FSU Baseball alums in MLB struggling entering second half of 2019

FSU Baseball currently has four players who jumped from Dick Howser Stadium straight to the pro game – and almost all would like to start 2019 over again.

As the 2019 Major League Baseball season was set to get underway, there were plenty of questions involving a group of former FSU baseball stars in the pro game: was this the final chance for Buster Posey to get back to form? Would Devon Travis bounce back from injury? What minor leaguers would make the jump up?

The question for the five former Seminoles who have played at least one MLB game this season might actually be a simple one: is there anyway that we can hit the reset button on what has been the 2019 season?

With the second half the season set to begin tomorrow, it has been quite the rocky road for those FSU baseball alums in the show – including Posey, arguably the most decorated out of the group who was drafted 11 years ago and has won three World Series titles during his time with the San Francisco Giants.

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So far this season, Poset is batting just .253 on the year in the 65 games he has played in with a total of three home runs and 22 RBI’s – all during a 2019 season in which one of the most decorated Noles to play the game is trending south when it comes to those stats and others, including on base percentage.

Two former FSU baseball stars – D.J. Stewart and Sean Gilmartin – have spent limited time in the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles. Stewart is batting just .167 with four hits in 24 at bats during the seven games he’s been in the show while Gilmartin pitched in just one game, giving up five runs in just two and one third innings pitched.

Meanwhile, Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Luke Weaver has been in 11 games and has a 4-3 record with a 3.03 ERA – but has been on the injured list since the end of May and has been going through rehab for a forearm injury that he hopes to bounce back from at some point during this season.

North of the border, Travis is still working his way back from an injury that has kept him on the bench this entire season – who knows, he may be back before the NCAA announces whether his brother, Jordan, gets his transfer approved to play for the Seminoles football team.

So, if you see any of the four players who have been in a game so far this season looking around, don’t be alarmed – finding that reset button can be a little tricky.