CORVALLIS, Ore. – Former Oregon State players Jacoby Ellsbury, Darwin Barney, Michael Conforto, Matt Boyd and Andrew Susac are on Major League Baseball Opening Day rosters for the 2017 season, which officially started on Sunday.
Ellsbury, an outfielder who played for the Beavers from 2003-05, enters his fourth season with the New York Yankees and 11th overall at the Major League level. He has played more than 1,100 games with the Yankees and Boston Red Sox, accumulating 1,282 hits, 221 doubles, 43 triples and 321 stolen bases.
Barney, who is primarily a middle infielder with the Toronto Blue Jays, played for Oregon State from 2005-07.