gameday parking for the public. Parking in these lots is just $5.00 per car. Lot #2: Corner of N. Perry St. and Columbus St. Lot #3: Between Randolph St. and Columbus St. along N. Perry St. Lot #4: Corner of N. McDonough St. and Columbus St. City: Corner of N. Perry St. and Monroe St. Coosa St. Parking Deck.

Guest Services

The Guest Services Booth is located on the concourse behind section 111. A Biscuits representative will be there throughout each game to assist you with questions.

Parents should report to Guest Services to locate a lost child. We ask that parents instruct children visiting Riverwalk Stadium to find a security officer, tell a Biscuits employee or go to the Guest Service Booth should they become separated from their parents.

Autograph Area

The Autograph Area, located on the concourse near the Biscuit Basket behind section 111, will be open 35 minutes prior to the start of the game. Players will be available to sign autographs for 30 minutes.

Paging

Paging for guests in the park will be done only in an emergency. See the Guest Services Booth to have someone paged.

Prepurchased Parking Passes Suite holders and full season ticket holders have the option of purchasing a season-long parking pass. Please call a Biscuit sales representative for information at 334-323-2255.

Handicap Parking

Handicap parking is available in Lot #1 on the corner of Randolph St. and N. Court St. Additional spaces are also available in front of the box office on Tallapoosa Street.

Bus Parking

If your group is traveling to the ballpark by bus, pickup and dropoff locations are directly in front of Riverwalk Stadium on Tallapoosa Street. Bus parking is available in the Landmark parking lot on the corner of Columbus St. and N. Hull St.

Re-Entering Stadium

Fans may leave the ballpark and return during games. Show a ticket taker your ticket and have your hand stamped before exiting.

Smoking

Riverwalk Stadium is a smoke-free facility. If you desire to smoke, please step out of Riverwalk Stadium and be sure to have your hand stamped by a ticket taker to gain re-entry into the stadium at any gate on the concourse level.

Website

To find the most up-to-date information on the Biscuits, go to our website at biscuitsbaseball.com. You’ll find the latest player stats, league standings, fun facts and retail merchandise. You can even order Biscuits tickets and print them at home.

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Ticket Information

Tickets for Babies/Toddlers

Children who have reached their third birthday require a ticket to enter Riverwalk Stadium. They must have their own seat. If the child is 2 and under and requires his or her own seat, a ticket must be purchased.

Lost or Stolen Tickets

Please remember that game tickets are like money and should be secured like cash. Should tickets be lost or stolen, please contact the Biscuits Box Office immediately.

Refunds

Box Office

Purchase tickets in person for a Biscuits game at the Box Office located on Tallapoosa Street. Montgomery Biscuits 200 Coosa St. Montgomery, AL 36104

Box Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 10:00am to 5:30pm Monday-Saturday Game Days: 10am to top of the sixth inning Sunday Game Days: 12:00pm to top of the sixth inning

Tickets by Telephone

Tickets for all Montgomery Biscuits games are available by phone during regular box office hours and can be charged to your Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or American Express. Call 334-323-2255 to order. A service charge of $2.00 will be added to each phone order.

Tickets Over the Internet

Buy tickets through the Biscuits website at biscuitsbaseball.com. A service charge of $1.50 per ticket will be added to each internet order.

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Individual Game Ticket Prices

• Super Box: $13 • Box: $11 • Lawn Seating / GA: $9 An additional $1 Fee will be added to day of game purchases for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Wheelchair accessible seating is available in Super Box and Box seating levels. To purchase wheelchair accessible seating please contact the Biscuits Box Office.

Ticket Packages

Executive Club (full season): $1050 Executive Club (35 games): $525 Super Box (full season): $910 Super Box (35 games): $455 Box (35 games): $385 Super Box (12 games): $156 Box (12 games): $132 Super Box (6 games): $78 Box (6 games): $66

Ticket Resale

The resale of Montgomery Biscuits tickets on Riverwalk Stadium grounds is prohibited. This includes the resale of tickets at face value and distribution at no charge.

There are no refunds once a ticket has been purchased. However, if you are a season ticket holder entitled to Diamond Club benefits, you can bring your unused season ticket to the box office and exchange it for a ticket of equal or lesser value for a later date, subject to availability.

