K-State Baseball Summer Update - June 19
Jun 19, 2018 | Baseball
Weekly update on current and former K-State baseball players
Seniors in 2018-19
Rainer Ausmus, Woodstock River Bandits (Valley Baseball League)
Playing for the Woodstock (Virginia) River Bandits, Ausmus is hitting .160 (4-for-25) with a home run, three RBI and four runs scored in seven games. The River Bandits are 2-10 in the North Division of the Valley League standings.
TK McWhertor, Purcellville Cannons (Valley Baseball League)
McWhertor is hitting .280 (7-for-25) with two doubles and three runs batted in in 11 games for the Cannons. He has also drawn nine walks and scored five times, helping the Cannons to a 7-6 mark in the North Division of the Valley League.
Juniors in 2018-19
Will Brennan, Falmouth Commodores (Cape Cod Baseball League)
Brennan is hitting .238 (5-for-21) in six games for the Commodores. Brennan has one double and scored three runs, helping the Commodores to a 2-4 record early in the West Division of the Cape Cod League.
Cameron Thompson, Harwich Mariners (Cape Cod Baseball League)
Thompson leads the Mariners in hitting with a .438 average (7-for-16). In five games, Thompson has two doubles, two runs batted in, two runs scored, four walks and leads the team with a .550 on-base percentage. The Mariners are 4-3 in the East Division of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Sophomores in 2018-19
Jordan Maxson, St. Joseph Mustangs (MINK League)
Maxson is hitting .225 (9-for-40) with three doubles and four RBI in 12 games for the Mustangs. Maxson has scored seven runs and drawn a team-high 10 walks to begin the season, helping St. Joseph to a 9-5 record in the MINK North Division.
Brett Owen, Matsu Miners (Alaska Baseball League)
Owen is hitting .160 (4-for-25) over the first 11 games for the Miners of the Alaska Baseball League. Owen has a pair of RBI, scored five runs and drawn a team-best eight walks in helping Matsu to a 5-6 record to begin the season.
John Sorensen, El Dorado Broncos (Jayhawk League)
Sorensen is hitting .219 (7-for-32) with two doubles, a home run and team-best 10 driven in in nine games for the Broncos. His 10 RBI are tied for fifth in the Jayhawk League, as El Dorado is 3-7 to begin the season.
Dylan Watts, Purcellville Cannons (Valley Baseball League)
Watts has a .240 average (6-for-25) in eight games for the Cannons. The infielder has a pair of doubles and an RBI while scoring four times, helping the Cannons to a 7-6 record in the North Division of the Valley League.
Pro Cats
Evan Marshall, Cleveland Indians
Marshall has split time in 2018 with the Cleveland Indians and Triple-A Columbus. In 10 relief outings for the Indians, has allowed six earned runs in seven innings (7.71 ERA) with nine strikeouts and four walks. Marshall has a 0.66 ERA (1 ER, 13.2 IP) in 11 outings for Columbus to go with 11 strikeouts and one walk issued. Marshall was recalled to the Indians' roster on June 17 but was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation on June 19. Marshall was a fourth-round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011.
Nick Martini, Nashville Sounds (Triple-A, Oakland Athletics)
Martini, in his first year in the Oakland Athletics organization, started the season in Triple-A Nashville before making his Major League debut with the A's on June 6 against the Texas Rangers. Currently in Triple-A, Martini has a slash line of .319/.435/.444 in 58 games for the Sounds. Martini has hit five homers to go with 32 runs batted in and 11 doubles. The former All-American outfielder was a seventh-round selection of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011.
Carlos Torres, Syracuse Chiefs (Triple-A, Washington Nationals)
Torres has split time this season between Triple-A Syracuse and the Washington Nationals. Currently on the Chiefs' roster, Torres has a 2.93 ERA (5 ER, 15.1 IP) with a 1-1 record in Triple-A to go with 16 strikeouts and four walks. Torres has appeared in 10 games this season for Washington, totaling 9 2/3 innings with a 6.52 ERA (7 ER). In the month of June, he has yielded just two earned runs over 7 2/3 innings (six outings) for Syracuse. Torres has struck out 11 batters against just one walk issued in that span. Torres was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 2004 MLB Draft.
Nate Griep, Biloxi Shuckers (Double-A, Milwaukee Brewers)
Griep has advanced a level each of his four years in Minor League Baseball, beginning the 2018 season with Double-A Biloxi. Griep leads the Southern League with 21 saves (23 opportunities), with the next-closest total of 12. In 29 outings for the Shuckers, Griep has a 1-1 record and boasts a 2.76 ERA (9 ER, 29.1 IP) to go with 27 strikeouts and 19 walks. Griep has not allowed an earned run in eight of his last 10 outings for Biloxi, totaling six saves and eight strikeouts in that span. Griep was an eighth-round selection by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2015 MLB Draft.
Levi MaVorhis, Peoria Chiefs (Class-A Full Season, St. Louis Cardinals)
MaVorhis was promoted to Class-A Full Season Peoria in 2018. In 15 appearances (1 start), he owns a 2-0 record with a 5.70 ERA (19 ER, 30.0 IP) and one save to go with 20 strikeouts and eight walks. MaVorhis has helped Peoria to a 39-31 mark in the Midwest League, already clinching a playoff berth after the first half of the season. MaVorhis was placed on the disabled list on June 7.
Parker Rigler, Kannapolis Intimidators (Class-A Full Season, Chicago White Sox)
Rigler, a 31st round pick of the White Sox in 2017, was promoted to Kannapolis after spending last season with the Great Falls Voyagers (Rookie League). In 13 appearances this season (all starts), Rigler is 3-3 with a 4.81 ERA (34ER, 63.2 IP) with 61 strikeouts against 31 walks. Opponents are hitting .243 against Rigler while he owns a WHIP of 1.41. The southpaw has three quality starts over his last 10 outings, including going six innings without an earned run allowed in a June 10 win over the Rome Braves.
Josh Rolette, Lake County Captains (Class-A Full Season, Cleveland Indians)
Rolette has a slash line of .167/.311/194 and three RBI in 14 games with Lake County this season. After missing nearly three weeks due to injury, Rolette had a three-hit game in his first game back in action. Rolette, who was taken in the 39th round of last year's Draft by Cleveland, appeared in just five games in 2017 for the Arizona League Indians, hitting .333 with a double and an RBI.
Jake Scudder, Hagerstown Suns (Class-A Full Season, Washington Nationals)
Scudder was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns after spending 2017 with the Auburn Doubledays (Class-A Short Season). In 24 games with the Suns, Scudder has a slash line of .205/.258/.386 with three home runs, 17 RBI and six doubles. He has hit safely in his last four games, going 7-for-16 with a home run and four RBI in that span. Scudder was a 16th round selection by Washington in the 2017 MLB Draft.
Jordan Floyd, Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie League, Kansas City Royals)
Floyd, entering his second season of Minor League Baseball, was assigned to the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League on June 12. Floyd made his 2018 debut on June 17, going 1 2/3 innings and allowing four earned runs on four hits against Ogden. In 2017, the lefty went 2-3 with a 1.99 ERA (7 ER, 31.2 IP) in 16 appearances between the Burlington Royals and Arizona League Royals. Floyd was a 10th round selection by Kansas City in the 2017 MLB Draft.
Drew Mount, Billings Mustangs (Rookie League, Cincinnati Reds)
Mount was the only Wildcat taken in the 2018 MLB Draft, a 16th round selection by Cincinnati. Mount was assigned to the Billings Mustangs (Rookie League) of the Pioneer League. In his professional debut on June 16 against Missoula, he went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Mount was K-State's leader in home runs, RBI, triples and steals in his one season at K-State.
Seniors in 2018-19
Rainer Ausmus, Woodstock River Bandits (Valley Baseball League)
Playing for the Woodstock (Virginia) River Bandits, Ausmus is hitting .160 (4-for-25) with a home run, three RBI and four runs scored in seven games. The River Bandits are 2-10 in the North Division of the Valley League standings.
TK McWhertor, Purcellville Cannons (Valley Baseball League)
McWhertor is hitting .280 (7-for-25) with two doubles and three runs batted in in 11 games for the Cannons. He has also drawn nine walks and scored five times, helping the Cannons to a 7-6 mark in the North Division of the Valley League.
Juniors in 2018-19
Will Brennan, Falmouth Commodores (Cape Cod Baseball League)
Brennan is hitting .238 (5-for-21) in six games for the Commodores. Brennan has one double and scored three runs, helping the Commodores to a 2-4 record early in the West Division of the Cape Cod League.
Cameron Thompson, Harwich Mariners (Cape Cod Baseball League)
Thompson leads the Mariners in hitting with a .438 average (7-for-16). In five games, Thompson has two doubles, two runs batted in, two runs scored, four walks and leads the team with a .550 on-base percentage. The Mariners are 4-3 in the East Division of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Sophomores in 2018-19
Jordan Maxson, St. Joseph Mustangs (MINK League)
Maxson is hitting .225 (9-for-40) with three doubles and four RBI in 12 games for the Mustangs. Maxson has scored seven runs and drawn a team-high 10 walks to begin the season, helping St. Joseph to a 9-5 record in the MINK North Division.
Brett Owen, Matsu Miners (Alaska Baseball League)
Owen is hitting .160 (4-for-25) over the first 11 games for the Miners of the Alaska Baseball League. Owen has a pair of RBI, scored five runs and drawn a team-best eight walks in helping Matsu to a 5-6 record to begin the season.
John Sorensen, El Dorado Broncos (Jayhawk League)
Sorensen is hitting .219 (7-for-32) with two doubles, a home run and team-best 10 driven in in nine games for the Broncos. His 10 RBI are tied for fifth in the Jayhawk League, as El Dorado is 3-7 to begin the season.
Dylan Watts, Purcellville Cannons (Valley Baseball League)
Watts has a .240 average (6-for-25) in eight games for the Cannons. The infielder has a pair of doubles and an RBI while scoring four times, helping the Cannons to a 7-6 record in the North Division of the Valley League.
