2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox season

2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox
League	Australian Baseball League
Ballpark	Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney
City	Blacktown, New South Wales
Record	15–24 (.385)
Place	5th
Owner	ABL
Manager	Jason Pospishil
Radio	Triple H FM

The 2016–17 Sydney Blue Sox season was the team's sixth season. The Blue Sox competed in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) with five other teams, playing its home games at Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney.

Regular season

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Away	Qualification
Melbourne Aces	40	26	14	—	.650	13–7	13–7	Championship Series
Adelaide Bite	40	23	17	3	.575	12–8	11–9	Preliminary final
Brisbane Bandits	39	21	18	4.5	.538	11–8	10–10
Canberra Cavalry	40	20	20	6	.500	11–9	9–11
Sydney Blue Sox	39	15	24	10.5	.385	11–9	4–15
Perth Heat	40	14	26	12	.350	10–10	4–16

Source:

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
Adelaide Bite	4-4	13-4	18 November 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	3-15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium	L3
Brisbane Bandits	3-4	6-2	10 December 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	4-9	12 January 2017	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	L1
Canberra Cavalry	3-5	10-0	25 November 2016	Narrabundah Ballpark	21-11	27 November 2016	Narrabundah Ballpark	W1
Melbourne Aces	1-7	9-2	30 December 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	0-5	18 December 2016	Melbourne Ballpark	L3
					0-5	29 December 2016	Melbourne Ballpark	L3
Perth Heat	4-4	3-0	5 January 2017	Baseball Park	1-5	4 December 2016	Baseball Park	L3
Total	15-24	Adelaide Bite			Adelaide Bite			L3
		13–4	18 November 2016	Blue Sox Stadium	3–15	28 January 2017	Diamond Sports Stadium

Game log

W	Blue Sox win
L	Blue Sox loss
T	Blue Sox tie
	Game postponed
	Game cancelled
Bold	Blue Sox team member

2016–17 Game Log
November # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 1 18 November Bite 13-4 C. Anderson S. Callegari - 1-0 [1] 2 19 November (DH 1) Bite 2–0 L. Wilkins S. Chambers - 2-0 [2] 3 19 November (DH 2) Bite 3–2 G. Lim M. Williams - 3-0 [3] 4 20 November Bite 3-7 J. O’Laughlin A. Sookee - 3-1 [4] 5 24 November @ Cavalry 4-8 L. Sosa T. Foss - 3-2 [5] 6 25 November @ Cavalry 10-0 C. Anderson H. Beard - 4-2 [6] 7 26 November @ Cavalry 1-4 J. DeGraaf L. Wilkins S. Kent 4-3 [7] 8 27 November @ Cavalry 11–21 J. Lowery S. Schueller - 4-4 [8]
December # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 9 2 December Heat 6-4 T. Foss M. Lee S. Schueller 5-4 [9] 10 3 December Heat (DH 1) 2-1 G. Lim W. Dennis - 6-4 [10] 11 3 December Heat (DH 2) 2-1 C. Anderson T. Bailey J. Guyer 7-4 [11] 12 4 December Heat 1-5 D. Schmidt A. Sookee - 7-5 [12] 13 9 December Bandits 0-2 J. Erasmus T. Foss R. Searle 7-6 [13] 14 10 December (DH 1) Bandits 6-2 L. Wilkins R. Teasley - 8-6 [14] 15 10 December (DH 2) Bandits 9-8 J. Guyer R. Niit - 9-6 [15] 16 11 December Bandits 1-5 K. Champlin C. Oxspring R. Searle 9-7 [16] 17 16 December @ Aces 4-5 J. Tols S. Schueller - 9-8 [17] 18 17 December @ Aces 6–7 K. Honda L. Wilkins - 9-9 [18] 19 17 December @ Aces 0-5 D. Ruzic C. Anderson - 9-10 [19] 20 18 December @ Aces 0-5 J. Kennedy C. Oxspring - 9-11 [20] 21 29 December Aces 3-4 M. Hamburger J. Guyer P. Moylan 9-12 [21] 22 30 December Aces 9-2 C. Anderson J. Guthrie - 10-12 [22] 23 31 December Aces 4-6 P. Moylan S. Schueller - 10-13 [23]
January # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Ref 24 1 January Aces 1-4 J. Kennedy Y. Katayama V. Vasquez 10-14 [24] 25 5 January @ Heat 3-0 T. Foss C. Lourey T. Van Steensel 11-14 [25] 26 1 January @ Heat 7-8 B. Grice T. Van Steensel - 11-15 [26] 27 7 January @ Heat 8-10 M. Lee T. Grattan W. Saupold 11-16 [27] 28 8 January @ Heat 6-7 J. Bowey A. Sookee - 11-17 [28] 29 12 January @ Bandits 4-9 K. Champlin T. Foss - 11-18 [29] 30 13 January @ Bandits 10-9 J. Guyer Z. Treece T. Van Steensel 12-18 [30] 31 14 January @ Bandits 6-7 S. Holland L. Wilkins R. Searle 12-19 [31] 32 4 January @ Bandits PPD–RAIN - - - - [32] 33 20 January Cavalry 3-5 T. Atherton G. Lim - 12-20 [33] 34 21 January (DH 1) Cavalry 5-1 L. Wilkins S. Guinard - 13-20 [34] 35 21 January (DH 2) Cavalry 1-2 L. Cohen C. Anderson S. Kent 13-21 [35] 36 22 January Cavalry 7-6 Y. Katayama S. Kent - 14-21 [36] 37 26 January @ Bite 5-4 V. Harris J. O’Loughlin T. Van Steensel 15-21 [37] 38 27 January @ Bite 2-5 S. Callegari C. Anderson H. Lee 15-22 [38] 39 28 January @ Bite 3-15 D. Barker L. Wilkins - 15-23 [39] 40 29 January @ Bite 3-4 K. Hampton Y. Katayama H. Lee 15-24 [40] 41 30 January @ Bandits (makeup) CANCELLED - - - - [41]

Roster

Sydney Blue Sox roster - 2016–17 ABL
Active Roster				Coaching staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 35 Trevor Foss 32 Todd Grattan 17 Josh Guyer 13 Vaughn Harris 16 Yuki Katayama  1 Gyoung-Wan Lim  9 Chris Oxspring 49 Sven Schueller  4 Aaron Sookee 21 Todd Van Steensel 26 Luke Wilkins Left-handed pitchers 31 Craig Anderson 53 Alex Osborne 18 Matthew Rae — Ryoto Yoshikoshi		Catchers 29 Guy Edmonds 10 Jake Webster — Hiroki Yamazaki Infielders 54 Jake Amos 11 Trent D’Antonio 14 Joshua Dean 43 Harry Fullerton 50 Shane Kelleher 25 Tucker Neuhaus 37 Ryo Nishimura 24 Zac Shepherd 34 Jacob Younis Outfielders 45 Michael Campbell 27 Malik Collymore 33 Stone Garrett 12 Alex Howe 20 Joshua Strong		Manager Jason Pospishil Coaches Nathan Wright (Third Base Coach & Hitting Coach) Dae-Sung Koo (Pitching Coach) Grahame Cassel (Bull Pen Coach) Jason Dormor (First Base Coach & Outfield Coordinator) Mark Shipley (Infield Coordinator)  : 7-day disabled list  : reassigned
7 September 2017.