The equivalent on Tiger Woods walking to the first tee at Augusta National. Let the man eat

Welcome to Stephenville, coach! RD Spiehs has been named the Texans pitching coach and is Fuller Smith's first addition to the staff! 📝bit.ly/3JSpsEu

Big thank you for all who made this a possibility! Grateful for this opportunity. Looking forward to the next chapter on this amazing journey.

13 (397): Seattle Mariners select Illinois State (IL) P Elijah Dale mlb.com/draft/tracker/… #MLBDraft

With our 13th-round pick in the 2023 #MLBDraft, we’ve selected Elijah Dale, a RHP from Illinois State Baseball. #SeaUsRise

19 (556): Athletics select Illinois State (IL) P Derek Salata mlb.com/draft/tracker/… #MLBDraft

With the 556th pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, we have selected RHP Derek Salata from Illinois State Baseball!

The FIRST 2023 Mallard is off the board and headed to the Oakland Athletics organization! 🏆 Congratulations to Derek Salata (Derek Salata) on being selected in the 2023 #MLBDraft ⚾️ In 4 starts this season, Salata went 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA! He only allowed 1 ER in 18 IP. 🦆

The MLB Draft is complete and we'd like to congratulate 3 former players who were selected including Joe Redfield (4th round, 111th Overall, Los Angeles Angels), Derek Salata (19th round, 556th overall, Oakland A's) and Dakota Hawkins (Free Agent, NY Mets) #WCLGrown West Coast League

Pleasure to work with these young men! They brought their lunch pail to work every day. Proud of Elijah Dale & Derek Salata ! Excited to follow them at the next level.

On the move: Congrats to Tyler Stuart who has been transferred to Binghamton Rumble Ponies . Stuart went 4-0 in 14 starts, never allowing more than two runs, and struck out 84 batters in 75.2 innings. His 1.55 ERA is the lowest among ALL qualified MiLB Pitchers. #AmazinStartsHere

ICYMI: Eli and Derek were drafted on Tuesday! 👏

Michael Kopech if he was on the Dodgers, Rays, or Guardians.

Low-A Ryan Cermak: .310/.381/.529 .910 OPS 154 wRC+ 7 SB's .218 ISO Ian Seymour: 19.1 IP 0.93 ERA 22.7 K-BB% .148 OPP BA 3.20 FIP

I’m excited to announce my verbal commitment to Illinois State University to continue my academic and athletic career! Thank you to my family, friends, teammates and coaches for endless support. Thank you to the ISU coaches, I am thrilled to be a Redbird‼️‼️

We’ve got a another #birthdaybird 👏 Happy birthday @bailahbognar 🧁 We hope you have a great day!

A look into the post win conversations in Mesa 😎

Bailah Bognar perfectly places one into the outfield for a 2 run single as the Redbirds take the lead in the 2nd!

Athletes HQ - DuPage Breadman Derek Salata