Winnipeg Goldeyes manager Rick Forney announced today

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Winnipeg Goldeyes manager Rick Forney announced today the signing of catcher Luis Alen to a contract for the 2014 season. Nike Roshe Run Flyknit . Alen, 28, hit .315 with five home runs, 59 RBI and a career-high nine stolen bases for the Goldeyes last season. He is the longest serving catcher in Goldeyes history, having already spent five seasons with the organization. Alen is poised to become one of four players in franchise history to play six or more seasons with Winnipeg. “Obviously, Luis is one of my most favourite players that weve ever had wear a Goldeyes uniform,” Forney said. “In my opinion, hes the best duel-threat catcher there is in independent baseball. Offensively, hes a very consistent .300-hitting catcher that has the ability to drive in a lot of runs and produce a great on-base percentage. He doesnt swing and miss very much. Behind the plate, hes super at receiving and does a great job of calling games. He has a real understanding of what works and what doesnt work in this league.” Hailing from San Francisco, Venezuela, Alen has a career .315 batting average with Winnipeg, which sits third in franchise history for Goldeyes players with a minimum of 750 career at-bats. Hes hit 29 home runs and added 261 RBI in 465 career games, which trails only Max Poulins 676 games played for the most by a Goldeyes player. Among other career Goldeyes records Alen is chasing, he needs 11 doubles to pass Fehlandt Lentini, 59 RBI to pass Harry Berrios and 95 hits to pass Poulin. Alen was signed as a free agent by the Florida Marlins in 2003 and played three seasons in their system. After playing in Italy in 2006, he joined the Goldeyes for the 2007 campaign. He was then signed by the New York Mets and played from 2008-2009 in their organization. Alen came back to Winnipeg in 2010 and has played the last four seasons with the Goldeyes. The Goldeyes now have 14 players signed for the 2014 season, including seven pitchers and seven position players. Nike Air Max 2015 Homme . Appearing on TSN 1050 on Monday, Steve Simmons and Darren Dreger weighed in on whether Brendan Shanahan is considering keeping his bench boss, despite earlier statements from Tim Leiweke that the team needed a change in culture. Nike Roshe Run Print . -- Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested outside Kansas City over the weekend on charges of speeding and possessing marijuana, throwing his status for a pivotal AFC West showdown against the Denver Broncos into question.Its the lone appearance of the season at MTS Centre for the Detroit Red Wings as the Winnipeg Jets look to end to a three-game losing streak. You can see all the action on TSN Jets beginning at 6:30pm ct/7:30pm et, and you can listen to all the action on TSN Radio 1290. Winnipeg is seventh in the Central Division with a 5-8-2 record. They trail sixth-place Dallas by two points and are four back of Nashville. Both the Stars and Predators have a game in hand on the Jets. Al Montoya (1-1, 1.57, .944) will start in goal. Evander Kane is questionable due to a lower body injury. Keaton Ellerby will play his first game of the season in a Jets jersey after being acquired off waivers over the weekend. Ellerby did not play a game yet this season with Los Angeles. Jets Projected Lines: Ladd-Little-SetoguchiPeluso-Jokinen-WheelerHalischuk-Scheifele-FrolikTangradi-Wright-Thorburn Byfuglien-ClitsomeEnstrom-BogosianPardy-Ellerby Paul Postma, Mark Stuart, Jacob Trouba and Jim Slater will not dress due to injury. This is the final game of a four-game road trip for the Red Wings. Detroit has won three in a row, included a 5-0 victory in Edmonton Saturday. Detroit is third in the Atlantic Division with a 9-4-2 rrecord. Nike Roshe Run Oreo. They have 20 points along with Tampa and Toronto, however the Lightning are in first place due to playing one less game, and the second-place Leafs have one more win than the Red Wings. Detroit is four points up on Boston. Jimmy Howard (5-4-2, 2.50, .915) will start in goal for the Red Wings. Tomas Tatar, Joakim Andersson, Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Datsyuk, Jakub Kindl and Justin Abdelkader all have one goal and two assists in their last three games. The Red Wings recalled defenseman Adam Almquist this morning from the AHLs Grand Rapids Griffins, and he will play in his first NHL game tonight. He had seven assists in 10 AHL games this season. Red Wings Projected Lines: Zetterberg-Datsyuk-BertuzziCleary-Weiss-AlfredssonTatar-Andersson-AbdelkaderMiller-Helm-Tootoo Kronwall-DeKeyserQuincey-KindlLashoff-Almquist St. Andrews, Manitoba native Darren Helm played his first game of the season Saturday. He scored a goal on his lone shot of the game and was plus-1 in 10:10 of ice time. The Red Wings have a 10-4 record as a franchise lifetime against Atlanta/Winnipeg. Not dressing for Detroit due to injury are Brendan Smith, Jonas Gustavsson and Jonathan Ericsson. cheap jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '