Sheboygan A's Baseball

A’s Welcome Back Three Veterans

Posted: April 14, 2015

Veterans Ben Stanczyk, Harry Steldt and Trevor Theissen have all signed contracts and will be back in 2015 for the A’s, the team announced Monday. The signings are the first announced signings for 2015. Stanczyk is back for his sixth season, Steldt his fifth and Theissen his fourth.

Stanczyk has been relegated to part time duty the past two seasons because of pressing work and family obligations. “He comes when he can and we give him the baseball,” General Manager Denny Moyer said. “He’s earned that consideration.”

The former Milwaukee Brewers farm hand is 22-3 with a 1.60 ERA in his five seasons with the A’s. He was 3-0 and 1.35 last year.

Steldt brings a .313 career average and 120 runs batted in back to manager Chad Langley’s line-up this year. Steldt is a corner infielder and catcher, who played college baseball at Concordia before finishing out his last two seasons at UW-Stevens Point. Steldt hit .285 last year, a slight fall-off in average, but his run production was again at the top of the charts, leading the club in runs scored and ranking second in runs batted in.

Theissen, currently the starting shortstop at NCAA Division One North Carolina Central, hit .320 last year and holds a .296 career average. His duties as an assistant coach at New Berlin Eisenhower, limited his participation to 16 games last year.

The A’s launch their 2015 schedule at Wisconsin State League newcomer West Bend on May 27, then return home for the Project G.R.I.L.L. home opener on Friday night, May 29, when West Allis invades. The game will be preceded by the unveiling of the grills and the awards presentations. Season tickets range from $40 for general admission to $100 for Bud Backstop field level seats. For season ticket information, please
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