Five AppleSox Alums Crack 2025 MLB Opening Day Rosters
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The 2025 MLB season begins today and five former AppleSox players are on Opening Day rosters. Griffin Canning, Alek Jacob, Ryan Kreidler, 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, joins the New York Mets after previously spending five seasons pitching for the Los Angeles Angels.
Jacob, a right-handed pitcher for the 2017 AppleSox, cracks an MLB Opening Day roster for the first time. He has recorded a 2.04 ERA over 10 outings in the previous two seasons for the San Diego Padres.
Kreidler, a 2016 AppleSox alum, also is on an MLB Opening Day roster for the first time. The Detroit Tigers outfielder has appeared in 72 games over the last three seasons.
Rasmussen, a righty with the Sox in 2014, has a 2.95 ERA over five MLB seasons and is coming off posting a 2.83 ERA in 16 games with the Tampa Bay Rays last season.
Toglia, the 2016 WCL MVP, broke through with a 25-homer campaign for the Colorado Rockies in 2024 and slugged a team-high five bombs this spring.
Twenty-two 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
The AppleSox open up their 25th season May 30 when they face the Yakima Valley Pippins at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium. The 2025 season consists of 30 home games and concludes in mid-August. Ticket packages, including season tickets for as low as $150 and 10-game flex packs for $65, are available for purchase at applesox.com/season-tickets
About The AppleSox: The Wenatchee AppleSox are a summer collegiate baseball team in the West Coast League. All players on the AppleSox must have college eligibility and retain their amateur status. Wenatchee is a co-founding member of the WCL and has won five WCL championships, second-most in league history. The AppleSox have a storied history of success with six league championships (one in the Pacific International League), nine division championships and 16 playoff appearances. The 2024 AppleSox came an out away from winning the WCL Championship and qualified for the postseason for the third straight season. Wenatchee won the North Division’s first half and second half and head coach Mitch Darlington earned WCL co-Coach of the Year.
