22 former SEC baseball players featured on 2022 MLB Wild Card Series rosters

We’re a few days into October, which means it’s time for playoff baseball.

The MLB postseason is a bit different in 2022 with 3 wild card teams in each league. The top 2 seeds in each league have a first-round bye while seeds 3-6 are playing best-of-3 series in the Wild Card round.

Among those 8 teams in the Wild Card round, there are 22 former players from SEC schools. Here’s the full list, via the SEC website:

Cleveland Guardians

Luke Maile, Kentucky
Cody Morris, South Carolina
Trevor Stephan, Arkansas

Seattle Mariners

Curt Casali, Vanderbilt
Adam Frazier, Mississippi State

Tampa Bay Rays

Jalen Beeks, Arkansas
Pete Fairbanks, Missouri
Brooks Raley, Texas A&M

Toronto Blue Jays

Jackie Bradley Jr., South Carolina
Kevin Gausman, LSU
Whit Merrifield, South Carolina
Zach Pop, Kentucky
Ross Stripling, Texas A&M

San Diego Padres

Austin Nola, LSU

St. Louis Cardinals

Jordan Montgomery, South Carolina
Zack Thompson, Kentucky

New York Mets

Pete Alonso, Florida
James McCann, Arkansas
Max Scherzer, Missouri

Philadelphia Phillies

Aaron Nola, LSU
Kyle Gibson, Missouri
David Robertson, Alabama

The Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and New York Yankees will announce their playoff rosters next week ahead of the Division Series round, which begins Oct. 11. Wild Card series games are scheduled for Friday through Sunday (if necessary).

Andrew Olson

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