Rain Checks

A game is considered official after five complete innings (4 ½ innings when the Biscuits are leading). If a game is stopped before it becomes official or before it starts, your ticket will act as a rain check for a future game. Suspended game tickets cannot be exchanged. You can redeem your ticket at the Box Office for tickets to a future game, subject to availability. Rain checks are available at the Box Office or by mail. For mail exchanges, please send your ticket stubs along with three future game choices to: Montgomery Biscuits Ticket Office 200 Coosa St. Montgomery, AL 36104 Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If you are a group leader, your representative will contact you to discuss your options.

Will Call

Game tickets may be picked up at the Biscuits Box Office during normal hours of operation. Tickets can only be released to the person whose name the tickets are being held under, with proper identification.

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Season Ticket Perks Season ticket holders enjoy the advantages of Diamond Club benefits: •Food Bucks for use at ANY concessions stand or cart •Priority tickets for playoffs •FREE Opening Day Ticket •Same great seats for every game •New & Improved Never A Wasted Ticket Program – exchange ANY ticket from your pack for the game of your choice •FREE Hickory’s BBQ Combo Meal redeemable at ANY regular season game •Guaranteed Giveaway •Free Biscuits Email Updates •First chance to upgrade tickets for future seasons •Unused Ticket Donation Program: We’ll make sure that a worth organization gets to see the game in your place if you can’t make it Exclusive Benefits for 35-Pack & Full Season Ticket Holders • Daily game notes available at Guest Services • Off-Season Parties • Season Ticket Holder Batting Practice • Southern League Pass (Full-Season ticket holders only)

Group Outing

We have options to accommodate groups of any size and we make it easy to put your event together. A Biscuits representative will be happy to help you select a date, design the menu and develop special themes and prizing for your event. Pick the plan that fits your group’s size and budget. Have your whole group sit together with group seating. You can choose the 21” theatre style seats in Super Box or Box sections or choose a picnic-style atmosphere in the lawn area.

Group Benefits

• Everyone sits together! • No waiting in ticket lines • No wondering about ticket availability • We’ll recognize your group on the scoreboard with a special PA announcement • Participate in a group raffle where one person in your group will win a special prize • Customized t-shirts for your whole group with a limited edition logo on the back • No payment due until 45 days beforeyour event • Honor someone in your group

with a First Pitch to start the game • Have a member of your group sing the National Anthem! Call 334-323-2255 to learn more about special group outings.

Say Cheese! If you are a part of a group of 20 or more, be prepared to smile for our Group Concierge. He/she will be visiting your group’s seating location between the 2nd inning and the end of the game to capture the fun your group will be having at Riverwalk Stadium. Your group’s photos will be posted on the Biscuits Facebook Page. Only those who are members of group outings of twenty or more people are eligible for this great free gift!

Group Raffle

Group Raffle forms are to be filled out and dropped off at the Guest Services Booth prior to the start of the third inning. Winners’ names will be listed on the videoboard during the sixth inning. Only applicable for groups of 20 or more.

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Finding Your Rep

If you need assistance, simply check in at the Guest Services Booth behind section 111 and someone will locate your group sales representative for you. Or just ask one of the concierges wearing a yellow shirt.

Baptist Health Baseball Buddies

Baptist Health Baseball Buddies recognizes youth sports teams from around central Alabama. Youngsters have the opportunity to stand beside the Biscuits players as the National Anthem is being performed. While on the field, a Biscuits player will sign a special baseball for each child. A minimum of 50 tickets must be bought per group to take part. You must book in advance by calling 334-323-2255, and ask to speak to a group sales representative.

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Our new venues are a game changer! Looking for a BRAND NEW way to entertain your valued clients and reward your trusted employees? Look no further than the NEWLY RENOVATED picnic venues inside Riverwalk Stadium! These newly enhanced venues offer a multitude of benefits and comfort to the areas you already know and love!

Backyard BBQ with an upscale twist!

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• Newly built pergola adds cover and shade for guests! • New built in serving line, bar, and drink rails add more room! • Accommodates private, exclusive groups of 45-250!

• Covered awning and misters help beat the heat! • Accommodates groups of 20-2,000!

• New 4Topps seating & drink rails allow multiple seating options! • Most upscale food menu at Riverwalk Stadium! • Accommodates private, exclusive groups of 60-120!

• Fully furnished with balcony seating and indoor A/C! • Create your own custom meal, or select one of our All You Can Eat Options! • Accommodates groups of 20-40!

