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Connecticut Natives on Major League Baseball Rosters

Connecticut natives are represented on 2013 major league baseball rosters, led by Matt Harvey of Groton, and the New York Mets.

As the 2013 major league baseball season gets underway, Connecticut is well represented in the major leagues, as it has been through the years.  Seven players from Connecticut are expected to be on major league rosters, led by Matt Harvey of Groton and Fitch High School, who broke into the big leagues last July with the New York Mets at age 23, and will be in the starting rotation in 2013.   Among the others listed as active major leaguers by the Baseball Almanac:

  • Craig Breslow, who attended Trumbull High School and Yale University, was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 23, 2005, with the San Diego Padres.  Now a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, he’ll start the season with an extended spring training after a shoulder injury.
  • Rajai Davis of Norwich was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 14, 2006, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.  He’s now the regular left fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays and hit .257 with 46 stolen basis last year.
  • John McDonald of East Lyme was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 1999, with the Cleveland Indians.  The veteran infielder was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Pirates a week before Opening Day 2013.
  • A.J. Pollock of Hebron was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 2012, with the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The Diamondbacks center fielder his .247 as a rookie last year.
  • Chris Denorfia of Bristol was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 2005, with the Cincinnati Reds.  Now the starting right fielder for the San Diego Padres, he hit .293 a year ago.
  • Jared Hughes of Stamford was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 2011, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.  With the Pirates last year, the right-handed pitcher was 2-2.

 

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  • Andrew Carignan, who attended Norwich Free Academy, was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 2011, with the Oakland Athletics.  The pitcher, called up to the A’s in 2011 and 2012, underwent Tommy John surgery in 2012.
  • Jesse Carlson, who attended Berlin High School, was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 10, 2008, with the Toronto Blue Jays.  He was the team’s Rookie of the Year at the major league level, and after injuries was signed by the Red Sox, only to be released last year.

 

There's more to the story, including all-time great Jackie Robinson's Connecticut connection, at http://ctbythenumbers.info/2013/03/31/connecticut-represented-on-opening-day-baseball-rosters/

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