As a freshman, Eastman posted an 8–3 record with a 2.24 earned run average (ERA) for the Titans, earning Freshman All-American honors and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Freshman Pitcher of the Year award. He was also 2016 Baseball America Freshman All-American, First Team, 2016 Louisville Slugger National Freshman Pitcher of the Year, 2016 Louisville Slugger All-American, Third Team, 2016 NCBWA Freshman All-American, First Team, 2016 Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year, and 2016 Big West Conference First Team All Conference.[1]
In his sophomore season, he went 2–0 with a 2.14 ERA in nine games (seven starts) in an injury-shortened campaign.[2][3] During his junior year, Eastman went 10–4 with a 2.37 ERA and 124 strikeouts and threw a no-hitter.[4][5] Eastman was a consensus second team All-America selection.[6][7][8][9]
Eastman began 2019 with the Lakewood BlueClaws.[13] He was promoted to the High-A Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League after going 1–2 with one save, 25 strikeouts and a 6.00 ERA in five appearances (21 innings pitched) for the Blueclaws.[14] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
Lee was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on June 15, 2021, and received a $500,000 signing bonus.[17] After signing, he was assigned to the Rookie-levelFlorida Complex League Phillies, where he played in nine games and batted .364 with one home run, two doubles, two triples, and five RBIs.[18] Lee was assigned to the Clearwater Threshers of the Single-AFlorida State League at the beginning of the 2022 season.[19]
McGarry played college baseball at Virginia. He posted an 8.15 ERA in 11 appearances as a freshman.[25] Following the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.[26] McGarry was named the Cavaliers' opening day starter going into his sophomore season and went 3–5 with a 4.56 ERA.[27] After the 2019 season he played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[28][29] As a junior, McGarry went 3–0 with a 1.35 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 20 innings pitched before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[30] As a senior, he struggled with his control at the start of the season and lost his spot in Virginia's starting rotation.[31] He regained form in the second half of the season after striking out eight batters in 3.1 innings against Old Dominion and finished the season with an 0–5 record with a 5.44 ERA, 69 strikeouts and 42 walks in 43 innings pitched.[30][32] McGarry was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.[33]
McGarry began his professional career with the Low-AClearwater Threshers. He was promoted to the High-AJersey Shore BlueClaws and finished the season with 1–0 record with one save and a 2.96 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 24+1⁄3 innings pitched.[34]
Ortiz was considered one of the top international free agents in the 2015 class.[35] He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for $4.2 million in July of that year.[36]
Ortiz made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast Phillies and batted .231 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs in 47 games. He played in 2017 with the Williamsport Crosscutters,[37][38][39] where he greatly improved off of his debut season, posting a .302 batting average, eight home runs and 30 RBIs along with a .401 OBP and a .961 OPS in the same number of games as 2016.[40] In 2018 with Lakewood he batted .225/.297/.375 with 13 home runs and 47 RBIs.[41]
For the 2019 season, Ortiz spent the year with the High-A Clearwater Threshers, slashing .200/.272/.381 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI in 115 games. Ortiz did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[42] In 2021, Ortiz split the season between the High-A Jersey Shore BlueClaws and the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils, hitting a combined .250/.346/.488 with 23 home runs and 54 RBI in 95 games between the two teams. He was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[43]
Prior to the 2019 season, Phillips was rated by Baseball America as having the best control tool in minor league baseball.[53] Phillips was assigned back to Down East to open the 2019 season,[54] and went 2–2 with a 1.19 ERA in 37+2⁄3 innings for them.[47] On May 10, he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-ATexas League.[55][56] With Frisco, Phillips went 7–9 with a 4.73 ERA over 93+1⁄3 innings.[57][58]
Phillips was added to the Rangers 40-man roster following the 2019 season.[59] Phillips did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He opened the 2021 season back with Frisco.[60] Phillips was designated for assignment on July 17, 2021, after struggling to a 1–5 record and 6.75 ERA in 10 games between Frisco and the Triple-A Round Rock Express.[61]
On July 24, 2021, Phillips was claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies.[62] Phillips was designated for assignment by Philadelphia on September 20, 2021.[63] He was released by Philadelphia the following day. On November 6, Phillips re-signed with the Phillies on a minor league contract.[64]
Rincones was born in Boynton Beach, Florida to Venezuelan parents and his family moved to Venezuela shortly after he was born. His family relocated to Scotland when he was six years old after his father was hired as an offshore safety advisor in the oil industry.[65] Rincones moved back to Venezuela at age 12 to play baseball and lived with an aunt before moving to live with another aunt in Tampa, Florida.[66]
He played in the 2022 Arizona Fall League, where he batted .310/.423/.452, and was second in the league with 13 stolen bases, without being caught.[76]
