Baseball in Illinois News
The Miners have signed former Rockford RiverHawk 1B Todd Martin. In 2009 the former Cleveland minor leaguer had his season cut short by a wrist injury. Martin hit .343 with five homers and 27 rbi's in 31 games with Rockford before the injury ended his season. In 2007 with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers (a Cleveland affiliate) Todd hit .360 and won the New York-Penn league batting title