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It’s October, which means playoff baseball is underway!
The MLB playoffs opened with Wild Card Games Tuesday and Wednesday. The ALDS began Thursday and Friday begins the NLDS. The playoff rosters include 26 players from current SEC schools.
According to the SEC official website, Vanderbilt has 5 former players on 26-man rosters, while Mississippi State, Missouri and Texas A&M each have 3 alums.
Thirteen SEC schools are represented on Division Series rosters. The San Francisco Giants have five former SEC players on their postseason roster, followed by Houston and Tampa Bay with four. All eight MLB teams have at least two former SEC players on their active rosters.
Here’s the full list of players from current SEC schools, sorted by MLB team:
Atlanta Braves
A.J. Minter – Texas A&M
Drew Smyly – Arkansas
Dansby Swanson – Vanderbilt
Milwaukee Brewers
Jackie Bradley Jr. – South Carolina
Luke Maile – Kentucky
Brandon Woodruff – Mississippi State
Los Angeles Dodgers
Walker Buehler – Vanderbilt
David Price – Vanderbilt
Max Scherzer – Missouri
San Francisco Giants
Curt Casali – Vanderbilt
Anthony DeSclafani – Florida
Kevin Gausman – LSU
Alex Wood – Georgia
Mike Yastrzemski – Vanderbilt
Boston Red Sox
Tanner Houck – Missouri
Hunter Renfroe – Mississippi State
Houston Astros
Alex Bregman – LSU
Kendall Graveman – Mississippi State
Brooks Raley – Texas A&M
Ryne Stanek – Arkansas
Tampa Bay Rays
Pete Fairbanks – Missouri
David Robertson – Alabama
Michael Wacha – Texas A&M
Mike Zunino – Florida
Chicago White Sox
Garrett Crochet – Tennessee
Lance Lynn – Ole Miss
Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.
