Seawolves In The Pros

In case you haven't seen it before, the athletics website has a list of former Sonoma State baseball players that are now playing professionally. It's a very impressive list and it seems to grow every year. I guess that's what happens when you win back-to-back league titles and go 102-27 over a two-year stretch.

Former Seawolves are scattered throughout just about every level of pro baseball, from the independent leagues all the way up to Triple-A.

There is one former SSU pitcher who is having a tremendous year, Bryan Oland (right). A two-year member of the Seawolves (2006-07), Oland is pitching for the Fort Wayne Wizards in the Padres' organization. He was drafted by San Diego last year and spent the remainder of his summer pitching in the Arizona League. Bumped up to the Low-A level Wizards of the Midwest League, Oland has been just phenomenal in relief. As of Saturday he is 3-1 with a 1.11 ERA in 25 games (24 of them out of relief). He's struck out 42 batters in just 32.1 innings of work. Not bad.

There are many other guys who are having nice seasons (for instance, Tom Everidge has 17 homers and 76 RBIs in Double-A right now). Be sure to check on their progress on the "Seawolves in the Pros" section of the website.