Josh Pressley is all too familiar with adversity. Despite being Tampa Bay's 1998 fourth-round draft pick and a heralded Devil Rays prospect, the former Bangor resident and 1996 American Legion baseball Zone I Player of the Year has been toiling in the minors for eight seasons.
Look out Atlantic League. Josh Pressley and Jeff Nettles have found their home run strokes. The third leading slugger in league history and last year's Atlantic League MVP each connected in the second inning as the Somerset Patriots struck for six runs and cruised to a 9-3 victory over the Lancaster Barnstormers Tuesday evening at TD Bank Park In Bridgewater, N.J.
The age of 29 is young in most respects, but old in professional baseball. Josh Pressley knows this, and knows that minor league players that age or older are no longer referred to as "prospects.
Houston starter Wes Musick pitched seven innings and gave up only one run on five hits to lead the Cougars to an 8-2 win over Marshall Saturday at Appalachian Power Park. Houston catcher Luis Flores went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs, and Josh Stirneman and Zak Pressley also had two hits four the visitors.
Bangor native Josh Pressley is still in the swing of things as a first baseman for the Somerset (Mass.) Patriots. The former Bangor American Legion Baseball standout is still collecting a paycheck playing ball and chasing big league dreams in the independent Atlantic League.
With still a little more than a month to play in most minor league baseball seasons, it has already been a Tale of Two Cities summer for Josh Pressley. It's been both the best and worst of his eight professional baseball seasons.
It hasn't exactly been a dream season for Bangor native and former Bangor American Legion baseball standout Josh Pressley. After signing a minor league free agent contract with the Boston Red Sox Feb. 1, the 26-year-old Pressley was ready for what he hoped to be a breakout season after eight years in the minors.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Josh Pressley fondly recalls his summers on Goose Pond in East Holden where, on the weekends, he often watched the Boston Red Sox on television. Growing up, that was really the only games I could watch, so I guess you could say that by default I'm a Red Sox fan," said Pressley, who now sees the Sox - in person - on a daily basis.
Several minor league prospects with Maine ties are enjoying solid seasons, but don't expect many, if any, to get the call to the majors anytime soon. Sure, Josh Pressley - the former Bangor Comrades player and American Legion Zone I player of the year - is having his best minor league season and Camden native Mike MacDonald is enjoying a solid sophomore season in high Single A, but neither is putting up the eye- popping numbers that A) get someone noticed and B) hasten their ascent to the majors.
Josh Pressley is only 25 years old but he is already in his eighth pro season. And the former Bangor East Side Little League all-star and Zone 1 American Legion most valuable player is off to a great start with the Wichita Wranglers of the AA Texas League.
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