Long Beach State University Athletics
10 @LBDirtbags Make MLB Opening Day Rosters
3/31/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 31, 2014
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Long Beach State Dirtbags have 10 former players on a Major League Baseball Opening Day roster to open the 2014 season. A few more are also on 40-man rosters but will not start the season in the majors.
Long Beach State has had more alumni in the majors in each of the last four seasons than any other college or university. Last season, 14 Dirtbags played in the majors with Atlanta's Joey Terdoslavich and Oakland's Shane Peterson making their major league debuts. Over the years, 44 alumni of the Long Beach State baseball program have made their way up to Major League Baseball.
Here is a list of this year's Dirtbags on Opening Day rosters:
Danny Espinosa (Washington National)
Marco Estrada (Milwaukee Brewers)
Jason Giambi (Cleveland Indians)**starting 2014 on the DL
Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay Rays)
Cesar Ramos (Tampa Bay Rays)
Bryan Shaw (Cleveland Indians)
Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado Rockies)
Jason Vargas (Kansas City Royals)
Nick Vincent (San Diego Padres)
Jered Weaver (Los Angeles Angels)
You can keep track of the Dirtbags at all levels of professional baseball on the "Dirtbags In The Pros" webpage.
