Load the Cannons, Light the Fuse, Let's Go Ballers! Welcome to the April Edition of your 2026 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Digital Program.
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FROM APRIL SHOWERS TO MAY FLOWERS: HOW THE CANNON BALLERS TURNED THEIR SEASON AROUND IN A MATTER OF WEEKS BY DAN HELOTIE THE VOICE OF THE CANNON BALLERS
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – After starting their season with a forgettable month of April, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers played their brand of baseball, blinked, and found themselves suddenly in the mix for a potential playoff spot late in the first half. The Ballers began their season with a nine-game stretch at home, but struggled to maintain in games, falling to 2-7 in their first homestand. The team hit the road for the first time in Myrtle Beach, falling in four of their six games on the Grand Strand before their return to Kannapolis for six with Charleston. Another unfriendly homestand meant Kannapolis entered their final road trip of April/first trip of May in the basement. After dropping their series opener on April 28 against Augusta, the Ballers sat 10 games under .500 at 6-16, one of their worst starts in franchise history. After an almost four-hour rain delay in that series opener that saw the Ballers fall, 12-4, to the GreenJackets, the Cannon Ballers flipped a switch to win four of their next five against Augusta. Arxy Hernandez pummeled opposing pitching with eight hits, while RHP Marco Barrios shutdown GreenJacket bats in three innings with one unearned run allowed. The Ballers then returned home to face Columbia in a series that yielded some confidence. Kannapolis dropped their series opener for the second time in a row but then clobbered Columbia late in games to win three come-from-behind thrillers. Barrios put up another stellar week out of the bullpen, while wins from Max Banks and new bullpen arm Alexander Martinez helped the home side’s case. Kannapolis yet again won four of their next five to take their second series in a row. Despite struggling in their first six-game series against the Charleston RiverDogs, Kannapolis had new-found confidence with wins in eight of their last 10 over Augusta and Columbia entering the series. Kannapolis, yet again, dropped a series opener with a loss to start the week in Charleston. After the opener? More of the same from the last two weeks. The Ballers rattled off wins in four of their next five in Charleston, going to 10-5 in their first 15 games of the month of May.
Over their next two weeks after a successful trip to Charleston, Kannapolis played 12 games in 13 days at their friendly confines of Atrium Health Ballpark. Over their six games with Myrtle Beach and another six with Augusta, this time at home, Kannapolis fired on all cylinders until an injury to Billy Carlson. The Ballers set some history into motion with their first-ever six-game sweep against the Pelicans, outscoring the Pelicans 26-8 during the week. Kannapolis won their next series opener against Augusta but dropped four of their next five which brought them back to earth. The Ballers finished their month of May with an 18-9 record, flipping their script in spectacular fashion. The help that yielded Kannapolis the most success in their month? Their pitching. After going through April with a 4.44 ERA in 24 games with runs allowed in over half their innings pitched, the Ballers powered forward with a stellar month of May, boasting a league-best 3.01 team ERA with just 91 runs allowed over 239 innings. And it’s not just the pitching that has helped their case. The bats, despite lowering their batting average as a team from April to May, got into less shootouts with the pitching doing so well, allowing the offense to focus less on making large comebacks and more on timely hitting and big inning accumulation. As a team, quick starts have been a big help to the Cannon Ballers. As of their first home series of June, Kannapolis is first in all of Single-A and the White Sox organization in first inning runs, notching 48 runs in 57 games in just the first inning.
So there you have it: better pitching, more timely offense, quick starts, and a shutdown bullpen that has allowed Kannapolis to hold a perfect 23-0 record when winning after eight innings. Sounds like Ballers Baseball to me!
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2026 ROSTER KANNAPOLIS CANNON BALLERS | AS OF JUNE 2, 2026
# PITCHERS
B/T
HT.
WT.
AGE
HOMETOWN
37 32 4 23 7 33 31 14 26 15 18 40 17 11 22 35 10
BANKS, MAX BARRIOS, MARCO
R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
6’ 4” 6’ 3” 5’ 11” 6’ 3” 5’ 10” 6’ 5” 5’ 9” 6’ 5” 6’ 4” 6’ 2” 6’ 2” 6’ 3” 5’ 11” 6’ 3” 6’ 3” 6’ 9” 6’ 3”
230 195 180 215 180 210 170 230 190 190 200 195 170 210 190 250 215
22 20 21 23 24 23 26 23 22 24 22 23 22 22 23 23 21
SAN FRANCISCO, CA LA APARACION, VEN CARABOBO, VEN
MENDEZ, JESUS DIFFEY, CHOYCE EIKHOFF, RILEY MARTINEZ, ALEXANDER MORALES, JORDAN PARKER, CAEDMON PATTERSON, ANTHONY PAULEY, TRUMAN PAYNE, LANDEN PERKINS, CARLTON RODRIGUEZ, GABRIEL
SALLIS, MS LELAND, NC LAS MATAS DE FARFAN, D.R. SOUDERTON, PA FAIFAX, IA THE WOODLANDS, TX CLARKSVILLE, TN LOS ANGELES, CA KANSAS CITY, MO SANTA TERESA DEL TUY, VEN
SCHIEFER, RYAN WEYRICH, NICK WRIGHT, DANIEL WYNK, BLAINE
GILBERT, AZ LONDON, OH SERGEANT BLUFF, IA MIAMISBURG, OH
# CATCHERS
B/T
HT.
WT.
AGE
HOMETOWN
24 6
FLORES, STIVEN GALVAN, RYLAN
R/R R/R
5’ 11” 6’ 0” HT. 6’ 1” 6’ 1” 6’ 1” 6’ 0” 5’ 8” 5’ 10”
240 215
20 22
SUCRE, VEN SINTON, TX
# INFIELDERS
B/T
WT.
AGE
HOMETOWN
16 12 9 16 1 5
ALBERTUS, ALEXANDER BOUGHTON, MATTHEW CARLSON, BILLY GIL, ADRIAN MOGOLLON, JAVIER TERAN, EFREN
R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R S/R
175 170 185 205 170 165
21 20 19 20 20 19
ORANJESTAD, ABW COLLEYVILLE, TX CORONA, CA CARACAS, VEN SAN FELIPE, VEN MARACAY, VEN
# OUTFIELDERS
B/T
HT.
WT.
AGE
HOMETOWN
8 20 21 27 25
ARCHER, NATHAN CERDA, DEREK FAUSKE, JADEN NUNEZ, ABRAHAM TAUSSIG, JAMES
L/L R/R L/R L/R L/R
6’ 0” 6’ 1” 6’ 2” 6’ 2” 6’ 6”
190 190 200 195 230
23 23 19 20 23
LAGRANGE, OH SANTIAGO, D.R. WILLOWBROOK, IL SANTA DOMINGO, D.R. NEW YORK, NY
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