6 Bend Elks Alumni on 2020 MLB Rosters!
Nicky Lopez a 2014 Bend Elks Alumni
Major League Baseball is back with opening day at the end of July! To date, 48 players with West Coast League experience, 6 of whom are former Bend Elks, have been named to Major League Baseball 60-man rosters for the 2020 season. These unprecedented 60-man rosters provide an expanded player pool from which each MLB team may draw, during the shortened season.
In 2019, a total of 45 West Coast League alumni appeared in the major leagues. Below is the list of former WCL players scheduled to participate in the upcoming training camp in place for the upcoming MLB season.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Matt Andriese (Corvallis), Los Angeles Angels
Brandon Bailey (Wenatchee), Houston Astros
Shane Bieber (Cowlitz), Cleveland Indians
Matt Boyd (Corvallis), Detroit Tigers
Brandon Brennan (Bend), Oakland A’s
Seth Brown (Bend), Oakland A’s
Griffin Canning (Wenatchee), Los Angeles Angels
Adam Cimber (Kitsap), Cleveland Indians
Chris Davis (Kelowna), Baltimore Orioles
Alex De Goti (Victoria), Houston Astros
Matt Duffy (Corvallis), New York Yankees
Thomas Eshelman (Klamath Falls), Baltimore Orioles
Jace Fry (Corvallis), Chicago White Sox
Sam Gaviglio (Corvallis), Toronto Blue Jays
Marco Gonzales (Wenatchee), Seattle Mariners
Matt Hall (Walla Walla), Boston Red Sox
James Kaprielian (Wenatchee), Oakland A’s
Ramon Laureano (Medford), Oakland A’s
Nicky Lopez (Bend), Kansas City Royals
Nick Madrigal (Corvallis), Chicago White Sox
Phil Maton (Kelowna), Cleveland Indians
Chris Mazza (Bend), Boston Red Sox
Tom Milone (Wenatchee), Baltimore Orioles
Eli Morgan (Yakima Valley), Cleveland Indians
Josh Osich (Corvallis), Boston Red Sox
James Paxton (Kelowna), New York Yankees
Austin Shenton (Bellingham), Seattle Mariners
Tarik Skubal (Kitsap), Detroit Tigers
Pat Valaika (Wenatchee), Baltimore Orioles
Andrew Vaughn (Victoria), Chicago White Sox
Taylor Williams (Cowlitz), Seattle Mariners
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Jeff Brigham (Bend), Miami Marlins
Rocky Gale (Corvallis), Los Angeles Dodgers
Kyle Garlick (Cowlitz), Philadelphia Phillies
Keston Hiura (Wenatchee), Milwaukee Brewers
Spencer Howard (Bellingham), Philadelphia Phillies
Rhys Hoskins (Kitsap), Philadelphia Phillies
Cole Irvin (Cowlitz), Philadelphia Phillies
Damon Jones (Cowlitz), Philadelphia Phillies
David Peterson (Medford), New York Mets
Nick Pivetta (Victoria), Philadelphia Phillies
Chris Rabago (Corvallis), Colorado Rockies
Drew Rasmussen (Wenatchee), Milwaukee Brewers
Michael Rucker (Bellingham), Chicago Cubs
James Sherfy (Corvallis), Arizona Diamondbacks
Eric Sogard (Bend), Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan Tepera (Kelowna), Chicago Cubs
Eric Yardley (Walla Walla), Milwaukee Brewers
