Little League® Graduates Set to Compete in the 2026 MLB Postseason

The road to the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series is officially underway, and Little League® graduates are once again making their mark on baseball’s biggest stage.  

With the 2026 Postseason field set, more than 120 former Little Leaguers® are represented across the postseason clubs, each looking to help their team make a run toward the Commissioner’s Trophy. From their earliest days on a Little League diamond competing under the bright lights of October, these players continue to showcase where the Little League experience can take them.  

Below are the Little League Baseball® graduates who are listed on the 40-man rosters of the participating postseason clubs: 

American League:  

Boston Red Sox:  

• Roman Anthony – Wellington Recreational (Fla.) LL 

• Garrett Crochet – Ocean Springs (Miss.) LL 
• Ceddanne Rafaela – Pariba LL (Willemstad, Curacao) – 2012 LLBWS 

• Patrick Sandoval – Mission Viejo (Calif.) North LL 

• Connor Wong – Pearland (Texas) West LL 

• Eli White – Wren LL (Piedmont, S.C.) 

• Anthony Seigler – Cartersville (Ga.) LL 

• Jose David Flores (Interim Bench Coach) – Villa Blanca Boys and Girls Baseball LL (Caguas, P.R.) 

Chicago White Sox:  

• Ky Bush – Dixie LL (St. George, Utah) 

• Erick Fedde – Central LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)  

• Jordan Hicks – Northeast LL (Bethlehem, Pa.)  

• Jordan Leasure – East Bay (Ruskin, Fla.) LL 

• Colson Montgomery – Huntingburg LL (Holland, Ind.)  

• Chris Murphy – Granada Hills (Calif.) LL 

• David Sandlin – Tulsa National (Okla.) LL 

• Hagen Smith – Rose Capital West LL (Tyler, Texas)  

• Drew Thorpe – Washington (Utah) LL 

• Drew Romo – McAllister Park LL (San Antonio, Texas) 

• Chase Meidroth – Manhattan LL (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)  

• Junior Perez – Eduardo Sosa LL (San Cristobal, D.R.) 

• Randal Grichuk – Lamar National LL (Rosenberg, Texas) – 2003, 2004 LLBWS 

Cleveland Guardians:  

• Tanner Bibee – South Mission Viejo (Calif.) LL 

• Foster Griffin – Dr Phillips LL (Orlando, Fla.) 

• Colin Holderman – Bradley-Bourbonnais National (Ill.) LL 

• Parker Messick – Plant City National (Fla.) LL  

• Gavin Williams – FCRP Zone 2 LL (Fayetteville, N.C) 

• Travis Bazzana – Ryde North LL (Sydney, Australia)  

• Angel Genao – Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL (Santiago, D.R.) – 2017 LLBWS 

• Kyle Manzardo – Couer d’Alene (Idaho) LL 

• Chase DeLauter – Martinsburg (West Virg.) LL 

• Steven Kwan – Sunnyvale (Calif.) Southern LL 

• Daniel Schneemann – Sweetwater Valley LL (Bonita, Calif.)  

• Sandy Alomar Jr. (1B Coach) – Salinas (Puerto Rico) LL 

Houston Astros:  

• Peter Lambert – San Dimas (Calif.) LL  

• Ethan Pecko – Ridley Area (Pa.) LL  

• Bennett Sousa – North Palm Beach County (Fla.) LL  

• Logan VanWey – Webb City (Mo.) LL  

• Brandon Walter – Suburban LL (New Castle, Del.)  

• Nick Allen – Rancho San Diego (Calif.) LL  
• Carlos Correa – Villa Blanca LL (Santa Isabel, P.R.)  
• Jeremy Pena – Elmwood LL (Providence, R.I.)  

