STATUS
• Joined the Rockers for spring training, 2023
CAREER NOTES
• Has a career .260 batting average across all levels
• Has played parts of three seasons at the MLB level, hitting .216 with 12 homers and 41 RBI
2022 (Baltimore Orioles)
• Played with four teams in the Baltimore Orioles system
• Combined to hit .192 in 31 games
• Signed by Baltimore as a free agent and invited to spring training before starting the year at Norfolk
• Played at Delmarva, Aberdeen and the FCL on rehab assignments
• Spent the 2022-23 winter playing for Estrellas Orientales where he played 13 games
2021 (Seattle Mariners)
• Started the season on the injured list due to a right shin stress fracture
• Was activated on June 7 following a rehab assignment with Tacoma where he hit .323 in 7 games
• Was in the starting line-up nearly every day in June/July and put together a five-game hitting streak including a pair of 2-hit games
• Hit a walk-off grand slam to cap a 4-game sweep of Tampa Bay on 6/20/21
• Played 34 games at the Major League level for the Seattle Mariners, collecting 22 hits and hitting four homers along with 17 RBI
• Reinjured the shin and was placed on the 60-day injured list for a second time
• Elected free agency following the season
2020 (Seattle Mariners)
• Spent the entire season at the Major League level with Seattle, hitting three homers and driving in nine in 34 games
• Was in the starting line-up nearly every game from 7/24/20 until 8/30
2019 (Seattle Mariners)
• Started the year at Class AAA Tacoma where he hit .274 with nine homers and 36 RBI in 56 games
• Made multiple trips between Seattle and Tacoma during the season
• Logged 42 games with the Mariners, hitting .263 with five homers, 12 doubles and 15 RBI
• Made his MLB debut 5/11/19 at Boston and collected his first hit on 5/21/19 at Texas
• Was traded from the Reds to the Yankees for RHP Sonny Gray and LHP Reiver Sanmartin
• Was immediately traded from the Yankees to Seattle for OF Josh Stowers on the same day
2018 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Spent the season at AA (Southern) Pensacola in the Cincinnati system
• Hit .261 with 12 homers and 56 RBI in 126 games while adding 19 stolen bases in 25 attempts and scoring 75 runs
• Was a Southern League Mid-Season All-Star with the Blue Wahoos
• Played in the Arizona Fall League where he was named a Rising Star with the Scottsdale Scorpions
2017 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Split time between Cincinnati’s A+ Daytona club and AA Pensacola
• Combined to hit .281 with 16 homers and 50 RBI while stealing nine bases and scoring 50 runs
• Named an FSL Mid-Season All-Star, earned FSL Player of the Month for May, 2017 and earned FSL Player of the Week on 5/28/17
2016 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Started the year at Class A (Midwest) Dayton where he posted a .281 average with 11 homers and 45 RBI
• While with Daytona, earned Florida State League Player of the Week honors
• Named an MiLBcom Organization All-Star in the Cincinnati organization
2015 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Converted from catcher to 2B with the Dayton Dragons and hit .283 with six homers and 16 RBI in 42 games
2014 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Hit .172 with the Billing Mustangs (Pioneer) in 29 games in his Age 18 season
2013 (Cincinnati Reds)
• Selected in the 12th round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds as a 17-year old catcher
• Debuted with the Arizona League Reds, batting .256 with one homer and eight RBI in 24 games
• Played 38 games at Daytona with a .322 average, four homers and 30 RBI
• Played at Jacksonville High where he earned first team All-Calhoun County honors after going 5-2 as a pitcher with a 1.88 ERA and hitting .474 with a .610 on-base percentage… Led the team with 46 hits, 41 RBI, 14 doubles, 3 triples and 2 home runs.
• Played for Coach David Deerman
2012 (Jacksonville High)
• Hit .418 with 23 RBI and a .529 on-base percentage while earning his second consecutive all-county honor
2011 (Jacksonville High)
• Named MVP of the Alabama American Legion 15-and-Under State Baseball Tournament as he hit .909 with six extra base hits
• Also played basketball in high school
2010 (Saks High)
• Played at Saks High School as a sophomore where he rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Ashville in the season opener
PERSONAL
• Shedric Bernard Long, Jr.
• Son of Lisa and Shedric Long, Sr.
