The presence of former Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball players in Major League baseball has for several years been one of the highlights of the program. While it may never have the professional presence of the football program, the numbers of Irish baseball players in the MLB continues to grow.
This year, five former Notre Dame players made the Opening Day rosters of MLB clubs while an additional eleven players began their seasons in the minor leagues. Let’s take a look at how those on the big clubs performed over the first month+ of the season.