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Burke is playing with one of the Tigers A teams, the West Michigan Whitecaps this year. He got his first win of the season yesterday (1-0). He went 6-4 with 2.92 ERA last year in short-season A ball for the Oneonta Tigers.

UK Peregrine wrote:Burke is playing with one of the Tigers A teams, the West Michigan Whitecaps this year. He got his first win of the season yesterday (1-0). He went 6-4 with 2.92 ERA last year in short-season A ball for the Oneonta Tigers.

Damn, you beat me by two minutes! Good minds think alike! I stepped away to anwser the phone, and when I returned and sent my post, yours was there too just scooping me.

Update: Burke is 3-0 on the season with a 3.97 ERA for the Whitecaps.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/ ... pid=488674

Burke is now 4-0 with a 3.35 ERA. He pitched a complete game yesterday, allowing just one run and getting five strikeouts.

We saw Burke pitch from the company suite at 5/3 Field recently. I yelled "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" during warmups. He nodded, looked up, nodded again, scattered 10 hits over 8 innings and won his 7th game. He's now 7-2 with a 3.01 ERA.

Keep up to date with his games here:

http://firstinning.com/players/Burke-Badenhop-459/log/

Perched from the company suite, I spotted the familiar Falcon head on a shirt down below. Turns out to be the Selgo brothers (Dick, Jim) and that rocket Tim (OK, but he's the AD at GVSU) and their friends from Archbold. I invited them up and we watched Burke pitch a gem - 7 inning shutout scattering 5 hits for his 10th win. White Caps won 10-0.

Burke needs to be moved up. He is probably one of the older players in the league and seems to have shown enough at the low A level. High A Lakeland is the next stop and he should probably given the rest of the year up (down) there.

11-2 with a 2.92 ERA.

http://www.mlive.com/sports/grpress/ind ... xml&coll=6

Badenhop was named the Tigers' minor league pitcher of the month for July. He was 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA and 32 strikeouts.

There's some coverage on Burke Badenhop (picture) on MILB.com. On the season he is now 12-2 with a 2.85 ERA. He is 8-0 with a 2.41 ERA in 13 starts since June 1.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/ ... &fext=.jsp

He's had a very good season. I'm scratching my head, though. He's 23 and pitching a full season in low-A ball (mostly 19-21 year olds)? It's not like he hasn't proven that he can pitch well at this level and seems ready for a challenge. Though the H/IP is quite high.

Yeah, I was thinking it's about time for a move to Lakeland or Erie as well, but to be fair he has gone from West Michigan's #5 man to the undisputed ace of the staff. His WHIP has steadily improved, and he's been pitching much longer into games as of late. Perhaps the Tigers will move him up faster next year, that is if he continues what's he's been doing. They almost have to looking at Burke's age.

http://firstinning.com/players/Burke-Badenhop-459/

Ended with a 3.00 ERA and didn't walk a batter in his last 17 Innings.