Mustangs in the Pros Update
6/15/2026 10:45:00 AM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Andrew Alvarez is back in the starting rotation for the Washington Nationals, Bryan Woo is struggling on the road with the Seattle Mariners and Bryce Warrecker has not given up a run in four June appearances on the mound for Hudson Valley.
Those are the highlights of Cal Poly's four active Major Leaguers and 13 other former Mustangs on active rosters in the minor leagues or internationally.
Alvarez started the 2026 season at Triple-A Rochester, made one spot start for the Nationals on April 19 versus San Francisco, was sent back to Rochester and returned to the Washington roster May 15.
In five relief appearances with the Nationals since his second callup, Alvarez is 1-0 with a 3.70 ERA and a four-ininng save against the New York Mets.
So far in June, Alvarez has made two starts against Miami on June 3 and San Francisco on June 9, allowing three runs and nine hits over 8 2/3 innings with six walks and nine strikeouts. Both were no decisions. Alvarez is expected to start again Monday at home versus Kansas City.
Meanwhile, Bryan Woo is 5-5 with a 4.28 ERA and 79 strikeouts and 15 walks over 82 innings. He earned three consecutive wins May 6, 12 and 18 by allowing two runs and eight hits combined with 26 strikeouts and just six walks in six innings each versus Atlanta, Houston and the Chicago White Sox.
Woo's next start is expected to be Wednesday or Thursday in a rematch against the Orioles.
Now a third baseman, Minnesota's Brooks Lee worked his batting average up 72 points to .278 in late April and early May before falling back, going 9-for-23 in the first six games of May with three doubles and six RBIs.
The average sits at .236 following Sunday's win over St. Louis with 14 multiple-hit games, including a trio of three-hit contests. Lee has made 69 starts this season -- 45 at shortstop and, after Royce Lewis was optioned to the minor leagues -- 24 starts at third.
Lee is second on the Twins with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs and third with 59 hits.
Middle relief pitcher Justin Bruihl has compiled a 4.55 ERA with six holds, no decisions and no saves in 31 appearances on the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Drew Thorpe continues his rehabilitation from three surgeries. The Chicago White Sox right-hander moved into a 10-week bullpen period of recovery in March.
Thorpe underwent surgery in September 2024 to remove bone spurs from his right elbow, had Tommy John surgery near the end of spring training in 2025 and doctors also performed an appendectomy in early April which delayed his bullpen recovery period.
In 2024 with the White Sox, Thorpe made nine starts and compiled a 3-3 win-loss record and 5.48 ERA with 25 strikeouts over 44 1/3 innings.
In the minors, Warrecker opened his 2026 season on the injury list, then was activated April 29 and made six rehab appearances on the mound for the Tampa Tarpons, allowing no runs in nine innings with five strikeouts. He was elevated to Hudson Valley on May 19 and is 0-0 with a 3.24 ERA in seven mound trips.
In four June appearances on the mound, Warrecker has not allowed a run over 4 2/3 innings with one walk and five strikeouts. His longest stint on the bump this year is two scoreless frames versus Dunedin on May 17.
Southpaw Jakob Wright earned his third win of the season for the Great Lakes Loons, pitching 4 2/3 innings in relief against Lansing on June 3 with six strikeouts, giving up four runs, five hits and a pair of walks. For the season, he is 3-2 with a 6.18 ERA in 11 trips to the mound (eight starts).
Nick Torres of the Double-A Somerset Patriots has cooled off since his six weeks on the injury list. The 32-year-old ex-Mustang hit .467 in his first eight games of the season, but since returning from the injury list May 27, has gone 13-for-55 (.236) to drop his overall average to .318.
Torres,, who has four doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs so far this season, is 9-for-43 (.209) in the month of June (11 games) and his home runs were against Binghamton on April 11 and Harrisburg on June 4. Torres played six seasons in the Mexican League, hitting .321, after five years in the minors.
Speaking of the Mexican League, pitcher Erich Uelmen is in his first season with the Saltillo Serapes and sports a 3-4 record and 4.13 ERA in 10 starts with 36 strikeouts over 48 innings.
Also in the minors ...
• Taylor Dollard picked up his first victory of the year June 2 against Eugene, allowing five runs and seven hits over five innings with five strikeouts for the Everett Aquasox. Dollard underwent labrum surgery in May 2023 after a stellar 2022 campaign with the Arkansas Travelers and returned to the active list in the second half of the 2025 season at Everett.
• Spencer Howard is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA and 14 strikeouts over 9 1/3 innings in two appearances on the mound for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League. He has not pitched since mid-April and has appeared in 47 Major League games over five seasons (2020-24).
• Ryan Stafford is hitting .168 at Frederick with 17 hits, including four doubles and a pair of home runs. The catcher has knocked in 15 runs.
• Jake Steels sports a .213 average in 15 games for the Rome Emperors with 10 hits, including two doubles and a triple, and nine RBIs.
• Derek True has not pitched since being placed on the injury list May 9. He is 2-2 with a 6.92 ERA in nine relief appearances, striking out 18 batters over 13 innings, at Corpus Christi.
• Zach Daudet overcame a slow start at Asheville (2-for-32, .063 average in his first nine games) by going 21-for-81 (.259) in his next 26 games, lifting his average to .205.
• Steven Brooks is 1-2 with a 3.26 ERA for the Greenville Drive, posting 47 strikeouts over 30 1/3 innings, all in relief. Brooks has a pair of saves -- April 9 versus Hub City (six strikeouts in two scoreless innings) and June 10 against Winston-Salem (three strikeouts in 1 2/3 shutout frames) -- in 17 total appearances on the mound.
• Pitcher Luke Kovach (Toronto Blue Jays in the Florida Complex League) and catcher Jack Collins (Texas Rangers in the Arizona Complex League) are listed as active on their respective rosters, but have yet to play in any games this season.
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