Palm Springs, CALIF – Twenty-Eight former California Winter League players have made Opening Day rosters in the Frontier League. Thirteen of the fourteen 2021 Frontier League teams will begin the season with CWL players on their rosters. The full list includes mostly players from the 2020 and 2021 CWL seasons along with many from 2019 and a few from years’ prior who have been in professional baseball previously. The Frontier League begins its 2021 season today with live game action available on Vimeo all season long. Visit FrontierLeague.com for details.
Since 2015 the California Winter League has had an agreement with the Frontier League which has resulted in each Frontier League team signing two CWL players each season. The CWL has produced Frontier League All-Stars, Postseason Performers, and league Rookies of the Year winners. The full list of CWL players on Opening Day Frontier League rosters is here:
New York Boulders: RHP Tanner Kiest
Quebec: RHP Lachlan Fontaine, RHP Codie Paiva
Tri-City: RHP Donnie Speranza
Joliet: RHP Cam Aufderheide, RHP Austin Shea, RHP Keaton Sullivan, OF Sean Green, OF Kyle Jacobsen
Windy City: C Peyton Isaacson
Schaumburg: RHP Stephen Chamblee
Lake Erie: SS Trevor Achenbach, INF Zack Gray, OF General McArthur, SS Joe Becht (inactive), LHP Austin Clark (inactive), RHP Travis McQueen (inactive), UTL Jack Parent (inactive)
New Jersey: INF Riley Mihalik, INF TJ Ward
Sussex County: LHP Michael Castellani
Evansville: LHP Justin Lewis
Southern Illinois: C Tyler Sandoval, OF Jared Mang
Gateway: RHP Carter Hayes
Florence: RHP Joe Dougherty, RHP Kevin Hahn, LHP George Faue (inactive)
