STATESBORO – 18 Georgia Southern baseball players have kept busy after the conclusion of the baseball season by playing in various summer baseball leagues around the country. For the next week and a half, we will be checking in on our players and seeing how they are performing over the summer. For today, we will be looking at RHP
Thomas Ross in the Appalachian League.
The Appalachian League is a summer collegiate baseball league that is also a part of the MLB and the USA Baseball Prospect Development Pipeline. The Appalachian League has been through a few iterations, including a 64-year stint as a Minor League Baseball team, but in 2021, the organization restructured to become a summer baseball league. The league is home to 10 teams, housed in two five-team divisions.
Georgia Southern RHP
Thomas Ross is a member of the Burlington Sock Puppets, located in Burlington, North Carolina. For the 2022 season so far, Ross has posted a 1-0 record with one save and a 4.00 ERA. He has appeared in eight games and has worked 18.0 innings, fanning 19 batters and only walking eight. Ross is carrying a WHIP of 1.50.
Ross had one of his best outings of the summer during a June 23 game against the Johnson City Doughboys, where he came in relief during the top of the seventh and eighth innings, not allowing a hit and sitting down three Doughboys in the process. He lowered his season ERA to 1.50 after that outing, and the Sock Puppets won 17-0.
As of July 20, the Sock Puppets lead the Appalachian League with a 31-11 record. The second place team, the Kingsport Axmen, is 3.5 games behind. The closest team in the East division, the Pulaski River Turtles, is 11 games being the Sock Puppets.
LINKS
Appalachian League
Burlington Sock Puppets
Ross MiLB Bio
SCHEDULE
July 21 – Appalachian League –
Thomas Ross
July 22 – Cape Cod League –
Ben Johnson,
Noah Ledford,
Jaylen Paden
July 25 – Coastal Plain League –
Troy Britts,
Jarrett Brown,
Blake Evans
July 26 – Perfect Game Collegiate League –
J.C. Peacher,
JP Tighe,
Ga'von Wray
July 27 – Ripken Collegiate League –
Sam Blancato,
Jarrett Jenkins
July 28 – Sun Belt Collegiate League –
Phillip Ard,
Preston Gunnell,
JD Kaiser,
Will Robbins
July 29 – Valley League –
Corey Dowdell,
Brett Zerbel
