Andrew Albers looking to bounce back after strong start to 2016 ball season
North Battleford’s Andrew Albers is looking to use a strong season in independent ball to get another chance with an affiliated team.
His 2016 season started off on the right foot, as he pitched his first game for the Atlantic League’s Lancaster Barnstormers April 23, throwing seven scoreless innings while giving up one hit and striking out nine batters in a 3-0 win over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
“It was probably one of my most dominant starts since high school,” Albers said with a laugh. “I felt really good and executed a lot of good pitches. When they did put the ball in play they managed to find gloves. Those days are fun, they don’t happen every day so it was certainly a good start and a good way to prove you belong here.”
Albers was playing winter ball in the Caribbean in late 2015, saying it gave him a little shorter of an off-season than he was used to. He added he was still able to do some teaching at his former high school, John Paul II Collegiate, when he was in North Battleford.