RHP Kade Mechals joins the Explorers for his third season of professional baseball after playing two seasons in the White Sox organization. The 26-year-old righty was drafted in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB draft out of Grand Canyon University where he had played two seasons of college ball. Mechals is from McMinnville, Oregon and is son of Kip and Jody Mechals. He played high school baseball at McMinnville High School where he tossed a no-hitter in the state playoffs as a junior. His mother, Jody, played volleyball at Western Oregon and his sister, Karly, played soccer at Western State Colorado University.