Baseball
HURRICANES PLAYING PRO BALL
The University of Miami currently has 38 former players on professional baseball rosters – including 11 players at the big league level. Three-time MLB All-Star Ryan Braun – as well as 2010 World Series Champions Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell, in addition to Yonder Alonso, Alex Cora, Chris Perez, Jason Michaels, Gaby Sanchez, Danny Valencia, Jon Jay and Jemile Weeks currently represent “The U” at the big league level.
Click on each player’s name for his up-to-date 2011 statistics.
Major League Baseball
YONDER ALONSO, San Diego Padres
RYAN BRAUN, Milwaukee Brewers
PAT BURRELL, San Francisco Giants
ALEX CORA, Washington Nationals
AUBREY HUFF, San Francisco Giants
JON JAY, St. Louis Cardinals
JASON MICHAELS, Houston Astros
CHRIS PEREZ, Cleveland Indians
GABY SANCHEZ, Florida Marlins
DANNY VALENCIA, Minnesota Twins
JEMILE WEEKS, Oakland Athletics
Triple-A
CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Rochester Red Wings (Minnesota Twins)
KEVIN HOWARD, Las Vegas 51s (Toronto Blue Jays)
BRENDAN KATIN, Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee Brewers)
SCOTT MAINE, Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs)
ADAM RICKS, Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox)
Double-A
KYLE BELLAMY, Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox)
VINCE BONGIOVANNI, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays)
PACO FIGUEROA, Reading Phillies (Philadelphia Phillies)
YASMANI GRANDAL, San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres)
JASON HAGERTY, San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres)
CHRIS HERRMANN, New Britain Rock Cats (Minnesota Twins)
RYAN JACKSON, Springfield Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals)
RICKY ORTA, Montgomery Biscuits (Tampa Bay Rays)
MARK SOBOLEWSKI, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays)
BLAKE TEKOTTE, San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres)
A-Advanced
CHRIS HERNANDEZ, Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
DENNIS RABEN, High Desert Mavericks (Seattle Mariners)
EDDY RODRIGUEZ, Lake Elsinore Storm (San Diego Padres)
Single-A
JOHN HOUSEY, Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers)
IDEN NAZARIO, Quad Cities River Bandits (St. Louis Cardinals)
Single-A (Short Season)
ZEKE DEVOSS, Boise Hawks (Chicago Cubs)
NATHAN MELENDRES, Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners)
DANIEL MIRANDA, Batavia Muckdogs (St. Louis Cardinals)
TRAVIS MILLER, Batavia Muckdogs (St. Louis Cardinals)
HAROLD MARTINEZ, Williamsport Crosscutters (Philadelphia Phillies)
Rookie
SAM ROBINSON, AZL Rangers (Texas Rangers)
DAVID VILLASUSO, Pulaski Mariners (Seattle Mariners)
Independent
BOBBY HILL, Chico Outlaws (Golden Baseball League)
Free Agents
CESAR CARRILLO
DANIEL FIGUEROA
TOMMY GILES
DAVID GUTIERREZ
CHARLETON JIMERSON
SCOTT LAWSON
