Four AppleSox Alums Crack MLB Opening Day Rosters
March 28, 2024 - West Coast League (WCL)
Wenatchee AppleSox News Release
Four former Wenatchee AppleSox players have appeared on MLB rosters for the start of the 2024 season, which begins today, Mar. 28.
Griffin Canning, Marco Gonzales, Drew Rasmussen and Michael Toglia will all begin the new season with their major-league ballclub.
Canning, a 2020 Gold Glove winner and 2014 AppleSox alum, will pitch for the Los Angeles Angels for a fifth season.
Gonzales, a 2010 West Coast League champion, opens up his 10th season in the big leagues with his third organization, the Pittsburgh Pirates, after an offseason trade.
Rasmussen, a righty with the Sox in 2014, has a 2.97 ERA over his first four MLB seasons and looks to build off it in his fourth season with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Toglia, the 2016 WCL MVP, cracked the Colorado Rockies Opening Day Roster for the first time in his third MLB season.
Ten different AppleSox alums appeared in the majors last season. Twenty one former players have made it to MLB since the AppleSox began play in 2000. To learn more about former players appearing in the major leagues, please visit applesox.com/applesox-in-the-pros
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