Options Extended on Lessler, Newton, and Trausch

Damon Lessler, Eric Newton, and Matt Trausch will return to the Beach Bums for spring training in 2009 after having their options extended for another season...All three players will hold Rookie-2 status for the season...

Lessler (Left) appeared in 22 games for the Beach Bums as a utility infielder playing second, short, and third...He made the team out of spring training and recorded 41 at bats and hit .146 with two doubles and five RBI...Lessler drove in a pair of runs at Windy City on June 8th and tallied his lone multi-hit contest...

Newton (Above Left) was the starter at third base for most of the final third of the season after being let go by the Brewers organization...He played in 41 contests and hit .183 with four homers and 16 RBI...Newton drove in a season best four runs at Florence on August 16 and finished with seven multi-hit games and four games of multi-RBI...

Trausch (Above Right) pitched in nine games out of the bullpen and finished 1-1 with a 2.63 ERA in 13.2 innings as a true rookie from Oakland University...He struck out six and walked nine...Primarily used as a long reliever, Trausch lasted longer than an inning on three different occasions including a 3.2 inning stint against Florence at Wuerfel Park on August 28 when he struck out a career high three batters...

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Roblin Traded

Brad Roblin, a two-year member of the Beach Bums, has been traded to the Worcester Tornadoes of the Can-Am League...

A product of the University of Michigan, Roblin joined the Beach Bums in July of 2007after his collegiate career ended in the NCAA Super Regionals to eventual national champion Oregon State...In 45 games with the Beach Bums he batted .333 with a pair of doubles, three triples, 15 RBI, and nine stolen bases...Roblin equaled the Beach Bums' single game record for hits with a 4-for-5 showing at Wuerfel Park against Rockford on August 29...He started 41 games in center field and two in left...

During the 2008 campaign Roblin began the season as the starting right fielder and also saw significant time in the designated hitter slot...He collided with the right field wall early in the season and struggled at times to fully recover from a knee injury suffered on the play which caused him to miss nearly two weeks of action...He hit .232 and stole eight bases in 72 games with 15 doubles, three homers, and 30 RBI, all career bests in his first full season as a professional...When Mike Goetz signed with the Pirates late in the season, Roblin assumed the leadoff slot...He connected on his first professional homer at Kalamazoo on June 16...Roblin drove in a career high four runs during a win at Washington on May 26 and posted 11 multi-hit games...

Roblin, who always brought energy to the dugout, was scheduled to be an LS-1 in the Frontier League this season...Worcester is near his home of Wayland, Mass...

In exchange for Roblin, the Beach Bums received a player to be named...

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