Last week we caught up with former D-III players in MLB and Triple-A. Today, D3baseball.com looks at those players in Double-A.

By Ricky Nelson

Reliever Mike DeMark (Marietta) made a recent appearance at Triple-A before a short stint on the disabled list and a trip back to the Padres Double-A affiliate in San Antonio. In Double-A DeMark is 1-3 with a 3.08 earned run average and 47 strikeouts in 49.2 innings and 47 games. He has surrendered just one home run while holding opponents to a .225 batting average, including .171 against left-handed batters. The 26-year-old righthander tossed four scoreless innings in three games at Triple-A near the end of July.

Catcher/first baseman Vinny Rottino (UW-La Crosse), who had a successful run with Italy at the World Baseball Classic, is swinging a hot bat for his newest team. Since the Brewers traded Rottino to the Dodgers for pitcher Claudio Vargas near the nonwaiver deadline, Rottino is hitting .444 with eight runs, six walks, four runs batted in and three stolen bases in nine games and 18 at-bats for Chattanooga. While with the Brewers Double-A club in Huntsville the 29-year-old hit .249 with 4 HR, 48 RBI, 46 R and nine SB in 341 AB spanning 98 games.

Starting pitcher Erik Arnesen (Grove City) has the best stats among the regular rotation for the Nationals squad in Harrisburg. He leads the starters with a 3.48 ERA and leads the team with 74 K's. Arnesen, 25, has a 6-5 record on the year in 17 games (16 starts) and 95.2 IP. He has not ceded a home run since June 26 (46 IP).

Outfielder Archie Gilbert (East Bay) has apparently read a little bestseller about his bosses called "Moneyball" because he is getting on base. However, when he's on base Gilbert is very un-"Moneyball" on the basepaths. Put another way, Gilbert has a .391 on-base percentage and 25 stolen bases for the A's affiliate in Midland. In 98 games and 379 at-bats, Gilbert is batting .288 with 67 R, 2 HR, 38 RBI, 52 BB and 42 K's. The 26-year-old ranks among the top 10 in the Texas League in several categories, including steals (4th), runs (5th), on-base percentage (7th) and walks (9th).

After struggling at Triple-A Indianapolis, relief pitcher Corey Hamman (Monclair State) has found a groove for the Pirates club in Altoona. At Triple-A Hamman was 1-0 with 18 K's in 16.2 IP, but it came with a 10.26 ERA and a .365 opponent's batting average. In his last nine innings at Altoona Hamman has given up two earned runs. In 28.1 IP over 28 games for Altoona, the 29-year-old lefty is 0-3 with a 2.54 ERA, 22 hits (one HR) and 19 K's while holding batters to a .222 average, including .163 against lefties.

Former D3baseball.com All-American starting pitcher Ryan Kulik (Rowan) added another honor when he was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week in early July. Over a two-start stretch the 23-year-old southpaw went 2-0, tossing 15 scoreless innings while giving up seven hits and two walks. The Cardinals promoted Kulik from high-A to Double-A early in the year. In 23 games and 116.1 innings pitched (four games and 12 IP at high-A) Kulik is 5-9 with a 5.03 ERA with 39 K's while giving up 144 hits, 31 BB and a .308 opponent's average.

Righthander Tim Kiely (Trinity, Conn.), another former D3baseball.com All-American starting pitcher, was also promoted to Double-A this year while having equal success with both Angels clubs. At high-A the soon-to-be 24-year-old was 5-5 with a 4.44 ERA in 73 innings over 12 starts, which included his tradmark control -- a 5.5:1 strikeout to walk ratio. Now with Double-A Arkansas, Kiely is 4-1 with a 4.58 ERA and a 3:1 K to BB ratio while limiting hitters to a .258 average. In perhaps his best start of the year, Kiely went eight innings, giving up five hits and two walks to earn a win on July 11.

Blake Maxwell (Methodist) has spent time in the rotation and the bullpen for the Red Sox club in Portland. Maxwell has appeared in 26 games (12 starts) with a 4-7 record and a 5.24 ERA. However, over his last four starts from July 22 through Aug. 7 Maxwell, 25, holds a 3-1 record with a .86 ERA in 21 innings while giving up just 13 hits and six walks. On the year the righthander has 41 K's in 80.2 IP while giving up 95 hits and 20 BB.

Relief pitcher Jeff Gogal (Montclair State) has spent the majority of 2009 on the disabled list with the Marlins team in Jacksonville. In his four appearances, the 27-year-old lefty has a 8.10 ERA and two strikeouts in 3.1 innings. Gogal allowed all three of his runs in one game. He has not made an appearance since April 18.

Catcher Korey Feiner (UW-Oshkosh) has been on the disabled list for about the past two weeks after signing with the Reds. The 27-year-old hasn't gotten the bat going this season, hitting 8-for-68 (.118) with seven walks, three runs and two RBI in 23 games with Carolina.

Health has limited pitcher Travis Beazley (Randolph-Macon) to one start this season. His only appearance (April 11) resulted in a loss after giving up six runs on seven hits and two walks in 4.1 innings. It is unknown if the 26-year-old righty will pitch again this year.

Former D-III players who moved on to other schools before going pro: Hampden-Sydney C Jason Bour (also George Mason), Carolina (Reds); Linfield P Joe Paterson (also Oregon State), Connecticut (Giants); Plymouth State C Matt Tupman (also Mass-Lowell), Mobile (Diamondbacks).