TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil for Life Jake Barrett became the 105th Sun Devil to play Major League Baseball after making his debut for the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 4. Barrett entered the game in the fifth inning and retired three of the four batters he faced in a scoreless frame.
The 105 players Arizona State has sent to the Major Leagues is the most of any school since 1959, the year baseball’s modern era started at ASU, and trails only USC, which leads all schools with 109. ASU's major leaguers all debuted since 1963, while USC (1927) has a much longer history of sending players to the MLB.