It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball, and the ACC is represented by 50 alums who will take diamonds across the country today. Every school except Pittsburgh and Syracuse have former players on current MLB rosters.
North Carolina, with 11 former players in the pros, leads all ACC programs. Miami (10), Georgia Tech (6) and Virginia (6) have the next most. Among the most prominent ACCers in the MLB are Buster Posey (Florida State), Ryan Braun (Miami), Mark Teixeira (Georgia Tech) and Matt Harvey (North Carolina).
Here’s a list of all 50 current MLB players from the ACC.
Boston College (1)
Tony Sanchez, Catcher – Pittsburgh Pirates
Clemson (3)
Jeff Baker, Second Base – Miami Marlins
Chris Dwyer, Pitcher — Kansas City Royals
Brad Miller, Shortstop — Seattle Mariners
Duke (2)
Chris Capuano, Pitcher — Boston Red Sox
Nate Freiman, First Base — Oakland Athletics
Florida State (3)
Randy Choate, Pitcher — St. Louis Cardinals
Buster Posey, Catcher — San Francisco Giants
Shane Robinson, Right Field — St. Louis Cardinals
Georgia Tech (6)
Charlite Blackmon, Right Field — Colorado Rockies
Brandon Cumpton, Pitcher — Pittsburgh Pirates
Derek Dietrich, Second Base — Miami Marlins
Mark Teixeira, First Base — New York Yankees
Matt Wieters, Catcher — Baltimore Orioles
Blake Wood, Pitcher — Cleveland Indians
Maryland (2)
Brett Cecil, Pitcher — Toronto Blue Jays
Justin Maxwell, Right Field — Kansas City Royals
Miami (10)
Yonder Alonso, First Base — San Diego Padres
Ryan Braun, Left Field — Milwaukee Brewers
Yasmani Grandal, Catcher — San Diego Padres
Chris Herrmann, Catcher — Minnesota Twins
Ryan Jackson, Shortstop — San Diego Padres
Jon Jay, Centerfield — St. Louis Cardinals
Chris Perez, Pitcher — Los Angeles Dodgers
Gaby Sanchez, First Base — Pittsburgh Pirates
Danny Valencia, Second Base — Kansas City Royals
Jemile Weeks, Second Base — Baltimore Orioles
North Carolina (11)
Dustin Ackley, Centerfield — Seattle Mariners
Daniel Bard, Pitcher — Texas Rangers
Tim Federowicz, Catcher — Los Angeles Dodgers
Matt Harvey, Pitcher — New York Mets
Chris Iannetta, Catcher — Los Angeles Angels
Andrew Miller, Pitcher — Boston Red Sox
Luke Putkonen, Pitcher — Detroit Tigers
Kyle Seager, Third Base — Seattle Mariners
Adam Warren, Pitcher — New York Yankees
Alex White, Pitcher — Houston Astros
Rob Wooten, Pitcher — Milwaukee Brewers
N.C. State (1)
Eric Surkamp, Pitcher — Chicago White Sox
Notre Dame (4)
Jeff Manship, Pitcher — Philadelphia Phillies
David Phelps, Pitcher — New York Yankees
A.J. Pollock, Centerfield — Arizona Diamondbacks
Jeff Samardzija, Pitcher — Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
None
Syracuse
None
Virginia (6)
David Adams, Second Base — Baltimore Orioles
Sean Doolittle, Pitcher — Oakland Athletics
Brandon Guyer, Right Field — Tampa Bay Rays
Javier Lopez, Pitcher — San Francisco Giants
Mark Reyonlds, Third Base — Cleveland Indians
Ryan Zimmerman, Third Base — Washington Nationals
Virginia Tech (1)
Joe Saunders, Pitcher — Texas Rangers