Mustangs in the Pros Update
7/1/2026 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Brooks Lee has bumped his batting average back above the .250 mark, Bryan Woo broke the Seattle Mariners record for consecutive scoreless innings at home and Jack Collins made his professional debut last week with singles in each of his first two games.
Those are the highlights of former Cal Poly baseball players in the Major and Minor leagues as the calendar turns to July. Four Mustangs are on active MLB rosters, a fifth is rehabbing following three surgeries and a dozen more are toiling in the minor leagues or abroad.
In the Majors
Lee is 14-for-40 (.350) in his last 10 games with the Minnesota Twins, lifting his average 15 points to .251. Included in the streak are his 13th and 14th home runs of the season as well as his second career four-hit game as he went 4-for-6 against Arizona on June 20 (two singles, a double, a triple and a pair of RBIs).
Lee is second on the club in hits (76), homers (14) and RBIs (47), third in runs scored (41) and fifth in doubles (12). The third-year Major Leaguer is hitting .309 in road games, .333 on artificial turf fields, .275 against right-handers, .348 with runners at first and second, .500 with the bases loaded (7-for-14), .333 in both the fifth and ninth innings and .345 when ahead in the count.
After Royce Lewis was optioned to the minor leagues in mid-May, Lee moved from shortstop, where he had started since last July's trade of Carlos Correa, to third base. He has started 82 games this season; 45 at shortstop and 37 at third base.
Lee has 19 multiple-hit games this year, including the four-hit contest at Arizona and a trio of three-hit games. He has nine three-hit contests for his three-year Major League career.
Woo has been brilliant on the mound inside T-Mobile Park this season, elevating his win-loss record to 6-0 and lowering his ERA to 2.10 with another quality start Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.
Woo took a shutout into the seventh inning of the 8-3 Seattle triumph, finishing with two runs and four hits allowed over 6 1/3 innings with one walk and five strikeouts.
In the win over the Angels, Woo extended his scoreless streak in home games to 32 innings dating back to May 6, surpassing the previous high of 30 done by Félix Hernández (2010) and Jamie Moyer (2002), two of the 11 members in the franchise’s Hall of Fame.
Lefty Andrew Alvarez, who was called up for a spot start April 19 against San Francisco before being sent back to Rochester, returned to the Washington Nationals on May 15 and made five relief appearances before he was inserted into the starting rotation for five starts in June.
Alvarez is 1-1 with a 3.44 ERA for the Nationals, earning 42 strikeouts over 36 2/3 innings and one four-inning save against the New York Mets on May 20. His victory was in the spot start versus the Giants while Alvarez suffered the loss last Friday at Baltimore even though he allowed just two runs over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts.
Justin Bruihl has no decisions and a 3.89 ERA with the St. Louis Cardinals, recording 27 strikeouts over 37 innings with six holds. He has made 36 appearances on the mound this season, all in relief, and his ERA has dropped from 5.56 on May 23 to 3.89, allowing just four runs over his last 14 1/3 innings of work (11 appearances).
Chicago White Sox pitcher Drew Thorpe continues his rehabilitation from the trio of surgeries, moving 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
Continuing his comeback from labrum surgery in 2023, Taylor Dollard is 2-6 with a 6.09 ERA in 13 starts with the Everett AquaSox, striking out 57 batters over 57 2/3 innings. Both victories were against Eugene on June 2 and 23. In his last start Tuesday, Dollard allowed one unearned run and five hits over five innings with six strikeouts in a no-decision against Tri-City.
Southpaw Jakob Wright sports a 4-3 record and 5.63 ERA for the Great Lakes Loons. In 13 appearances on the mound (10 starts), Wright has struck out 59 batters over 48 innings. In his last start June 25 at Lansing, he earned his fourth win with a pro ball career-best 5 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up just one hit with three walks and three strikeouts. Wright faced the minimum through the first four innings and induced a pair of 6-4-3 double plays to wriggle out of jams.
Pitcher Bryce Warrecker has no decisions and a 3.18 ERA at Hudson Valley with 13 strikeouts over 11 1/3 innings. He started the season on the injury list and made six rehab appearances for the Tampa Tarpons, allowing no runs and seven hits over seven innings.
Derek True remains on the injury list at Corpus Christi and has not pitched since May 9. He is 2-2 with a 6.92 ERA in nine games (all in relief) and 18 strikeouts over 13 innings.
Zach Daudet is hitting .214 at Asheville with 42 hits in 62 games, including 11 doubles, three home runs and 24 RBIs. He has 10 multiple-hit games, including a quartet of three-hit contests.
Jack Collins was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads on June 23 and singled in his first two games June 25 and 28 against Hill City. Collins signed a free agent contract following the 2025 season but did not play in any games until last week.
After playing in just eight games in the first half of April, Nick Torres missed six weeks with an injury from April 18 through May 27 and is striving to regain his old form.
The 32-year-old who played six seasons in the Mexican League, hitting .321, was 14-for-30 (.467) in those eight contests with the Somerset Patriots before going on the injury list. Since returning from injury, his batting average is currently settled at .256.
Torres was placed on the temporary inactive list Tuesday.
Catcher Ryan Stafford is hitting .179 with four doubles, two home runs and 17 RBIs for the Frederick Keys.
Outfielder Jake Steels was released by the Rome Emperors on June 7 after hitting .213 in 15 games with a pair of doubles, one home run and nine RBIs.
Outside the United States
Spencer Howard has not pitched in a Yomiuri Giants game since early April due to right Achilles tendonitis sustained during a bunt play. The Templeton High School graduate is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in two starts with 14 strikeouts over 9 1/3 innings.
Sidelined for more than 2 1/2 months, Howard pitched two scoreless innings in a third-squad Nippon Professional Baseball League game against Subaru, allowing two hits, no runs and striking out one. He threw 27 pitches, said he did not experience any pain and his fastball topped out at 92 miles per hour.
Erich Uelmen, also a pitcher, is 3-6 with a 4.72 ERA in 13 starts with the Saltillo Serapes in the Mexican League. Uelmen, who signed with the Serapes in January, has struck out 53 batters over 61 innings.
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