You never know who might make it to the big leagues from the minors! We have a special place in minor league baseball with the Batavia Muckdogs! There are players starring in the Majors today that played for Batavia in the last ten years! Who might be next? Come on out to Dwyer and see our Muckdogs! Get a foul ball and get it signed by the next Ryan Howard.....hey you never know! Congratulations to Xavier Scruggs who spent last season in Batavia with our Championship team and started the season back in Batavia rehabing an injured elbow. He left last week and was named the Midwest League Player of the week!!! Congrats "X" and thanks for all the great memories!!! Hope to see him in a Cardinal uniform in a few seasons!!!! Here is what MILB.COM wrote about our former Muckdog:
Midwest League
Xavier Scruggs, Quad Cities
.556 (15-27), 6 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 3 BB, 5 SO, 1 SB, 1.185 SLG
Scruggs was moved up from the New York-Penn League on Monday, and he immediately made it clear to the St. Louis brass he could handle the transition. He homered twice and collected four RBIs in his first Midwest League game, and, after doubling and singling on Tuesday, rocketed another longball in a five-RBI game on Wednesday. He plated one run in each of his three games, and on Sunday went yard again during a 5-for-6, four-RBI showing.
