Owls In The Majors / 2024

	Tyler Duffey Rice 2010-2012 Minnesota Twins Chicago Cubs Kansas City Royals Duffey's MLB bio Saw action in one game for the Cubs at the end of 2023, but returned to the majors in 2024 in April with Kansas City. After eight season, he was released by Minnesota in August of 2022. He set career-highs in 2021 games (64), holds (22) and walks-per-9.0 IP (4.04)...Led team in holds and ranked second in games and relief innings (62.1)...also led club with 52 scoreless appearances. He became one of the Twins most reliable arms in the bullpen in teh shsortened 2020 season, compiling a 1-1 record and 1.88 ERA in 22 games... He ranked third among qualified AL relievers in opponent OBP (.217), seventh in WHIP (0.79), eighth in opponent batting average (.153), 11th in opponent OPS (.488) and 13th in ERA (1.88)… Opened the 2019 season in the minors but was recalled to the Twins on 4/16 and threw two scoreless innings vs. Toronto that night... Began the 2018 season in the minors...Made four different stints with the Twins on the season... Was the Opener for the Twins on September 11 vs. New York-AL,Duffey was on the Twins Opening Day roster for the first time in his career in 2017 after earning call-ups in each of the two previous seasons, and went on to appear in a career-high 56 games coming out of the bullpen. He made 26 starts in 2016, finishing with a 9-12 record. He made his MLB debut with the club in August of 2015. A fifth round draft pick (160th player overall) by the Twins in 2012, Duffey was 5-1 in 10 MLB starts in his initial stint in the majors. The Houston native and former Bellaire High School star had seven saves with a 1.93 ERA in 51.1 innings in his final season at Rice in 2012. He was named the C-USA Tournament's Most Valuable Player in the Owls' run to the tourney crown that year.

	Tristan Gray Rice 2015-17 Tampa Bay Rays Miami Marlins Gray 's MLB bio Gray was drafted in the 13th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by Pittsburgh the traded the following winter to Tampa Bay after an all-star season in the New York-Penn League. Over the next four seasons in the Rays organization (plus the 2020 CoVID year), he slugged 99 homers and helped lead Durham to the 2022 AAA World Series title. He returned to Durham in 2023 and was called up to the Rays for a game in Baltimore on 9/17 and made the most of it, going 2x5 including a 415-foot home run to put the Rays up 2-1 in the eighth inning. He became the fourth member of the Owls' 2017 C-USA Champions to reach the majors, joining Glenn Otto, Ford Proctor and Dane Myers.

	Dane Myers Rice 2015-17 Miami Marlins Meyers' MLB bio Two-way star for the Owls who was drafted in the sixth round by Detroit as a pitcher in 2017, Meyers posted an 8-10 record, 4.04 ERA and 1.23 ERA in 42 career appearances (33 starts) from 2017-19. After the the cancellation of the 2020 season, he switched to become a position player in 2021 and rose to AAA the following year. He signed with Miami as a six-year free agent prior to 2023 and hit a combined .335 before earning a call-up on July 3. He made his debut on July 4 vs. St. Louis collecting an pair of singles and driving in a run. He hit safely in his first three games, matching Mark Quinn for the best start by a Rice hitter in the majors.
	Anthony Rendon Rice 2009-2011 Washington Nationals Los Angeles Angels Rendon's MLB bio After leading the Nationals to their first World Series title in 2019, defeating his hometown Houston Astros in seven games, Rendon was one of the most coveted free agents and signed a long-term contract with the Angles... In his final season in Washington in 2019, he recorded a career-high 44 doubles and a career-high 70 extra-base hits in 2018... He led the club and ranked in the National League in doubles (T1st, 44), batting average (4th, .308), slugging percentage (6th, .535) and extra-base hits (9th, 70)... Finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award (NL 3B)… He ranked fifth in the National League with a .909 OPS and ranked 11th in on-base percentage (.374)...According to FanGraphs.com, ranked second in the National League in Wins Above Replacement (6.3)... He made headlines in early May of 2017 in a game vs. the Mets when he was 6x6 with three home runs and 10 RBI. A first round pick of the Nationals in 2011, and the sixth player selected overall, Rendon made his MLB debut with the club in 2013. In his sophomore season at Rice in 2010, the Houston native was named the recipient of the Howser Trophy as the National Collegiate Player of the Year.