17 Notable MLB Players Currently Playing Independent Baseball

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17 Former MLB Stars Currently Playing Indy Ball

Honorable Mentions:

Richie Shaffer, High Point Rockers

51 MLB games; a former first-round pick by Tampa Bay.

Kyle Davies, Lancaster Barnstormers

152 MLB appearances; 144 games as starting pitcher; three career complete games

Alexi Amarista, New Britain Bees

702 MLB games; everyday player with San Diego in 2013 (146 games) and 2014 (148 games)

Alec Asher, Sugar Land Skeeters

38 MLB appearances; 18 games as starting pitcher; 2.28 ERA in five starts during 2016 season

Cody Asche, Sugar Land Skeeters

390 MLB games; regular starter in back-to-back seasons for Philadelphia (2014, 2015)

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Ross Detwiler, York Revolution

After posting a 2.81 ERA in three starts for York, the veteran righty was signed by the Chicago White Sox on May, 9th, 2019. 

Detwiler, who played parts of 10 MLB seasons (including seven with Washington), is currently with the Charlotte Knights, the White Sox Triple-A affiliate.

Randall Delgado, Kansas City T-Bones

Delgado isn’t a household name to casual baseball fans but he’s one of the few guys who started the year in indy ball after playing well at the MLB level last year (2-1, 4.76 ERA). That said, it didn’t last long. After two scoreless starts that spanned 10 innings in the American Association, he was signed by the New York Yankees on May 24th, 2019 and landed with their Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Unfortunately, Delgado was shelled in his first start on May 27th, allowing six earned runs in three innings.

James Loney, Sugar Land Skeeters

Though he didn’t win any awards or anything during his career, James Loney has a great MLB resume, highlighted by his seven-year stint with the Dodgers (.284 BA in 896 games). For his career — which also included stops in Boston, New York, and Tampa Bay — he also hit .284 (1,443 games). His last MLB game was in 2016 with New York.

After playing in the minors and Korea in 2017, Loney sat outs 2018 out completely. Before the 2019 season, though, Loney signed with the Skeeters as a player-coach. In 11 games, he hit .278 (10-for-36) but on May 10th, he officially retired. 

 

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