From staff reports

SEVIERVILLE —  The Southern League  announced that Craig Brooks (Catawba) of the Tennessee Smokies has been added to the roster for the  Southern League All-Star Game.

The game will be played on Tuesday, June 19, at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Trevor Clifton was previously named to the All-Star team but is unable to participate due to being promoted to AAA Iowa.

Brooks has been pitching well for the Smokies.

Brooks has posted a 2-1 record with a 3.16 ERA.

The 25-year-old has appeared in 19 games while tossing 25.2 innings. Brooks has been able to hold opposing hitters to a .160 batting average and has also picked up three saves on the season.

Craig Brooks was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the seventh round in the 2015 MLB draft.

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Colton Laws (Carson, Charlotte 49ers) has pitched 10 scoreless innings in his  last two starts for the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A Midwest League.

The 22-year-old  Laws (3-2) has struck out 31 in 37 innings while walking only three.

Laws was a seventh-round pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2017 draft.

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Former Catawba catcher Zac Almond has been assigned to the Missoula Ospreys of the short-season Pioneer League.

Almond was a 35th-round pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017.