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9 Oregon Ducks expected to contribute to MLB clubs in 2023

The Oregon Ducks have nine former players expected to be contributors in the MLB, which begins on Thursday.

Football and basketball rule the college athletics landscape, often leaving baseball (and softball) as the forgotten sports of the spring season.

For the Oregon Ducks, it can be a missed opportunity to see high level athletes both in Eugene and across the Pac-12, a conference that excels in both sports.

It’s also a chance to see future big league stars, as evidenced by the high number of pros the Ducks have cycled through the baseball program in recent years.

A quick look at Fangraphs’ 2023 projections shows nine Oregon alumni who are projected to make a difference in the big leagues this season, with first pitch slated for Thursday, March 30.

Oregon has primarily succeeded at developing pitching, with seven of the nine big leaguers coming from the mound and only two at the plate.

Below is a look at those nine players, when they played at Oregon, and how they are projected to perform this upcoming season:

How to bet Mets against juggernaut Dodgers in Jacob deGrom’s toughest test since return

Jacob deGrom has been a force, but can he shut down the Dodgers?

Jacob deGrom is about to have his toughest test on Wednesday since returning to the New York Mets rotation in early August. He’s set to face the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers in just his second start against a team outside of the National League East.

DeGrom has been solid in his month of action, which includes five starts for a 3-1 record, 2.15 ERA and incredible 46 strikeouts through 29 1/3 innings. The unstoppable force will meet immovable object when his Mets clash with the the best team in baseball that also happens to be the hottest.

Right now, the books favor unstoppable force, as deGrom and the Mets are favored by 1.5 points at Tipico Sportsbook. But while I expect him to be his usual great self, taking New York against that spread is a bet you absolutely have to fade.

LA has won nine of its last 11 games, including the first game of this series against the Mets on Tuesday. That game better informs how to approach Wednesday’s matchup in Queens.

The Mets lost 4-3, struggling to produce offense in a continuing trend from the past few days. They’ve managed just six runs in their last three games combined. With Tyler Anderson on the mound for LA, I expect that to continue. He beat the Mets 6-1 in June.

Despite their win Tuesday, however, the Dodgers managed just five hits in 5 1/3 innings off Mets starter Taijuan Walker, who was solid outside of a rough third inning. LA finished with seven hits for a second straight game after requiring extra innings to top the Marlins on Monday. On Saturday, the Dodgers managed just one run on six hits.

Considering the pitching matchup and how much each team has struggled at the plate, the best bet from this game is under 6.5 runs for -105 odds. I’d even consider taking the alternate run total of under 5.5 runs for +135 odds, with a 4-1 or 3-2 final score is very reasonable to expect.

I’d also lean towards the Dodgers covering the spread, though the -170 odds don’t do much as a standalone bet. Plus money on their moneyline is a bigger swing worth considering, because if the game comes down to the bullpens, the Dodgers’ is as good as any and their offense is more likely to come up with timely hits.

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Tyler Anderson becomes the first Duck to be named an MLB All-Star in modern era

Former Oregon hurler Tyler Anderson becomes the first Duck of the modern era to be named to the MLB All-Star team.

Major League Baseball announced several replacements for the 2022 All-Star Game and among them was former Oregon Duck pitcher Tyler Anderson.

He becomes the first Duck since the program was revived in 2009 to be named an All-Star and Anderson deserves it with the year he is piling up for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

When he was signed by the Dodgers as a free agent, Anderson was expected to be a No. 5 starter or a long reliever, but due to injuries, the former Oregon lefty has started 15 games and has had his best year thus far in the Majors. Anderson is currently 10-1 with a 2.96 earned run average for the first place Los Angeles squad.

It’s also a bit sweeter for Anderson since the game will be played at his home park in Chavez Revine.

Anderson was Oregon’s first breakout player to get noticed and he was a first-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2011. It took him several years to make the Big League club, but he finally broke through in 2016. Anderson has played for the Rockies (2016-19), San Francisco Giants (2020), Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners (2021) before his breakout season with the Dodgers.

For his career, Anderson is 39-29 with a 4.39 ERA. The All-Star Game will be on July 19.

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson got the coolest ovation from fans after just missing no-hitter

What a special scene this was.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson was the latest hurler to come so close to getting a no-hitter last night, as he entered the ninth with a shot at a no-no but then saw that get taken away thanks to a triple by Angels star Shohei Ohtani with one out in the final frame.

Anderson still got the win and improved to 8-0 in his first season with the Dodgers. The no-hitter would have been a pretty cool accomplishment, obviously, but it was also pretty cool how Dodgers fans went nuts for him as he walked off the mound after being pulled from the game.

Check out this scene:

That’s pretty special.

Twitter loved it: