Next on the schedule: reporting to Yankees spring training in March.

“The option is there for me,” he says.

HARVARD IN THE MINORS

Trey Hendricks ’04, Harvard’s 2004 co-captain at pitcher and first base, had a banner year at Class A Yakima of the short-season Northwest League.

The former unanimous All-Ivy selection and 24th-round draft choice of the Arizona Diamondbacks batted .296/.347/.442 (AVG/OBP/SLG) in 300 at-bats, leading the team in RBI with 42. His eight home runs were good for second on the team.

Ben Crockett ’02, the former Ivy League pitcher of the year for Harvard, is now approximately 70 miles from the big leagues. The former third-rounder had a rough first start for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, yielding three runs in three and two-thirds innings for the Colorado Rockies’ Class AAA affiliate. He earned a promotion with a solid 4.00 ERA at Class AA Tulsa, mostly in relief.

John Birtwell ’01 has seen his path to the big leagues hit a snag after being named Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2002 by the Detroit Tigers organization. This year he yielded a 4.46 ERA in 40.1 innings of relief at Class AA Erie.

Former Harvard standouts Andrew Huling ’99, Dan Saken ’01, Brian Lentz ’03 and Kenon Ronz ’03, all of whom have spent time in the minors in recent years, yielded no results when searched in Minor League Baseball’s statistical records.

It is not known if they are still active within professional baseball.

—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu.