Justin Ruggiano just got a mention on MLB Tonight. They're asking Sean Casey to describe a brawl he was involved in when James Shields hit Coco Crisp. Casey charged out, tried to hit James and ultimately found himself placed in a headlock. He said he looked up trying to figure out who had him and it was Justin Ruggiano. ... Then he basically said it turned into a friendly conversation at that point. "Hey Ruge, what's up?" "Not much Case, how you doing?" ...all while holding Sean in a headlock in the bottom of a brawl dogpile.

Good Luck Aggies

Come back to Cleveland soon, Naquin. Gig Em!

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Justin Ruggiano just got a mention on MLB Tonight. They're asking Sean Casey to describe a brawl he was involved in when James Shields hit Coco Crisp. Casey charged out, tried to hit James and ultimately found himself placed in a headlock. He said he looked up trying to figure out who had him and it was Justin Ruggiano. ... Then he basically said it turned into a friendly conversation at that point. "Hey Ruge, what's up?" "Not much Case, how you doing?" ...all while holding Sean in a headlock in the bottom of a brawl dogpile.

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Allsome!!!

Wacha 4ip 6 er but St. Louis is winning 10-6

Minter now playing for the Rome Braves. 6.2 scoreless innings so far. 2 saves.

Thankfully the college Aggies played well yesterday because the MLB guys scuffled. Wacha gave up 6 in 4 innings and Strip gave up 5 in 4.2 and took the loss.

ttt

Minter now on Carolina Mudcats and pitched 2 scoreless innings with 4 k's in his debut.

Looks like Mikey Reynolds retired in May.


May 7, 2016
2B Mikey Reynolds retired.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=607322#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL

Cole Lankford with Palm Beach Cardinals (advanced A ball)

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=657655#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL

having a good start to the 2016 season so far.

Daniel Mengden is very close to a call up in the A's organization. Even though this is his first season above the A ball level, he has been tearing it up.

2016 stats:
2-0 0.78 ERA 1.174 WHIP in AA
3-1 1.39 ERA 0.838 WHIP in AAA

A's having trouble with the starting rotation lately so I would expect it in the next few weeks.

Mengden starting tomorrow for the Athletics, major league debut

Very cool,

Hopefully he sends us a nice "Mengden" A's jersey for the wall o' jerseys. Congratlations to him.

5.2 IP 2 ER in MLB debut for Mengden. Wish he was still a Stro...

Top 4 years that have featured Aggies on a Major League roster:

2002: 7 Players - Chuck Knoblauch, Chad Allen, Ryan Rupe, Kelly Wunsch, Kevin Beirne, Jason Tyner, Casey Fossum
2016: 8 Players - Logan Kensing, Alex Wilson, Michael Wacha, Justin Ruggiano, Tyler Naquin, Ross Stripling, Cliff Pennington, Daniel Mengden
2000: 8 players - Chuck Knoblauch, Trey Moore, Chad Allen, Ryan Rupe, Kelly Wunsch, Matt Blank, Kevin Beirne, Jason Tyner
2001: 10 players - Chuck Knoblauch, Trey Moore, Chad Allen, Ryan Rupe, Kelly Wunsch, Matt Blank, Kevin Beirne, Jason Tyner, Justin Atchley, Casey Fossum

We could still possibly see Kyle Martin and John Stilson make late season debuts this year, or Brandon Hicks could make his way back to a major league roster.

Years featuring 6 Aggies on MLB rosters: 2008, 2013, 2014
Years featuring 5 Aggies on MLB rosters: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 (if you count Anthony Vasquez), 2015

1993 and 1994 had Troy Neel on an MLB roster, but he did not play baseball at Texas A&M

http://m.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-Daniel-Mengden-going-to-be-successful-8085287.php

Good, but brief, article on Daniel Mengden!

Coming off the DL, A.J. Minter has now thrown 12.0 innings allowing 0 runs, 4 hits, 4 walks, and 13 Ks splitting time between the Braves' A and A+ teams.

JB Moss signed with the Braves.

Mengden pitching for the A's. Gig Em -- The Aggies are all moving UP.

JB Moss with three hits in debut for Danville Braves. 2 runs and 2 RBI's as well.

Alex Wilson having a solid overall year for the Tigers. Couple of bad outings but solid overall.

Good day today for Naquin.

2 more hits for Moss in his second career game.

Naquin hit HR #6 of his career off of Verlander today.

Pennington still on the DL.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=michael-barash

Barash hitting .333 in Rookie League

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=ronnie-gideon-1

Gideon doing well in Rookie league

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=ryan-birk

Birk doing well in low A ball

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=hunter-melton

Melton not so well in Rookie League

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=nick-banks

Banks not so great in low A ball.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=boomer-white
Boomer not bad.

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http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=nick-banks

Banks not so great in low A ball.

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27 AB's - need time before passing any judgement

And again, why does no one want to mention Ronnie Gideon? IS he not playing or what?

Looks like Ronnie started playing rookie ball starting on June 22. He's already hit 3 home runs