It’s no secret that Long Island has proven its mettle in Major League Baseball by generating some legitimate talent in recent years. But what gets lost in the shuffle, however, is the dozens of players that are grinding it out in the minor leagues (and have been for years) for the chance to have their name on a big league scoreboard. Here are the current stats of the players currently active across affiliated professional baseball that have connections to Long Island. If I forgot anyone, please drop a comment to let me know. Several players were active until this season, for purposes of brevity we will limit this list to players currently active.
Major Leagues, School, Year (Team):
Marcus Stroman, Pat-Med ’09 (Toronto Blue Jays)
0-5 record, 7.71 ERA, 37.1 IP
Steven Matz, Ward Melville ’09 (New York Mets)
3-4 record, 3.31 ERA, 65.1 IP
Nick Tropeano, West Islip ’08 (Los Angeles Angels)
3-4 record, 4.83 ERA, 54.0 IP
Kevin McCarthy, Kellenberg ’10 (Kansas City Royals)
4-3 record, 3.73 ERA, 31.1 IP
Travis Jankowski, Stony Brook ’12 (San Diego Padres)
153 at bats, .275 AVG, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 12 SB, .351 OBP, .353 SLG
Minors (School, Draft Year and Affiliated Team)
John Rooney (Hofstra 2018, Los Angeles Dodgers)
STATS: N/A
Bobby Honeyman (Stony Brook 2018, Seattle Mariners)
STATS: 3-for-10, 1 2B
Aaron Pinto (Stony Brook 2018, Cleveland Indians)
STATS: 2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
Reiss Knehr (Fordham 2018, San Diego Padres)
STATS: 2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
Franklin Parra (Copiague 2018, New York Mets)
STATS: N/A
Logan O’Hoppe (St. John the Baptist 2018, Philadelphia Phillies)
STATS: N/A
Ted Cillis (Hofstra 2018, Kansas City Royals)
STATS: 2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
Sean Boyle (Dallas Baptist 2018, New York Yankees)
STATS: N/A
Ben Brown (Ward Melville 2017, Philadelphia Phillies)
STATS: 1 start, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K
Dan Jagiello (LIU Post 2017, Los Angeles Dodgers)
STATS: 1-1 record, 2.83 ERA, 2 SV, 35.0 IP, 47 K
Matt Seelinger (Farmingdale State 2017, Pittsburgh Pirates)
STATS: 1-2 record, 2.14 ERA, 4 SV, 21.0 IP, 29 K
Jesse Berardi (St. John’s 2017, Cleveland Indians)
STATS: 74 at bats, .149 AVG, .203 OBP, .230 SLG
Michael Donadio (St. John’s 2017, Miami Marlins)
STATS: 5-for-17, 1 HR, 5 RBI
Anthony Kay (UCONN 2016, New York Mets)
STATS: 3-3 record, 4.30 ERA, 58.2 IP, 62 K
Justin Dunn (Boston College 2016, New York Mets)
STATS: 3-4 record, 1.99 ERA, 58.2 IP, 63 K
Thomas Hackimer (St. John’s 2016, Minnesota Twins)
STATS: 1-3 record, 2.51 ERA, 2 SV, 14.1 IP, 11 K
Stephen Woods (Albany 2016, Tampa Bay Rays)
STATS: N/A (bicep injury)
Greg Weissert (Fordham 2016, New York Yankees)
STATS: 2-2 record, 2.87 ERA, 31.1 IP, 44 K
Mike O’Reilly (Flagler 2016, St. Louis Cardinals Triple-A)
STATS: 3-4 record, 3.94 ERA, 1 SV, 59.1 IP, 47 K
Kyle Young (St. Dominic 2016, Philadelphia Phillies)
STATS: 1-3 record, 3.52 ERA, 30.2 IP, 27 K
Stephen Ridings (Haverford 2016, Chicago Cubs)
STATS: 1 IP, 1 R, 2 K
Alex Katz (St. John’s 2015, Baltimore Orioles)
STATS: 3-2 record, 4.85 ERA, 1 SV, 29.2 IP, 35 K
Alex Robinson (Maryland 2015, Minnesota Twins)
STATS: 1-1 record, 2.70 ERA, 2 SV, 13.1 IP, 17 K
Nick Fanti (Hauppauge 2015, Philaelphia Phillies)
STATS: 3-3 record, 7.22 ERA, 28.2 IP, 18 K
Jake Thomas (Binghamton 2015, Toronto Blue Jays)
STATS: N/A
Brendan Butler (Dowling 2015, Oakland Athletics)
STATS: 2-2 record, 7.34 ERA, 41.2 IP, 38 K
Daniel Zamora (Stony Brook 2015, New York Mets)
STATS: 1-1 record, 3.00 ERA, 27.0 IP, 36 K
Shea Spitzbarth (Molloy 2015, UFA, Los Angeles Dodgers)
STATS: 2-1 record 3.76 ERA, 2 SV, 38.1 IP, 45 K
Brian Hunter (Hartford 2014, Cincinnati Reds)
STATS: 0-0 record, 6.23 ERA, 1 SV, 4.1 IP, 5 K
Dillon McNamara (Adelphi 2013, San Francisco Giants)
STATS: 1-2 record, 4.07 ERA, 4 SV, 24.1 IP, 35 K
Bryan Verbitsky (Hofstra 2013)
STATS: N/A
Joe Palumbo (St. John the Baptist 2013, Texas Rangers)
STATS: N/A (Recovering from Tommy John)
Kyle McGowin (Savannah State 2013, Washington Nationals)
STATS: 5-2 record, 3.13 ERA, 54.2 IP, 75 K
Patrick Cantwell (Stony Brook 2012, Toronto Blue Jays)
STATS: 29 G, .271 AVG, .377 OBP, .417 SLG, 3 HR, 13 RBI
