Diamond Dawgs in the Show Update: June 18

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 seven 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.

Over the last week, Chris Stratton was sent down to Triple A while JT Ginn made his return to Oakland for the first time in a month and managed 3.0 scoreless innings with just one hit, no walks and five strikeouts against Houston.  His teammate, Rooker, had a nine-hit week including mashing two more home runs and getting over 400 career hits.

Meanwhile, Mangum and Westburg are going head-to-head in a series with both notching four hits in the first two games. Westburg has 10 hits in his first seven games back from injury with three home runs while Mangum has helped the Rays to an 11-4 record since his return.

RHP Kendall Graveman, Arizona Diamondbacks   

Last Week: N/A (Placed on 15-Day injured list on June 9 with right hip impingement)

Season: 1-0, 8.64 ERA, 9 App., 8.1 IP, 14 H, 8 R, 5 BB, 3 K

Career: 11 seasons, 38-43, 4.01 ERA, 289 app., 80 starts, 24 saves, 660.1 IP, 664 H, 320 R, 294 ER, 225 BB, 497 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:       0-0, 1 App., 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

                             Vs. HOU, June 16

Season:  1-2, 4.79 ERA, 5 App., 4 S, 20.2 IP, 22 H, 11 R, 6 BB, 27 K

Career: 2 seasons, 2-2, 4.45 ERA, 13 App., 10 S, 54.2 IP, 58 H, 27 R, 15 BB, 56 K

2B Adam Frazier, Pittsburgh Pirates  

Last Week:       5 G, .111, 2 H, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3 K, 1-2 SB

                             Vs. Miami Marlins, June 11 – 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. Chicago Cubs, June 12 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI

                             Vs. CHC, June 13 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1-2 SB

                             Vs. CHC, June 15 – 0-4, 1 K

                             Vs. Detroit Lions, June 17 – 0-3, 1 RBI

Season:  65 G, .250, 51 H, 19 R, 9 2B, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 15 BB, 36 K, 5-10 SB, .311 OBP, .338 SLG

 Career: 10 seasons, 1,131 G, .263 BA, 954 H, 487 R, 189 2B, 28 3B, 63 HR, 358 RBI, 297 BB, 551 K, 60-97 SB, .326 OBP, .382 SLG

1B Nate Lowe, Texas Rangers

Last Week:       7 G, .227, 5 H, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 6 K

                             Vs. New York Mets, June 11 – 0-3, 1 K

                             Vs. NYM, June 12 – 1-3, 1 BB

                             Vs. MIA, June 13 – 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. MIA, June 14 – 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K

                             Vs. MIA, June 15 – 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. Colorado Rockies, June 16 – 0-1

                             Vs. COL, June 17 – 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

 Season: 73 G, .230, 63 H, 29 R, 12 2B, 10 HR, 45 RBI, 26 BB, 81 K, 1-1 SB, .298 OBP, .381 SLG

 Career: 7 seasons, 759 G, .267 BA, 736 H, 363 R, 126 2B, 10 3B, 99 HR, 374 RBI, 340 BB, 758 K, 15-17 SB, .350 OBP, .428 SLG

OF Brent Rooker, Oakland Athletics

Last Week:       7 G, .375 BA, 9 H, 5 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 6 BB, 3 K

                             Vs. Los Angeles Angles, June 10 – 1-4, 1 RBI

                             Vs. LAA, June 11 – 4-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

                             Vs. Kansas City Royals, June 13 – 1-3, 2 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. KC, June 14 – 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. KC, June 15 – 2-3, 1 2B, 1 BB

                             Vs. HOU, June 16 – 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. HOU, June 17 – 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB

Season:  75 G, .276, 81 H, 46 R, 16 2B, 1 3B, 15 HR, 41 RBI, 32 BB, 67 K, 2-3 SB, .351 OBP, .490 SLG

 Career: 6 seasons, 438 G, .261, 403 H, 219 R, 75 2B, 4 3B, 94 HR, 245 RBI, 158 BB, 502 K, 17-21 SB, .339 OBP, .498 SLG

2B Jordan Westburg, Baltimore Orioles

Last Week:       7 G, .385, 10 H, 7 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 7 K

                             Vs. DET, June 10 – 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI

                             Vs. DET, June 11 – 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K

                             Vs. DET, June 12 – 0-4, 1 K

                             Vs. LAA, June 14 – 1-4, 2 RBI

                             Vs. LAA, June 15 – 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. Tampa Bay Rays, June 16 – 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. TB, June 17 – 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 K

Season: 30 G, .254 BA, 30 H, 19 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 14 RBI, 8 BB, 29 K, .313 OBP, .483 SLG

Career: 2 seasons, 205 G, .261 BA, 194 H, 102 R, 47 2B, 8 3B, 28 HR, 100 RBI, 46 BB, 182 K, 10-15 SB, .312 OBP, .460 SLG

OF Jake Mangum, Tampa Bay Rays

Last Week:       7 G, .360, 9 H, 5 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 5 K

                             Vs. Boston Red Sox, June 10 – 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. BOS, June 11 – 2-4, 1 R

                             Vs. NYM, June 13 – 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. NYM, June 14 – 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB

                             Vs. NYM, June 15 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

                             Vs. BAL, June 16 – 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. BAL, June 17 – 1-4, 1 K

Season: 38 G, .313 BA, 41 H, 13 R, 6 2B, 1 HR, 21 RBI, 8 BB, 20 K, 10-10 SB, .357 OBP, .382 SLG

Career: Same