Apr 14, 2015 2 min read

Six players from last year’s Wild Things team that made the Frontier League playoffs won’t be returning for the 2015 season.

Washington has put catcher Jim Vahalik, third baseman Carter Bell, utility infielder Garrett Rau, outfielder Andrew Heck and pitchers Zac Fuesser and Scott Dunn on the suspended list. The Wild Things do retain the Frontier League rights to these players for one year.

Fuesser was Washington’s top starting pitcher last season with a 9-2 record and 2.25 ERA. The latter was the second-best mark in the league. Fuesser also pitched Washington to a 4-2 victory over Evansville in a wild-card playoff game last September. Fuesser pitched 8 2/3 innings in that game.

Dunn, a former South Side Beaver High School and Slippery Rock University player, spent one season in Washington and four with Traverse City. He had an 8-5 record with the Wild Things and was 38-15 in his Frontier League career.

Vahalik, who was acquired in a July trade with the London Rippers in 2012, had been the Wild Things starting catcher for 2½ seasons. Bell and Rau each played one year with Washington. Bell was the starting third baseman and Rau played in 93 games and started at all four infield positions. Heck, who is the baseball coach at Sewickley Academy, has played for the Wild Things each of the last three years.

The Wild Things also placed pitcher Zach LeBarron on the 60-day disabled list, and put pitchers Hamilton Bennett and Andy Noga on the suspended list. Bennett and Noga were acquired from Kansas City of the American Association in exchange for closer Jonathan Kountis.