By JOHN BOHNENKAMP
The Burlington Bees added eight players to their roster for the final 2 1/2 weeks of the Prospect League season, including three players with past ties to the team.
The Bees, who are a half-game behind Quincy for the Great River Division second-half playoff spot, added some key roster pieces that included some familiar names.
Pitcher Reese Wissinger (2021 Bees), catcher Chase Honeycutt (2021-22) and infielder Mitch Wood (2022) were among those joining the team for the final stretch.
Also added were three players from Southeastern Community College’s baseball team — pitchers Colten Clarahan, Connor Lyons and Zane Frese — along with pitcher Matthew Dinae (New Mexico) and pitcher Boyd Skelley (Winona State).
Wissinger, a Burlington native, was 3-0 with four saves for the Bees in 2021, striking out 41 in 18 2/3 innings. Wissinger was 5-0 with six saves and an 0.86 earned run average at Southeastern University this season, striking out 81 in 41 2/3 innings.
Wood, an Ottumwa, Iowa native who was at Iowa for one season, hit .323 with five home runs and 35 runs batted in at Yavapai College this season.
Honeycutt hit .273 with four home runs and 26 RBIs at Jones College this season.
Clarahan had 21 strikeouts in 20 2/3 innings for the Blackhawks, who finished second in the NJCAA Division II World Series this season. Lyons struck out eight in 7 1/3 innings. Frese did not pitch.
Dinae, a freshman at New Mexico, did not pitch this season. Skelley threw nine innings at Winona State.
Photo: Chase Honeycutt watches his single in a game last season with the Burlington Bees. (Steve Cirinna/Burlington Bees)
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