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Game Broadcasts Chris Adams-Wall

Radio Broadcaster Chris Adams-Wall enters his third season as the “Voice of the Biscuits” in 2017. Adams-Wall originally came to the Biscuits in 2015 as a number-two broadcaster after working for three years in production at FOX Sports in Los Angeles. The Brunswick, Maine native’s off-season resume includes serving as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Northeast Sports Network, as well as working remote production for NFL and college football broadcasts for FOX Sports. A graduate of Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine), Adams-Wall spent four years serving as the lead play-byplay broadcaster for both men and women’s basketball, men and women’s hockey, and football, while doublemajoring in English and Spanish and studying theater and standup comedy. Adams-Wall has also worked as a writer for ESPN, as an intern for both NBC Sports and Major League Soccer, and as a teacher of English for a year in Granada, Spain. When he is away from the diamond, Adams-Wall enjoys spending his time traveling around the world to visit family and friends.

Stephen Gunter

WSFA 12 News Sports Director Stephen joined the WSFA 12 News team in September 2013 after spending three years at our sister station WLBT in Jackson, MS. Prior to that he served three years as a weekend sports anchor in Panama City, FL. In 2016 Stephen became the 6th sports director for WSFA 12 News. He is originally from Andalusia, AL. He graduated from Troy University in 2007 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism with a concentration in Sports Information. He remains a loyal fan of the Troy Trojans but has always been a fan of the mighty SEC. Stephen enjoys playing any type of sport, the guitar or just relaxing watching a good movie. Stephen is interested in telling YOUR sports stories. So, if you have a story idea, please email him at sgunter@wsfa.com.

All Montgomery Biscuits games are broadcast live, and in their entirety, on News Radio 1440. Montgomery’s leader in news talk, News Radio 1440 is one of seven local stations owned and operated by Cumulus Broadcasting. The partnership between the Biscuits and Cumulus extends through the 2017 season. The Voice of the Biscuits, Chris Adams-Wall, will be behind the mic of all 140 games during the 2016 season, his first as lead broadcaster. “The loyalty and support for the Biscuits here in Montgomery is unmatched by any other fan-base in Minor League Baseball. It’s an honor to be able to try to paint the picture for fans that aren’t at the game. Whether they are in their cars listening on the radio or at home listening online, I want them to feel like they’re part of the action.” All Biscuits games will also be available on the Internet free at biscuitsbaseball.com, thanks to streaming partnership with Cumulus. “Cumulus Broadcasting has been outstanding to work with,” Adams-Wall added. “With the ability to broadcast online, fans literally all over the world can tune in. We had several listeners from over-seas last year.” Additionally, News Radio 1440 is now available in high-definition by tuning your HD radio to 95.1 HD3.

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Staff

Meet the Front Office: Greg Rauch President

Greg Rauch was named CoGeneral Manager upon the formation of the Biscuits in 2003, became the sole General Manager in 2006 and was promoted to President in January of 2007. He is responsible for everything at the Biscuits operation and reports directly to ownership. Greg also oversees a separate food service entity, PSC, which operates other teams’ food service as well as the Biscuits. Greg was honored for his efforts and awarded the 2006 Southern League Jimmy Bragan

Executive of the Year in December at the Major League Baseball conference. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Greg spent eight seasons with the record-setting Lansing Lugnuts, progressing from Box Office Manager in 2000, working for the Lugnuts since 1995. Greg broke into minor league baseball with Oklahoma 89ers in 1993, working in the box office for the Rangers’ Triple-A affiliate. A graduate of Marion College with a degree in Business Administration, Greg is a native of Dayton, Ohio.

Scott Trible

General Manager Scott Trible enters his 10th season with the Biscuits, and fourth as General Manager. Prior to his current role, Scott also served as a Corporate Account Executive and Director of Sales for the Biscuits from 2008-2013. An Evansville, Indiana native, Scott graduated from Ball State University with a degree in Sports Administration and got his first job in baseball working for his hometown team, the Evansville Otters of the Frontier

Chris Adams-Wall Radio Broadcaster Chris Adams-Wall enters his second season as the radio broadcaster and the “Voice of the Biscuits.” A native of Brunswick, ME, Chris served as the Biscuits number-two broadcaster during the 2015 season with Aaron Vargas. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Chris served as a production assistant for FOX Sports, working with Biscuits former broadcaster, Joe Davis. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Chris earned degrees in both English and Spanish and spent four years serving as the lead play-by-play announcer for football, basketball and ice hockey. In his spare time, Chris enjoys traveling, reading, watching sports, and spending time with his family and friends. 58 MONTGOMERY BISCUITS

League for 4 seasons. He also spent a season working with the Single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Modesto Nuts, prior to joining the Biscuits. Scott is on the Advisory Board for AUM’s Kinesiology Department, as well as serves as an Honorary Commander for Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base. In his free time, Scott enjoys spending time with his girlfriend and their two dogs.

