ASU baseball is on one heck of a roll.
As if the 2010 team’s current No. 1 ranking and 31-3 record isn’t enough, two former Sun Devils have made their big league debuts already this season.
Mike Leake was first.
In two starts so far, the former National Player of the Year has a 2.63 ERA for the Cincinnati Reds.
“I’m excited but not the least bit surprised,” former ASU coach Pat Murphy said, according to his Twitter account. “He pitched like that for us for 3 years.”
Monday was Ike Davis’ turn.
The slugging first baseman, a Scottsdale native, Chaparral High School graduate and son of former big leaguer Ron Davis, made his debut for the New York Mets on Monday.
And in perfect Sun Devil fashion, Davis knocked a base hit in his very first at bat.
So, who will be the 94th Sun Devil to make it to the show?
That honor will probably belong to Blue Jay prospect Brett Wallace.
The 2007 Pac-10 Player of the Year was part of the Matt Holiday trade from the Athletics to the Cardinals, and is thought around the baseball world to be a .300 hitter.
At this rate, ASU sophomore Zach MacPhee will be playing second base for the last-place Diamondbacks by August.
That is, if he was eligible.