Pro Cats
Evan Marshall, Cleveland Indians
Marshall has split time in 2018 with the Cleveland Indians and Triple-A Columbus. In 10 relief outings for the Indians, has allowed six earned runs in seven innings (7.71 ERA) with nine strikeouts and four walks. Marshall has a 0.66 ERA (1 ER, 13.2 IP) in 11 outings for Columbus to go with 11 strikeouts and one walk issued. Marshall was recalled to the Indians' roster on June 17 but was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation on June 19. Marshall was a fourth-round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011.
Nick Martini, Nashville Sounds (Triple-A, Oakland Athletics)
Martini, in his first year in the Oakland Athletics organization, started the season in Triple-A Nashville before making his Major League debut with the A's on June 6 against the Texas Rangers. Currently in Triple-A, Martini has a slash line of .319/.435/.444 in 58 games for the Sounds. Martini has hit five homers to go with 32 runs batted in and 11 doubles. The former All-American outfielder was a seventh-round selection of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011.
Carlos Torres, Syracuse Chiefs (Triple-A, Washington Nationals)
Torres has split time this season between Triple-A Syracuse and the Washington Nationals. Currently on the Chiefs' roster, Torres has a 2.93 ERA (5 ER, 15.1 IP) with a 1-1 record in Triple-A to go with 16 strikeouts and four walks. Torres has appeared in 10 games this season for Washington, totaling 9 2/3 innings with a 6.52 ERA (7 ER). In the month of June, he has yielded just two earned runs over 7 2/3 innings (six outings) for Syracuse. Torres has struck out 11 batters against just one walk issued in that span. Torres was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 2004 MLB Draft.
Nate Griep, Biloxi Shuckers (Double-A, Milwaukee Brewers)
Griep has advanced a level each of his four years in Minor League Baseball, beginning the 2018 season with Double-A Biloxi. Griep leads the Southern League with 21 saves (23 opportunities), with the next-closest total of 12. In 29 outings for the Shuckers, Griep has a 1-1 record and boasts a 2.76 ERA (9 ER, 29.1 IP) to go with 27 strikeouts and 19 walks. Griep has not allowed an earned run in eight of his last 10 outings for Biloxi, totaling six saves and eight strikeouts in that span. Griep was an eighth-round selection by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2015 MLB Draft.
Levi MaVorhis, Peoria Chiefs (Class-A Full Season, St. Louis Cardinals)
MaVorhis was promoted to Class-A Full Season Peoria in 2018. In 15 appearances (1 start), he owns a 2-0 record with a 5.70 ERA (19 ER, 30.0 IP) and one save to go with 20 strikeouts and eight walks. MaVorhis has helped Peoria to a 39-31 mark in the Midwest League, already clinching a playoff berth after the first half of the season. MaVorhis was placed on the disabled list on June 7.
Parker Rigler, Kannapolis Intimidators (Class-A Full Season, Chicago White Sox)
Rigler, a 31st round pick of the White Sox in 2017, was promoted to Kannapolis after spending last season with the Great Falls Voyagers (Rookie League). In 13 appearances this season (all starts), Rigler is 3-3 with a 4.81 ERA (34ER, 63.2 IP) with 61 strikeouts against 31 walks. Opponents are hitting .243 against Rigler while he owns a WHIP of 1.41. The southpaw has three quality starts over his last 10 outings, including going six innings without an earned run allowed in a June 10 win over the Rome Braves.
Josh Rolette, Lake County Captains (Class-A Full Season, Cleveland Indians)
Rolette has a slash line of .167/.311/194 and three RBI in 14 games with Lake County this season. After missing nearly three weeks due to injury, Rolette had a three-hit game in his first game back in action. Rolette, who was taken in the 39th round of last year's Draft by Cleveland, appeared in just five games in 2017 for the Arizona League Indians, hitting .333 with a double and an RBI.
Jake Scudder, Hagerstown Suns (Class-A Full Season, Washington Nationals)
Scudder was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns after spending 2017 with the Auburn Doubledays (Class-A Short Season). In 24 games with the Suns, Scudder has a slash line of .205/.258/.386 with three home runs, 17 RBI and six doubles. He has hit safely in his last four games, going 7-for-16 with a home run and four RBI in that span. Scudder was a 16th round selection by Washington in the 2017 MLB Draft.
Jordan Floyd, Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie League, Kansas City Royals)
Floyd, entering his second season of Minor League Baseball, was assigned to the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League on June 12. Floyd made his 2018 debut on June 17, going 1 2/3 innings and allowing four earned runs on four hits against Ogden. In 2017, the lefty went 2-3 with a 1.99 ERA (7 ER, 31.2 IP) in 16 appearances between the Burlington Royals and Arizona League Royals. Floyd was a 10th round selection by Kansas City in the 2017 MLB Draft.
Drew Mount, Billings Mustangs (Rookie League, Cincinnati Reds)
Mount was the only Wildcat taken in the 2018 MLB Draft, a 16th round selection by Cincinnati. Mount was assigned to the Billings Mustangs (Rookie League) of the Pioneer League. In his professional debut on June 16 against Missoula, he went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Mount was K-State's leader in home runs, RBI, triples and steals in his one season at K-State.
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