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C Jake Green joins the Explorers in early August in a trade with the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League. Green is currently in his second professional season of baseball…

OF Justin Connell joins the Explorers following the All-Star Break after spending the first part of the season with the Lake Country DockHounds. In the winter, Connell played for the…

Sioux City native J.D. Scholten came out of retirement from baseball on July 6, 2024, and made an emergency start for his hometown team the Sioux City Explorers. He went…

Osvaldo Martinez joins the Sioux City Explorers this season with a long career behind him which includes two seasons at the major league level. The veteran infielder has spent each…

John Nogowski returns to Sioux City for the third time in his career. The Nogowski professional career story can be told in three chapters.  Chapter one—following his release from the Oakland…

Daniel Montano comes to Sioux City after seven seasons in the Colorado Rockies organization where the outfielder would reach the AAA level. Montano signed with the Rockies as an international…

RHP Kyle Bloor will make his professional debut in 2024 with the Explorers. Bloor, a native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, spent his last two college seasons with Tennessee Wesleyan in Athens,…

OF Scott Ota returns for a second season with the X’s in 2024. Ota originally joined the Explorers on July 20, 2023, as a free agent after his release from the…

Daniel Lingua returns to the X's in for his second season with Sioux City after signing for 2024 on November 14, 2023. Lingua had a short stay with the Explorers…

John Sheaks was signed on November 14, 2023,  and will begin his second season with the X’s in 2024.  Sheaks and INF Daniel Lingua joined the Explorers for the final…