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Texas A&M Baseball: Six Aggies Among SEC Players on MLB Opening Day Rosters

By Matthew Bartlett

Oct 24, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning during game two of the MLB baseball World Series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Jared Wickerham/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning during game two of the MLB baseball World Series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Jared Wickerham/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 24, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox in the first inning during game two of the MLB baseball World Series at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Jared Wickerham/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports /

Texas A&M Baseball has sent several players to the MLB in recent memory. Six Aggies were on the 2017 Opening Day 25 man roster this season.

86 SEC players were on a 40-man MLB roster on Opening Day. 68 of those players were on a 25-man roster. While there are plenty of guys the casual fan hasn’t heard of, many of these players are more than just roster fillers.

LSU leads the way with nine players on Opening Day 25-man rosters, including Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman. Arkansas has eight players on 25-man rosters head lined but Houston Astros’ ace Dallas Keuchel. They have three more on the 40-man rosters.

Josh Donaldson of the Toronto Blue Jays is one of two Auburn Tigers in the big leagues. Ian Kinsler of the Detroit Tigers and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals are two of four former Missouri Tigers in the MLB. Tennessee’s R.A. Dickey of the Atlanta Braves and Yan Gomes of the Cleveland Indians make up two of the three 25-man roster members. The orange and white have two more guys on 40 man rosters.

Vanderbilt (five players on a 25 man roster and four players on 40 man rosters) have a pair of aces in the Show, Sonny Gray of the Oakland Athletics and David Price of the Boston Red Sox. Rounding out the rest of the SEC are the following (25-Man Roster/DL + 40-Man Roster):

  • Alabama (7)
  • Mississippi State (6 + 1)
  • Ole Miss (5)
  • Kentucky (4 + 5)
  • South Carolina (4 + 1)
  • Florida (3)
  • Georgia (2 + 2)

Aggies in the MLB

Texas A&M has six men in the major leagues on Opening Day. Daniel Mengden of the Oakland Athletics, Tyler Naquin of the Cleveland Indians, Cliff Pennington of the Los Angeles Angels, Ross Stripling of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Michael Wacha of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Alex Wilson of the Detroit Tigers