Matt Baranofsky Group Sales Manager Matt Baranofsky enters his first season with the Biscuits as the Group Sales Manager. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Matt is originally from Concord, Massachusetts. This will be Matt’s fourth season in minor league baseball, one as an intern with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans as well as the previous two season with the Mobile BayBears. In his free time, Matt likes to golf, go to the gym, or just hang out with his friends & girlfriend. Matt is a big fan of his LSU Tigers, and all four Boston area professional sports teams.

Millbrook. Joan Burden Financial Specialist Joan Burden enters her second season with the Biscuits as Financial Specialist. Prior to her position with the Biscuits, she worked as Administrative Assistant to the President/Owner of Entec Stations for 26 years. A native Alabamian, Joan enjoys spending time with her four children, and eight grandchildren. Her hobbies include heirloom sewing, traveling to the beach or short road trips, and scrapbooking. Joan loves cheering for Auburn football and has been cheering for the Biscuits since they were established in 2004. Jeannie Burke Executive Assistant Jeannie Burke enters her fifth season with the Biscuits. Before joining the Biscuits. Jeannie is an accomplished Educator (Talladega College, Talladega, AL) and Administrator, Director of Youth Sports with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Indianapolis, IN, for a combined 30 years. A Montgomery, Alabama native, a graduate of Alabama State University where she received both B.S. and M.ED. In Health/Physical Education. She enjoys traveling, sports and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Thomas Constance Maintenance Supervisor Thomas Constance enters his seventh season with the Montgomery Biscuits as the Maintenance Supervisor. Originally from Linch, Kentucky, Thomas attended trade school for plumbing and electrical. Thomas is responsible for maintaining the stadium and overseeing operations employees. In his spare time, Thomas enjoys fishing and bowling.

Alex English Assistant Director of Stadium Operations Alex English enters his ninth season in baseball and fifth season with the Biscuits after graduating from Michigan Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Turf and Commercial Management Program. A native of Rainbow Lake, MI, Alex previously worked as Assistant Groundskeeper for the Lansing Lugnuts, Low-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Alex helps maintain the operation of the stadium and is responsible for the playability and safety of the playing surface at Riverwalk Stadium. During his free time, Alex enjoys fishing, hunting, supporting the Michigan State Spartans and hanging out with his dog, Allie.

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Steve Blackwell Director of Stadium Operations Steve Blackwell joined the Biscuits in January 0f 2004. He is responsible for all stadium operations at the ballpark. An all-star baseball player at the University of Tennessee, Steve worked for the state of Alabama for 28 years until his retirement. He and his wife and sons reside in

Nathan Gunnels Marketing and Promotions Assistant Nathan enters his second season with the Biscuits as the Marketing and Promotions Assistant. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Nathan was an Events Intern at Charlotte Motor Speedway, mascot, and Marketing Intern at Winthrop University where he earned a Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Science in Sport Management. A Fort Mill, South Carolina native, Nathan enjoys being outdoors, golfing, traveling, hanging out with his dog Maddux, and cheering on his Winthrop Eagles, Atlanta Braves, and New Orleans Saints. Alyssa Hudler Sponsorship and Sales Coordinator Alyssa enters her first season with the Biscuits as Sponsorship and Sales Coordinator. Prior to her position with the Biscuits, Alyssa worked as an Athlete Marketing Intern for a sports and entertainment agency in Los Angeles, California. Although a native of Southern California, Alyssa has spent the last four years in the Midwest at the University of Kansas earning a degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Journalism. With the love of baseball in her blood, Alyssa split her time between school and working for the Kansas City Royals as well as an independent Minor League team, Kansas City T-Bones.

Steve Keller Retail Manager Steve Keller enters his sixth season with the Biscuits, his fifth season as Retail Manager. He graduated from Auburn University at Montgomery with a degree in Sports Management. Steve was originally hired as a Sales Intern, but was promoted following the 2012 season. Before attending AUM, Steve was raised in Bad Duerrheim, Germany, where he played semi-professional soccer. When he is not in the Biscuit Basket, Steve enjoys working out and traveling across the world. Steve and his wife Abby live downtown with their cat, Kitty.

