Mat-Su Miners Announce Summer 2024 Roster

The Mat-Su Miners have confirmed their official 27-man roster for Alaska Baseball League play in the summer of 2024. No players are returning from last summer's ABL runners-up squad, but seventh-year head coach Tyler LeBrun's team still has big shoes to fill.

PITCHERS

RHP Ryan Harrahill – FR, Nebraska

RHP Nolan Murphy – JR, Central Washington

RHP Tucker Timmerman – FR, Nebraska

RHP Nick Tomasello – FR, San Diego State

RHP Jack Hostetler – JR, Whitman

RHP Eduardo Mendoza – Redshirt-SO, Incarnate Word

RHP Drew Koenen – FR, Dartmouth

RHP Ryan Peterson – FR, Sam Houston

RHP Noah Kendrick – FR, Sam Houston

RHP Robert Burk III – FR, Ranger CC

RHP Aidan Dolinsky – JR, NYU

RHP Hayden Hattenbach – SR, UC – Santa Barbara

LHP Ashton Johnson – SO, Southern Idaho

LHP Luke Smith – JR, Incarnate Word

LHP Ben DeTaeye – Redshirt-SR, Iowa

The pitching staff this season is dominated by righties – it's the first time since 2008 that a Miners team featured fewer than four southpaws. Johnson and Hostetler each come in having thrown over sixty innings during their collegiate seasons, while DeTaeye brings a 2.89 ERA across over 18 bullpen innings for a D-I Iowa squad while also being Mat-Su's oldest player. Wasilla native Nolan Murphy makes it eight straight years with at least one locally grown talent in the Miners' ranks.

INFIELDERS

Corner-INF Chase Wilcox – Redshirt-FR, Central Missouri

Corner-INF Christian Perez – FR, Grand Canyon

Middle-INF Dom Patrizi – SO, Lehigh

Middle-INF Nick Bisaccia – SO, Seton Hall

1B Nick Ferri – SO, Seton Hall

This year's infield is full of previously-established chemistry, featuring Lehigh teammates Cochran and Patrizi and Seton Hall teammates Bisaccia and Ferri. Wilcox hit .385 with 4 home runs for a Central Missouri squad that's currently ranked second in all of D-II baseball.

OUTFIELDERS

OF Kellen Strohmeyer – Redshirt-FR, Iowa

OF Ryker Schow – FR, BYU

OF Drake Kerr – JR, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

OF Kyle McCausland – JR, Middlebury

The outfield is anchored by McCausland, one of the greatest hitters in Middlebury College history. The junior brings a .343 batting average and 11 home runs, plus a previously-acquired NESCAC Player of the Year award during his program record-setting 2023. Schow and Kerr's 70 combined starts during their respective collegiate seasons help to round out a battle-tested unit.

CATCHERS

C Logan Vaughan – JR, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

C Ian Francis – JR, Youngstown State

C Brandyn Durand – SO, Bryant

Mat-Su's catching unit is the team's most experienced group, with all three bringing over 40 collegiate starts. Francis not only paces the trio with 51, but is also the only player on the roster to start every game he appeared in during this past collegiate season. Durand's 11 home runs tie him for the pre-season club lead.

The roster is set, and the action begins on Wednesday, June 5^th at 6 pm in Anchorage!