Matt Thaiss

Jason Groome tossed two scoreless innings in his professional debut Monday in Fort Myers, Fla. with the Boston Red Sox Gulf Coast League team. Groome allowed one hit - a two-out double in the second inning - did not walk a batter and struck out three against the Tampa Bay Rays affiliate...

One of the top N.J. natives in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft class is now on track to play with the best N.J. native playing the sport right now. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected University Virginia catcher Matt Thaiss – a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School – with the No...

In June of 2009, Major League Baseball staged its First-Year Player Draft from the studio of the newly-launched MLB Network for the first time ever in hopes that its event would build toward becoming what the NFL and NBA had developed in their respective versions of the draft...