• Mother, Dr. Lisa Long, is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Allen University in Columbia, SC
Dai-Kang Yang
Dai-Kang Yang
STATUS
• Pronounced “DYE-gong Yang” but his preferred name is Daikan Yoh
CAREER NOTES
• Born in Taiwan, he attended high school in Japan and is fluent in Japanese and Chinese
• Spent 16 years in the Japanese leagues (Nippon Professional Baseball)
• A two-time NPB All-Star Series game MVP, winning the honor in Game 3 in 2012 and Game 2 in 2014
• Three-time Gold Glove winner, in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and three-time All-Star
• Was a career .270 hitter with 1,164 hits, 105 home runs and 482 RBI with 141 stolen bases in NPB
• Teammate of Shohei Ohtani with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2013 through 2016
• Won a Japan Series championship in 2016 with Nippon-Ham Fighters over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, 4 games to 2
• Is a career .275 hitter across his 16 years in Japan’s professional leagues
NOTE: In Japanese Professional Baseball, the Central and Pacific Leagues are the “major” leagues and the Eastern and Western leagues are developmental or minor leagues
2022
• Played his first season in the United States, hitting .260 with nine home runs and 35 RBI ion 79 games with Lake Country of the American Association
• Spent the 2022-23 offseason playing in Australia and helping the Brisbane Bandits to the Northeast Division title
2021
• In his final season with the Yomiuri Giants, hit .338 in 56 games with Yomiuri’s Eastern League (developmental) team with six home runs and 22 RBI
2020
• Split his time between the Yomiuri Giants and their developmental team, combining to hit .306 with six home runs and 28 RBI
• Helped the Giants to the Japan Series where they fell to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2019
• Played 110 games with the Central League Giants, hitting .274 with four home runs and 21 RBI with four triples
• Helped the Giants to the Japan Series where they fell to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2018
• Appeared in 87 games with Yomiuri’s Central League club, posting a .245 average, 10 homers and 37 RBI
2017
• Joined the Yomiuri Giants and hit .264 with nine homers and 33 RBI in 87 games
2016
• Played his final season with the Nippon-Ham Fighters and played in 130 contests with a .293 average, 15 homers and 61 RBI
• Helped the Nippon-Ham win the Japan (World) Series over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
• Chose free agency following the season
2015
• Appeared in 86 games for the Pacific League Ham Fighters and 121 contests with the Eastern (minor) league club
• Combined to hit .266 with 10 homers, 45 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 17 attempts
2014
• Played in 125 contests for Nippon, posting a .293 batting average and hitting a career-high 25 homers with a career-high 85 RBI
• Was successful on 20 of 26 stolen base attempts
2013
• Led the Pacific League in stolen bases with 47 steals in 57 attempts
• Hit .282 with 18 homers and 67 RBI
2012
• In 144 games with Nippon, hit .287 with seven homers, 55 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 23 attempts
2011
• Played 141 games with Nippon, posted a .274 batting average and stole 19 bases in 21 attempts while adding six homers and 26 RBI
• Credited with a remarkable 38 sacrifice hits
2010
• Hit .245 in 109 games with Nippon, collecting two homers and 31 RBI while successfully stealing eight of nine bases
2009
• Played 73 games with Nippon’s Eastern (minor) League team and 15 contests with the Pacific (major) League club
• Combined to hit .272 with 14 homers, 47 RBI and 12 stolen bases
2008
• Split time between Nippon’s Eastern and Pacific League teams . . . combined to hit .279 with 10 homers, 33 RBI and eight stolen bases
2007
• Started the season on the Ham Fighters reserve team and was called upon 4/19/07
• Hit .239 in 55 games
2006
• Selected out of high school in the first round of the 2006 NPB Draft by the Nippon-Ham Fighters
• Played for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic as a back-up shortstop
John Daly
John Daly
STATUS
• Signed with the Rockers in March 2023 prior to spring training
• Started the season on the inactive list with a pulled hamstring suffered during spring training
• Moved off the Inactive List on 5/6/23 and added to the active roster
CAREER NOTES
• Noted two-sport athlete in high school and junior college… An outstanding wide receiver
2022
• As a senior at the University of Albany, hit .297 with five home runs and 32 RBI.
• Slashed .387/.497/.884 in his final college season for the Great Danes
• Roped three doubles vs. UMass Lowell 5/1/22)
• Was second on the club with 40 runs scored and 10 stolen bases while leading the team with three triples
• Had 20 multi-hit games and led the team with 10 multi-RBI games.
• Went on to play 16 games for Bakersfield, CA in the Pecos League, hitting .353 with two home runs and 11 RBI
• Added four doubles, a triple and four stolen bases
• Slashed .534/.588/1.122 with Bakersfield
2021
• Appeared in 47 games for SUNY Albany, hitting .248 with four doubles, three triples, three homers and 22 RBI to go with 14 stolen bases
• Ranked eighth in the America East conference in walks and ninth in stolen bases
• Went 3-for-5 with an RBI at Central Connecticut State
• Had three RBI and a triple vs. NJIT on 3/21/21.
2020
• Appeared in 11 games and made seven starts in the outfield.
• Had five hits and five RBI, four runs scored and three stolen bases on the year
Went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored at Norfolk State (3/7/20)
• Made his UAlbany debut at Arizona (2/14/20)
• Remainder of the season was cut short by COVID-19
2019
• Was a third team All-American at Rockland Community College, earning a pair of all-conference honors and conference player of the year recognition
• Posted a career line of .395 average, 18 doubles, 11 triples and eight home runs.
2018
• Was the top receiver at Hudson Valley Community College for a second straight year with 44 receptions for 616 yards and six touchdowns and a long reception of 72 yards
• Ranked second on the team with 616 all-purpose yards
• Set the school record with 13 receptions in a game against Nassau CC in 2018. His 212 receiving yards were the second-most ever in game by Viking
• Set the HVCC record with 88 career receptions and has the third-most receiving yards with 1,145
• Tied the school record with three touchdown receptions in a game
2017
• Played football at Hudson Valley Community College where he led the Vikings with 44 catches for 529 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns
• Led the team with 545 all-purpose yards
• Also played baseball and was named to the all-region first team and the all-tournament team
2016
• Named third team all-state, all-county and all-league at Tappan Zee High in baseball
• Earned all-conference, all-county and all-league honors in football
PERSONAL
• John Michael Daly
Taylor Guerrieri
Taylor Guerrieri
HIGH SCHOOL: Spring Valley HS, Columbia, S.C.
STATUS
• Signed with the Rockers on May 16, 2023
• A first round pick of Tampa Bay in 2011, he is the second former Tampa first rounder to play for High Point, joining 2012 pick Richie Shaffer (Rocker in 2019)
CAREER NOTES
• Spent two seasons in MLB, with Toronto in 2018 and Texas in 2019
• Has a career 5.81 ERA in 20 MLB appearances with 27 strikeouts in 26.1 innings
2022
• Did not play
2021
• Split time between Seattle’s AAA Tacoma club and Philadelphia’s AAA Lehigh Valley
• Combined to go 3-1 with a 4.61 ERA in 22 appearances, all in relief… Tossed 35.2 innings and struck out 38 while walking 15
• Signed with Seattle as a free agent on 2/9/2021
• Chose free agency following the 2021 season with Philadelphia
2020
• Member of the Texas Rangers organization and went to spring training
2019
• Went to spring training on a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers
• Started the season with AAA Nashville before being called up to the Rangers on 7/16/19
• Made his first appearance as a Ranger on 7/16/19 vs. Arizona
• Had two outings of 3.0 innings and fanned a season-high four batters on two occasions
2018
• Made his MLB debut with Toronto at Miami with two innings in relief, allowing one hit and striking out one
• Made nine appearances for the Blue Jays and struck out eight in 9.2 innings
• Started the season with AAA Buffalo before being called up to MLB Toronto on 9/1/2018
2017
• Spent most of the season on the injury list and made two appearances at AAA Durham in the Tampa Bay organization, striking out 12 in 9.1 innings
2016
• Recorded a 12-6 record as a starter at AA Montgomery for Tampa Bay
• Pitched 146 innings with 89 strikeouts and 46 walks while allowing 130 hits with a 3.76 ERA
2015
• Split time between Tampa’s A+ club in Port Charlotte, FL and AA Montgomery, combining to go 5-3 as a starter
• Appeared in 20 games with 18 starts, hurling 78 innings and striking out 72 with just 19 walks
2014
• Made five appearances at the Rays Gulf Coast League complex with 10 strikeouts in 9.1 innings, yielding just seven hits and two walks
2013
• Went 6-2 in 14 starts with a 21.28 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 67 innings with 12 walks
