Diamond Dawgs in the Show Update: July 15

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 nine 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. Brandon Woodruff is back after shoulder surgery and  JP France is working back recovering from an injury last season.

Over the last week, Kendall Graveman returned to the mound after a month away and Woodruff’s second start netted 10 strikeouts in 4.1 frames and he hit a milestone with 800 strikeouts in his career. Rooker had hits in all five of his games including three doubles and two home runs to get to 100 hits on the year. He followed that up by competing in the Home Run Derby and is taking part in his second All-Star Game on Tuesday.

Mangum had eight hits in his six games with three multi-hit performances.

RHP Kendall Graveman, Arizona Diamondbacks   

Last Week:          0-0, 2 G, 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K

                                Vs. Los Angeles Angels, July 11 – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K

                                Vs. LAA, July 13 – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Season: 1-0, 7.84 ERA, 11 App., 10.1 IP, 15 H, 9 R, 7 BB, 4 K

Career: 11 seasons, 38-43, 4.01 ERA, 291 app., 80 starts, 24 saves, 662.1 IP, 665 H, 321 R, 295 ER, 227 BB, 498 K

RHP Brandon Woodruff, Milwaukee Brewers

Last Week:       0-0, 1 S, 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 10 K

                             Vs. Washington Nationals, July 12

Season Stats: 1-0, 2.61 ERA, 2 S, 10.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 18 K

Career Stats: 47-26, 3.09 ERA, 132 App., 117 S, 1 SV, 690.2 IP, 542 H, 246 R, 237 ER, 176 BB, 806 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., 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K

                             Vs. Atlanta Braves, July 10

Season:  1-2, 4.78 ERA, 10 App., 4 S, 32.0 IP, 32 H, 17 R, 9 BB, 38 K

Career: 2 seasons, 2-3, 4.50 ERA, 18 App., 10 S, 66.0 IP, 68 H, 33 R, 18 BB, 67 K

2B Adam Frazier, Pittsburgh Pirates  

Last Week:       4 G, .250, 1 H, 1 K

                             Vs. Kansas City Royals, July 8 – 0-1

                             Vs. KC, July 9 – 1-1

                             Vs. Minnesota Twins, July 11 – 0-1, 1 K

                             Vs. MIN, July 12 – 0-1

Season:  78 G, .255, 60 H, 22 R, 10 2B, 3 HR, 21 RBI, 17 BB, 45 K, 7-12 SB, .318 OBP, .336 SLG

 Career: 10 seasons, 1,144 G, .263 BA, 963 H, 490 R, 190 2B, 28 3B, 63 HR, 360 RBI, 299 BB, 560 K, 62-99 SB, .327 OBP, .382 SLG

1B Nate Lowe, Texas Rangers

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

                             Vs. St. Louis Cardinals, July 8 – 0-4, 2 K

                             Vs. STL, July 9 – 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI

                             Vs. STL, July 10 – 1-4, 1 K

                             Vs. MIL, July 11 – 0-4, 1 K

                             Vs. MIL, July 12 – 0-5, 1 R, 3 K

                             Vs. MIL, July 13 – 0-3, 1 BB

 Season: 96 G, .227, 83 H, 44 R, 14 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 61 RBI, 34 BB, 110 K, 1-1 SB, .294 OBP, .392 SLG

 Career: 7 seasons, 782 G, .266 BA, 756 H, 378 R, 128 2B, 12 3B, 103 HR, 390 RBI, 348 BB, 787 K, 15-17 SB, .348 OBP, .428 SLG

OF Brent Rooker, Oakland Athletics

Last Week:       6 G, .409 BA, 9 H, 5 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 8 K, 1-1 SB

                             Vs. Atlanta Braves, July 8 – 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. ATL, July 9 – 1-4, 2 K

                             Vs. ATL, July 10 – 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 K

                             Vs. Toronto Blue Jays, July 11 – 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 K

                             Vs. TOR, July 12 – 2-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB

                             Vs. TOR, July 13 – 1-2, 2 BB, 1-1 SB

Season:  98 G, .279, 106 H, 60 R, 22 2B, 2 3B, 20 HR, 54 RBI, 43 BB, 92 K, 3-4 SB, .355 OBP, .505 SLG

 Career: 6 seasons, 461 G, .263, 428 H, 233 R, 81 2B, 5 3B, 99 HR, 258 RBI, 169 BB, 527 K, 18-22 SB, .341 OBP, .501 SLG

2B Jordan Westburg, Baltimore Orioles

Last Week:       6 G, .304, 7 H, 6 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 6 K, 0-1 SB

                             Vs. New York Mets, July 8 – 2-5, 1 R, 3 K, 0-1 SB

                             Vs. NYM, July 10 – 1-3, 1 BB

                             Vs. NYM, July 10 – 1-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. Miami Marlins, July 11 – 3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 K

                             Vs. MIA, July 12 – 0-4

                             Vs. MIA, July 13 – 0-2, 1 K

Season: 44 G, .251 BA, 42 H, 29 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 21 RBI, 10 BB, 45 K, 1-2 SB, .306 OBP, .473 SLG

Career: 2 seasons, 219 G, .260 BA, 206 H, 112 R, 48 2B, 8 3B, 31 HR, 107 RBI, 48 BB, 198 K, 11-17 SB, .310 OBP, .459 SLG

OF Jake Mangum, Tampa Bay Rays

Last Week:       6 G, .380, 8 H, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, 2-2 SB

                             Vs. Detroit Tigers, July 8 – 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K

                              Vs. DET, July 9 – 2-5, 1 RBI, 1-1 SB

                             Vs. Boston Red Sox, July 10 – 1-1

                             Vs. BOS, July 11 – 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 SB

                             Vs. BOS, July 12 – 0-4

                             Vs. BOS, July 13 – 2-4, 1 R 1 2B, 1 K

Season: 61 G, .310 BA, 67 H, 23 R, 10 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 28 RBI, 12 BB, 28 K, 13-15 SB, .349 OBP, .394 SLG

Career: Same