Diamond Dawgs in the Show Update: May 20

It’s baseball season yet again.

The Major League Baseball season is underway and several former Mississippi State players are doing their thing on baseball’s biggest stage. That includes former State standout Jake Mangum who made his debut with Tampa Bay this year and he has made a major impact.

The State legend is one of 10 former Bulldogs that are active in the league with several more likely in and out this year. A few players made moves in the offseason like Nathaniel Lowe going to Washington and Adam Frazier making his return to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Jordan Westburg is back looking to build on his breakthrough season with the Baltimore Orioles while Brent Rooker is hoping to continue his great run with Oakland. State also has arms Brandon Woodruff and JP France working back recovering from injuries last season.

Last week, Kendall Graveman made his return to the mound for the first time in nearly two years and made his debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks.  

RHP Kendall Graveman, Arizona Diamondbacks   

Last Week:          0-0, 3 App., 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K

                                Vs. San Francisco Giants, May 13 – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

                                Vs. Colorado Rockies, May 16 – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

                                Vs. COL, May 17 – 1.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Season: 0-0, 3.00 ERA, 3 App., 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Career: 11 seasons, 37-43, 3.94 ERA, 283 app., 80 starts, 24 saves, 655.0 IP, 654 H, 313 R, 287 ER, 221 BB, 494 K

RHP Chris Stratton, Kansas City Royals  

Last Week:       0-0, 1 App., 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. St. Louis Cardinals, May 16

Season: 0-0, 7.94 ERA, 12 App., 17.0 IP, 29 H, 17 R, 15 ER, 8 BB, 16 K

Career: 10 seasons, 41-27, 4.63 ERA, 371 app., 42 starts, 16 SV, 620.1 IP, 635 H, 347 R, 319 ER, 257 BB, 564 K

RHP J.P. France, Houston Astros

Last Week: N/A (Placed on 60-Day IL recovering from shoulder surgery)  

Season:  N/A

Career: 3 seasons, 11-9, 4.40 ERA, 29 App., 28 S, 161.2 IP, 169 H, 85 R, 79 ER, 55 BB, 123 K

RHP J.T. Ginn, Oakland Athletics

Last Week:       0-1, 1 S, 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 7 K

                             Vs. Los Angeles Angels, May 19

Season:  1-2, 5.60 ERA, 4 S, 17.2 IP, 21 H, 11 R, 6 BB, 22 K

Career: 2 seasons, 2-2, 4.70 ERA, 12 App., 10 S, 51.2 IP, 57 H, 27 R, 15 BB, 51 K

OF Hunter Renfroe, Kansas City Royals     

Last Week:       4 G, .214, 3 H, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 BB, 2 K

                             Vs. HOU, May 13 – 1-3, 1 2B

                             Vs. HOU, May 14 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 K

                             Vs. STL, May 18 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B

                             Vs. SF, May 19 – 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K

Season: 34 G, .173, 17 H, 4 R, 5 2B, 4 RBI, 8 BB, 21 K, .234 OBP, .224 SLG

Career: 10 seasons, 995 G, .236 BA, 807 H, 453 R, 185 2B, 4 3B, 192 HR, 510 RBI, 289 BB, 926 K, 15-20 SB, .298 OBP, .461 SLG

2B Adam Frazier, Pittsburgh Pirates  

Last Week:       5 G, .133, 2 H, 1 2B, 2 BB, 4 K, 1-1 SB

                             Vs. New York Mets, May 13 – 1-3, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-1 SB

                             Vs. NYM, May 14 – 0-5, 2 K

                             Vs. Philadelphia Phillies, May 16 – 1-1

                             Vs. PHI, May 17 – 0-3

                             Vs. PHI, May 18 – 0-3, 1 K

Season:  44 G, .217, 28 H, 11 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB, 24 K, 4-5 SB, .287 OBP, .295 SLG

 Career: 10 seasons, 1,110 G, .262 BA, 931 H, 479 R, 184 2B, 28 3B, 62 HR, 349 RBI, 293 BB, 535 K, 59-92 SB, .326 OBP, .382 SLG

1B Nate Lowe, Texas Rangers

Last Week:       6 G, .125, 3 H, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 7 K

                             Vs. Atlanta Braves, May 13 – 0-4, 1 K

                             Vs. ATL, May 14 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI

                             Vs. ATL, May 15 – 0-3, 1 BB

                             Vs. Baltimore Orioles, May 16 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K

                             Vs. BAL, May 17 – 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

                             Vs. BAL, May 18 – 0-5, 2 K

 Season: 48 G, .221, 40 H, 19 R, 8 2B, 8 HR, 33 RBI, 19 BB, 56 K, 1-1 SB, .299 OBP, .398 SLG

 Career: 7 seasons, 734 G, .268 BA, 713 H, 353 R, 122 2B, 10 3B, 97 HR, 362 RBI, 333 BB, 733 K, 15-17 SB, .352 OBP, .431 SLG

OF Brent Rooker, Oakland Athletics

Last Week:       7 G, .160 BA, 4 H, 1 R, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 6 K

                             Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, May 13 – 2-5, 1 R, 3 K

                             Vs. LAD, May 14 – 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. LAD, May 15 – 0-3, 1 K

                             Vs. SF, May 16 – 0-4

                             Vs. SF, May 17 – 1-5, 1 K

                             Vs. SF, May 18 – 0-3, 1 BB

                             Vs. LAA, May 19 – 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB

Season:  48 G, .241, 46 H, 29 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 23 RBI, 17 BB, 53 K, 2-3 SB, .310 OBP, .445 SLG

 Career: 6 seasons, 411 G, .256, 368 H, 202 R, 66 2B, 4 3B, 89 HR, 227 RBI, 143 BB, 488 K, 17-21 SB, .333 OBP, .492 SLG

2B Jordan Westburg, Baltimore Orioles

Last Week: N/A (Placed on 10-day injured list on April 27)

Season: 23 G, .217 BA, 20 H, 12 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 22 K, .265 OBP, .391 SLG

Career: 2 seasons, 198 G, .257 BA, 184 H, 95 R, 45 2B, 8 3B, 25 HR, 92 RBI, 43 BB, 175 K, 10-14 SB, .306 OBP, .447 SLG

OF Jake Mangum, Tampa Bay Rays

Last Week:  (Placed on 10-day IL with left groin strain on April 24)

Season: 21 G, .338 BA, 23 H, 7 R, 4 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB, 7 K, 8-8 SB, .368 OBP, .375 SLG

Career: Same