Mark “Smoke” Johnson Executive Chef & Assistant Director of Food and Beverage Mark enters his first full season with the Biscuits as Executive Chef and Assistant Director of Food and Beverage. He is a graduate of Huntingdon College and has served as Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Huntingdon College and Lambuth University and Assistant Head Coach at Auburn University Montgomery and University of South Alabama. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Mark served as Chef and Kitchen Manager with Wintezell’s Oyster House and assisted at A and P Social and Central. A native of Fairhope, Alabama, Mark enjoys spending time with his wife of 19 years and cheering on Manchester United.

Jared McCarthy Multimedia Specialist Jared McCarthy enters his second year as the Multimedia Specialist and Producer for the Biscuits, responsible for managing the Press Box and creating content for the Video board, Website and Social Media Accounts. Before coming to the Biscuits, he worked for the Lansing Lugnuts as a Marketing and Production Assistant. Jared has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Michigan State University. His favorite sports teams are the Detroit Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings.

Risa Juliano Director of Food and Beverage Risa enters her second season with the Biscuits in her new position as Director of Food & Beverage. She has worked in baseball the last 5 years since graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in Hospitality Business. She started with the Class A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Lansing Lugnuts in 2012 before moving on to Class A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, the Dayton Dragons. A native of Rochester, Michigan, Risa enjoys spending time outside, skiing and playing with her dog, Nigel.

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Jay Jones Corporate Account Manager/ Military Specialist Jay enters his second season as the Corporate Account Manager/ Military Specialist for the Biscuits. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Jay served as the Director of Fitness & Sports for Vectrus Corporation. He also worked as a Marketing Consultant with the Harlem Wizards, a show Basketball Team. Originally from Augusta, GA, Jay graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Sport Management. Jay sits on the Board of the Alabama Senior Olympics. When not at Riverwalk Stadium, he enjoys running, golf, and watching the Atlanta Falcons.

Tracy Mims Business Manager Tracy Mims enters her fourth season with the Biscuits as Business Manager. Prior to the Biscuits, Tracy worked for 24 years in Finance, as well as working five years as a seasonal employee with the Biscuits. Tracy moved to Montgomery with her family at the age of five and now resides in Millbrook. When not working at the ballpark, she loves spending time with her husband of 34 years and her two daughters, she also enjoys participating in different activities with her church. Tracy’s hobbies include reading, shooting pool, baking and decorating cakes, and watching sports, especially the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Matt Mulvanney Corporate Account Executive Matt Mulvanny joined the Biscuits staff in August of 2016 as a Corporate Account Executive. Matt calls Salisbury, Maryland home, but he has spent a great deal of time in the Midwest as well. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Mulvanny served four years in Dubuque, Iowa as Director of the Colt Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps, an Open Class member of Drum Corps International. Matt graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Audio Arts and Acoustics. In his spare time, he works to provide music and sound editing services for competitive performing arts groups around the country. Matt and his wife, Melissa (a native of Naperville, IL), currently reside in Wetumpka with their two dogs. Katie Parker Group Sales Representative Katie Parker enters her first year with the Biscuits as a Group Sales Representative. Originally from League City, Texas and a recent graduate from the University of Houston, she received a degree in Sports Administration. This is her second year in baseball, serving as an intern with the Sugar Land Skeeters in the Atlantic League. Katie played softball for 18 years and played two years in college. In her free time, she likes to travel to see her Boston sports teams and hang out at the dog park with her Dalmatian (Bruin). Justin Ross Box Office Manager Justin enters his second season with the Biscuits, his first as the Box Office Manager. A native of Scranton, PA, Justin graduated from Keystone College with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management. Prior to working with the Biscuits, Justin worked with the Binghamton Mets, the AA Affiliate of the New York Mets.

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Shelby Schillerstrom Sponsorship Service Associate Shelby Schillerstrom is entering her first full season with the Biscuits after joining the front office staff in July 2016 as the Sponsorship Service Associate. Prior to joining the Biscuits, Shelby interned with the Big 12 Conference Special Event Staff and Texas Tech University in the Promotions and Fan Engagement Department. She spent her 2015 season interning with the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association League. Shelby is a native of Garland, Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing. When not at Riverwalk Stadium, Shelby enjoys traveling, spending time with her dog Bandit, and cheering on the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Texas Rangers.

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