• Named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week on 5/13/13 while pitching for the Bowling Green Hot Rods
• Earned Mid-Season All-Star status with Bowling Green and participated in the Futures Game
• Underwent Tommy John surgery on 7/24/13
2012
• Started his pro career at A-Hudson Valley (New York-Penn) with 12 starts and a 1-2 record with 45 strikeouts in 52 innings while walking just five walks
• Was a Mid-Season All-Star with Hudson Valley and the Topps New York-Penn League Player of the Year
• Named a Tampa Bay Rays MiLB Organization All-Star
2011
• Signed with Tampa on 8/15/2011
• Pitched for Spring Valley High in Columbia, SC as a senior
• Was rated the state’s top baseball prospect by Diamond Prospects and Baseball America
• Ranked as the No. 23 prospect nationally in the class of 2012
• Was hitting 95-98 during his senior year in high school, going 6-1 with a 1.10 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 51 innings
• Regularly pitched in front of 20 MLB scouts
• Other 2011 MLB first round picks included Gerrit Cole (1), Trevor Bauer (3), Anthony Rendon (6), Francisco Lindor (8), Javier Baez (9), George Springer (11), Sonny Gray (18)
2010
• As a high school senior, signed a National Letter of Intent to attend South Carolina
• Transferred from North Augusta, SC to Columbia Spring Valley HS
2009
• Pitched at North August High School
2007
• Helped North Augusta to the South Carolina Dixie Youth 14s state tournament
PERSONAL
• Christopher Taylor Guerrieri
Nilo Rijo
Nilo Rijo
Jeremy Rhoades
Jeremy Rhoades
STATUS
• In spring training with the Rockers
CAREER NOTES
• Has a combined 42-39 career record as a professional
2022
• Spent the season with the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association and Mariachis de Guadalajara in the Mexican League
• Tallied 19 appearances, 0-1 record and a 5.57 ERA in Kansas City
• Just 21 innings pitched and whiffed 23 hitters with the Monarchs
• Struggled a bit with the Mariachis, with a record of 2-4 and an ERA north of seven
2021
• Began the campaign with AAA-Reno, earning a victory but carried a bit of an inflated ERA at 8.44
• Was released from Reno and signed with Kansas City in the American Association
• Found massive success with the Monarchs, posting a 1.84 ERA over a span of 10 appearances
• While with KC, racked up 15 strikeouts and surrendered just one walk in 14.2 IP
2020
• Suited up for the Eastern Reyes del Tigre of the Constellation Energy League, making just 9 appearances during the COVID-shortened season
• 3-0 to pair with a 3.24 ERA
2019
• Was with the Salt Lake Bees of the Pacific Coast League
• 3-2 with a 7.02 ERA
• 43 appearances that season is the second most of his career
2018
• Played with both AA-Mobile and AAA-Salt Lake
• Posted arguably the best numbers of his career, going 10-4 and flashing an ERA at 2.87
• 54 appearances are a career-high
• 78 IP is the fourth highest mark of his career
• Recorded 70 strikeouts as well, the fifth most in his career
2017
• Played at two levels of the Angles system, A+ Inland Empire and AA-Mobile
• Combined between the two levels, tabbed a 4-3 record and recorded a 6.75 ERA
• First year of transition to a full-time bullpen role, 39 appearances, all in relief
2016
• With Inland Empire, made 24 starts over the course of 31 appearances
• 141.2 IP is the highest mark of his career
• Also collected 91 K’s, the second most in his career
2015
• Split his ’15 season with two clubs, A-Burlington and A+ Inland Empire
• 9-10 record, 4.77 ERA
• Made 26 appearances, all but one as a starter
• Logged 137.2 IP, the second highest mark of his career
2014
• Went 2-1 with a 4.42 ERA in 14 appearances with the Orem Owiz in the Pioneer League
• At Illinois State in the spring, he dominated, posting a 2.35 ERA on the way to chalking up 6 wins
• Earned an impressive 92 strikeouts over 76.2 IP with the Redbirds
• Ranks fourth in school history with 10 career saves
• Was an honorable mention All-Missouri Valley Conference selection
2013
• Spent the summer in the Cape Cod league with the Orleans Firebirds
• 1-2, 4.22 ERA in 18 relief outings
• In his college season he dazzled, flashing a minuscule 1.54 ERA over 41 IP
• Named first team All-Missouri Valley Conference
2012
• In his freshman campaign at Illinois State, recorded a 4-4 record to pair with a 4.96 ERA
