Maggi made his Major League Debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 26 against the Dodgers after spending 13 seasons in the minor leagues. Keaschall was part of the Cedar Rapids Kernels that won the league title at the High-A Level. Second-round selection in the 2023 MLB draft, Luke Keaschall appeared in three different levels of minor league baseball, putting up 32 hits, scoring 29 runs with 15 RBIs and slamming three home runs in 31 games for three different clubs, posting a. This program has a proven track record of graduating young men, competing for championships, and getting guys to the next level.' Head coach Willie Bloomquist said. 'We take great pride in watching so many Sun Devils continue to succeed at all levels of professional baseball. They joined Austin Barnes (LAD), Kole Calhoun (CLE), Merrill Kelly (AZ), Seth Martinez (HOU), Brian Serven (COL), Spencer Torkelson (DET), and Trevor Williams (WAS), who all returned to The Show for their respective clubs in this season. Three of the ten Sun Devils made their Major League debuts to bring ASU's all time tally to 117 with Drew Maggi (PIT), Alec Marsh (KC) and Alika Williams (PIT) appearing in their first career games. One will likely join them when the Dodgers finalize their 40-man roster.PHOENIX – Sun Devil Baseball excelled in all levels of baseball, boasting ten major leaguers, three MLB postseason participants and more than 60 Sun Devils in professional baseball throughout the 2023 season in all categories. Only three Oklahoma City Dodgers are on the 40-man roster - Jackson, Núñez, and Zach McKinstry. Yency Almonte, Beau Burrows, Reyes Moronta, Mike Wright, and Daniel Zamora all pitched in the majors last year, as did Dodgers minor league Rule 5 Draft picks Carson Fulmer and Jon Duplantier. Shane Greene, Darien Núñez, and Yefry Ramírez all pitched for the Dodgers at some point in 2021. Other veterans on Oklahoma City’s roster include Eddy Alvarez, Andy Burns, Stefen Romero, plus catchers Tomás Telis and Tony Wolters, all of whom were non-roster invitees this year in spring training. Lamb has opt-outs in May and July, per Juan Toribio of MLB.com. Pillar can opt out of his contract if he isn’t called up to the majors by June 1. “Sometimes that conversation when you know a player is deserving, but was a pro and I expect him along with Kevin at some point to help us out.” Fortunately for the Dodgers, he was open to taking the assignment to Triple-A. To see him in a Dodgers uniform, it looks right,” Roberts said. He’s a guy I just love watching, admiring. I just wish I would have played with the guy. “Kevin is a Los Angeles guy, grew up rooting for the Dodgers. Lamb was sent to the minors on Sunday, and Pillar the same on Monday, with the Dodgers going with 12 position players to begin the regular season.ĭodgers manager Dave Roberts on Monday said he expects both Lamb and Pillar to play in the majors this season. Jackson will start for Oklahoma City on Thursday.Īlso on the roster are veterans Jake Lamb and Kevin Pillar, who made strong bids to make the major league team as non-roster invitees in spring training. It’s unknown if Vargas will be with Oklahoma City as early as Tuesday night, since he was in Los Angeles for the Freeway Series earlier Monday. 319/.380/.526 with 23 home runs, 27 doubles, and led all Dodgers minor leaguers in hits (154) and runs scored (98) in 2021. Vargas split time with High-A Great Lakes, where he set a franchise-record hitting streak, and Double-A Tulsa last season, hitting a combined.

At 22 years old, Vargas is the youngest player on Oklahoma City’s roster. Vargas was named on four top-100 lists ( Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America, The Athletic, and MLB Pipeline) and was the Branch Rickey Award winner in 2021 as the Dodgers minor league position player of the year. Pepiot was named on two national top-100 prospect lists ( ESPN and Baseball America), ranked second-highest among pitching prospects in the Dodgers system. Pepiot was already announced on Sunday as the opening day starter with OKC, where he finished the 2021 season over the final two months. Top Dodgers prospects Miguel Vargas, Ryan Pepiot, and Andre Jackson will start the season in Triple-A, all included in the preliminary opening day roster for Oklahoma City, which begins play on Tuesday night against Albuquerque.

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