Mankato MoonDogs

Mankato MoonDogs

The Mankato MoonDogs are an amateur baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team started play in 1999 as the Mankato Mashers and were renamed in 2002. Their home games are played at ISG Field in Mankato, Minnesota. The MoonDogs have made the playoffs eight of the last eleven season, making it to the Summer Collegiate World series (third franchise appearance) last in 2014 where the MoonDogs were defeated by the Lakeshore Chinooks. The MoonDogs have been active in the Mankato community with frequent player and mascot appearances at local events and through the MoonDogs Fit Program.

Notable alumni (played in MLB)

Name	MLB team	Mankato team	Mankato year
Jack Hannahan	Cincinnati Reds	Mashers	1999
Paul McAnulty	Los Angeles Angels	Mashers	2001
Curtis Granderson	New York Mets	Mashers	2001
Neil Wagner	Toronto Blue Jays	MoonDogs	2004
Cole De Vries	Minnesota Twins	MoonDogs	2004
Brandon Crawford	San Francisco Giants	MoonDogs	2005
Cody Decker	San Diego Padres	MoonDogs	2006
Sean Halton	Milwaukee Brewers	MoonDogs	2006
Erik Hamren	San Diego Padres	MoonDogs	2008
John Brebbia	San Francisco Giants	Moondogs	2009
Jake Petricka	Chicago White Sox	MoonDogs	2009
Nick Goody	Cleveland Indians	MoonDogs	2011

MoonDogs in the Minor Leagues

Name	Current Team	Professional Organization	Years
Tim Smith	Mississippi Braves	Atlanta Braves (AA)	2006
Nate Hanson	Rochester Red Wings	Minnesota Twins (AAA)	2006–2008
Adam Abraham	Akron RubberDucks	Cleveland Indians (AA)	2007
Sean Nicol	Harrisburg Senators	Washington Nationals (AA)	2008
Carlos Ramirez	Salt Lake Bees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (AAA)	2008
Jimmy Reyes	Round Rock Express	Texas Rangers (AAA)	2008
Mike Kvasnicka	New Britain Rock Cats	Minnesota Twins (AA)	2008–2009
Kyle Knudson	New Britain Rock Cats	Minnesota Twins (AA)	2008–2009
Brenden Webb	Frederick Keys	Baltimore Orioles (A+)	2009
Lance Ray	New Britain Rock Cats	Minnesota Twins (AA)	2009
Jimmy Patterson	Durham Bulls	Tampa Bay Rays (AAA)	2009
Matt Swynenberg	Syracuse Chiefs	Washington Nationals (AAA)	2009
Xorge Carrillo	Binghamton Mets	New York Mets (AA)	2009
Taylor Black	Boise Hawks	Colorado Rockies (A)	2009
Alex Burgos	Jupiter Hammerheads	Miami Marlins (A+)	2009–2010
Jeremy Rodriguez	Lake Elsinore Storm	San Diego Padres (A+)	2010
Eric Wooten	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	New York Yankees (AAA)	2011
Zach Borenstein	Reno Aces	Arizona Diamondbacks (AAA)	2011
Nick Goody	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	New York Yankees (AAA)	2011
Sam Selman	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Kansas City Royals (AA)	2011
Logan Taylor	St. Lucie Mets	New York Mets (A+)	2011
Alex Glenn	Mobile BayBears	Arizona Diamondbacks (AA)	2011
Blake Schwartz	Potomac Nationals	Washington Nationals (A+)	2011
Jordan Remer	Billings Mustangs	Cincinnati Reds (Rookie)	2011
James Stokes	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	Cleveland Indians (A)	2011
Sam Eberle	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	San Francisco Giants (A)	2011
Bryan Haar	Fort Myers Miracle	Minnesota Twins (A+)	2011
Joe Loftus	Hillsboro Hops	Arizona Diamondbacks (A)	2011
Blair Moore	Arizona League White Sox	Chicago White Sox (Rookie)	2011–2012
Jorge Flores	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Toronto Blue Jays (AA)	2012
John Walter	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Kansas City Royals (A+)	2012
Kyle McGrath	Fort Wayne TinCaps	San Diego Padres (A)	2012
Matt Borens	Staten Island Yankees	New York Yankees (A)	2012
Drew Stankiewicz	Lakewood BlueClaws	Philadelphia Phillies (A)	2012
Trevor Belicek	Danville Braves	Atlanta Braves (Rookie)	2012
Austin Afenir	Pulaski Yankees	New York Yankees (Rookie)	2012
Trever Allen	Burlington Bees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (A)	2012
Chase Simpson	West Virginia Power	Pittsburgh Pirates (A)	2012–2013
Sam Clay	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Minnesota Twins (A)	2013
Zack Zehner	Staten Island Yankees	New York Yankees (A)	2013
Tim Arakawa	Burlington Bees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (A)	2013
Jon Perrin	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Milwaukee Brewers (A)	2013
Quinnton Mack	Kane County Cougars	Arizona Diamondbacks (A)	2013
Bryan Bonnell	Princeton Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (Rookie)	2013
Brock Dykxhoorn	Quad Cities River Bandits	Houston Astros (A)	2013–2014
Jake Yacinich	Burlington Bees	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (A)	2014
Trevor Lubking	AZL Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (Rookie)	2014
Tyler Mark	Hillsboro Hops	Arizona Diamondbacks (A)	2014
Tyler Sullivan	Arizona League White Sox	Chicago White Sox (Rookie)	2014
James McMahon	Grand Junction Rockies	Colorado Rockies (Rookie)	2014
Levi Scott	GCL Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (Rookie)	2014

Staff

The team's General Manager, Austin Link, is a native of Renville, Minnesota, who previously interned for the Willmar Stingers, another Northwoods League team. Justin White, the teams Director of Ticket sales is from the Mankato area, as is Tyler Kuch, the Director of Group Sales

The MoonDogs also have summer internships available for students looking for possible careers in sports. The positions include Media Relations, Promotions/Community Relations, Marketing, Sales, and Camera / Video Operations.

Muttnik

Listed at 6'3" and 210 lbs, the MoonDogs mascot throws and bats right pawed. Muttnik can be seen mingling with the crowd during games or at various community events throughout the year.

External links

• Mankato MoonDogs official site