Foss sold to Indians
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And so goes the ace of Washington's pitching staff. Foss was 8-3 with a 2.50 ERA. He led the league in complete games (8) and innings pitched (100 2/3), shared the lead in wins and was second in ERA at 2.50.
I'm pretty sure that, unlike other teams in the league, the Wild Things do not keep count of how many of their players are sold to major league organizations. Thus, I'm taking it upon myself to figure out how many. I can recall 32 players, including Foss, who have gone directly from the Wild Things to affiliated ball. One player had his contract purchased three times. Another player, pitcher Justin Mattison, was drafted by the Wild Things at the Frontier League tryout and then signed almost immediately with San Diego, so I don't know if he should count or not. He signed with Washington the following year. Some players never played in a regular season game with Washington, while others played less than a half dozen games with the Wild Things.
Three players, at least, were signed for affiliated ball or spring training after playing with the Wild Things.
The following is the list of players I can recall going from the Wild Things to the affiliated minor leagues. If you know somebody who is not on the list, please let me know.
RHP Ben Ally -- Houston
SS Mike Ambrose - Pittsburgh
1B David Anderson - Baltimore
RHP Corey Bachman - Toronto
RHP Casey Barnes - Philadelphia
OF C.J. Beatty -- Chicago White Sox
RHP Dave Bradley - Milwaukee
C Adrian Bravo-Carmona - Tampa Bay
RHP Trevor Foss - Cleveland
RHP Robert Garvin - San Diego
SS Brett Grandstrand -- Tampa Bay
OF Stewart Ijames - Arizona
OF Scott Kalamar - Arizona
OF Josh Loggins - Colorado
C Brandon Ketron - New York Yankees
OF Quincy Latimore - Pittsburgh
RHP Michael Lucas - Chicago White Sox
RHP Troy Marks - Arizona
LHP Justin Mattison - San Diego
LHP Steve Messner - San Francisco
LHP Vidal Nuno - New York Yankees
C Pat O'Brien - Chicago Cubs
RHP Travis Risser - Tampa Bay
RHP Chris Rivera - Chicago Cubs
RHP Nathan Striz, Boston
RHP Darian Sanford - Chicago White Sox
RHP Chris Smith - New York Yankees
OF Chris Tuttle - St. Louis
C Jim Vahalik - Baltimore
LHP Alan Williams - Milwaukee
RHP Mark Williams - Milwaukee
LHP Al Yevoli - Arizona, Atlanta and Chicago Cubs
Signed later in career:
LHP Tom Cochran - Cincinnati
INF/OF Chad Ehrnsberger - St. Louis
OF Josh Loggins - Cleveland
posted by Chris Dugan at
10:42 PM
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Is Vidal Numo the only former Wild Things player to actually play in MLB?
Yes. Tom Cochran, however, did make it to the major leagues as he was with the Cincinnati Reds for two games at Atlanta in, I believe, 2011 but did not get into a game and was sent back to the minors.
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