John Raynor News

The Jamestown Jammers, the Florida Marlins' affiliate in the New York-Penn League, have announced that 39-year-old Dave Berg will be their manager for the 2010 season.

The Jamestown Jammers of the New York-Penn League have announced that their sixth annual Hot Stove Banquet will be on Jan.18 at the Lakewood Rod & Gun Club.

Benson resident John Raynor was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the second overall pick of the annual Major League Baseball Rule 5 Draft.

The wind is whipping and the flakes are flying. What better way to warm the heart of a baseball fan than thoughts of next summer? Not if your team is the Pirates.

Florida Marlins' Triple-A roster in the Major League Phase of the Rule Five Draft.

The Pirates this morning used the second pick in the Rule 5 Draft to select Florida Marlins outfielder John Raynor.

Judging from blog comments, Marlins fans don't sound exactly thrilled about the two Class players Florida got from Houston in return for Matt Lindstrom yesterday.

What transpired in the opening minutes of Thursday's Rule 5 Draft completed the trade that sent reliever Matt Lindstrom from the Marlins to the Astros.

The Pirates selected outfielder John Raynor from the Marlins with their first pick, No.

The Rule 5 Draft begins on Thursday at 9 a.m. ET. All signs point to it not being the strongest crop in the world, but there's been plenty of activity recently in terms of names being mentioned, trades, etc.

I am sure John Raynor will follow, with great interest,A next week's Rule 5 Draft at Major League Baseball's Annual Winter Meetings.

Winning the Rookie of the Year Award is a huge honor for any young player. But it's also quite an honor for that player's parent organization.

In anticipation of the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 10, the Marlins filled up their 40-man roster on Friday, adding right-handers Jose Ceda, Jay Buente, Brett Sinkbeil and Kris Harvey, as well as outfielder Scott Cousins.

The Marlins have finalized their 40-man roster ahead of next month's Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings.

Dillon Bass admits he always wanted to play for the Seahawks. The desire stems from conversation with former UNCW players in the Benson area.

Chris Coghlan began the season playing for the New Orleans Zephyrs, but never looked back after being called up to the Florida Marlins in May.

Game keys: Travis Metcalf singled into center field in the 10th inning to give Oklahoma City a 4-3 win Thursday night, the final road game of the season for New Orleans Zephyrs .

The Sounds fell to the brink of postseason elimination on Saturday night with a 6-5 loss to the New Orleans Zephyrs at Zephyr Field.

Heading into Wednesday's games, John Raynor, an outfielder for New Orleans in the Pacific Coast League, had a .255 batting average, but was hitting .333 in his last 10 games after compiling a .306 average in August.

The RedHawks used three pitchers to shutout New Orleans 3-0 at Bricktown Ballpark.