New York Yankees:  

• Gerrit Cole – Tustin (Calif.) Western LL 

• Max Fried – Encino (Calif.) LL  

• Cam Schlitter – Walpole (Mass.) LL 
• Aaron Judge – Linden (Calif.) LL

• Austin Wells – Paseo Verde LL (Henderson, Nev.) 
• Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Freedoms Farm LL (Nassau, Bahamas) 
• Anthony Volpe – West Side LL (New York, N.Y.)
• Ben Rice – Cohasset (Mass.) LL 
• Cody Bellinger – Chandler National (Ariz.) LL – 2007 LLBWS

• Giancarlo Stanton – Tujanga (Calif.) LL 

• Heliot Ramos – Rosario y Cardona LL (Maunabo, P.R.)  

• Max Schuemann – West Portgage American (Mich.) LL 

• Elmer Rodríguez – Roberto Clemente LL (Carolina, P.R.)  

• Spencer Jones – Encinitas (Calif.) LL 

• Aaron Boone (Manager)

Tampa Bay Rays  

• Griffin Jax – Arcadia LL (Phoenix, Ariz.)  

• Kevin Kelly – Fairfax National (Va.) LL 

• Casey Legumina – Chandler National (Ariz.) LL 

• Shane McClanahan – Cape Coral (Fla.) LL 

• Ian Seymour – Madison (Conn.) LL  

• Carson Williams – Del Mar LL (San Diego, Calif.)  

• Benjamin Williamson – Loudoun South (Va.) LL 

• Jacob Melton – Medford National West (Ore.) LL 

• Ryan Vilade – Rose Capital West American LL (Tyler, Texas.) 

• Kevin Cash (Manager) – Northside LL (Tampa, Fla.) – 1989 LLBWS 

National League:  

Atlanta Braves:  

• Ozzie Albies – Pariba LL (Willemstad, Curacao)  

 

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• Drake Baldwin – West Madison National (Wis.) LL  

• Joe Jiménez – Pablo Burgos LL (San Juan, P.R.) 

• James Karinchak – Walden Community (N.Y.) LL 

• Raymond Kerr – Rancho Cordova (Calif.) LL 

• Victor Mederos – New Homestead (Fla.) LL 

• JR Ritchie – Bainbridge Island (Wash.) LL 

• Chris Sale – Lakeland City Baseball (Fla.) LL  

• Spencer Schwellenbach – Saginaw (Mich.) LL 

• DaShawn Keirsey Jr. – Tierrasanta LL (San Diego, Calif.) 

Chicago Cubs:  

• Ben Brown – LL of the 3 Villages LL (Setauket, N.Y.) 

• Aaron Civale – East Windsor (Conn.) LL  

• Riley Martin – Salem (Ill.) LL 

• Pete Crow-Armstrong – Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Southern LL 

• Alex Bregman – Eastdale LL (Alburquerque, N.M.)  

• Seiya Suzuki – Arakawa LL (Tokyo, Japan)  

• Matt Shaw – Quaboag Valley LL (Holland, Mass.)  

• Michael Conforto – Redmond North (Wash.) LL – 2004 LLBWS 

• Jed Hoyer (President of Baseball Operations) – Plymouth Area (N.H.) LL 

• Ryan Flaherty (Bench Coach) – Portland North (Maine) LL 

Los Angeles Dodgers:  

• Kris Bubic – Moreland District LL (San Jose, Calif.)  

• Ben Casparius – Westport (Conn.) American LL 

• Edwin Diaz – Miguel Luznaris LL (Humacao, Puerto Rico)  

• Jack Dreyer – Johnston (Iowa) LL 

• Paul Gervase – Fuquay-Varina (N.C) LL 

• Kyle Hurt – Solana Beach (Calif.) LL  

• Emmett Sheehan – Darien (Conn.) LL  

• Tarik Skubal – Kingman North (Ariz.) LL/ Kingman South (Ariz.) LL 

• Gavin Stone – Northeast Arkansas LL (Brookland, Ark.)  

• Blake Snell – Richmond (Wash.) LL 

• Alex Vesia – Alpine American (Calif.) LL  

• Shohei Ohtani – Mizusawa (Japan) LL 

• Tommy Edman – Tierrasanta LL (San Diego, Calif.)  

• Freddie Freeman – North Sunrise LL (Orange, Calif.)  

• Kyle Tucker – Tampa Bay (Fla.) LL 

• Duncan Webb (Senior Director of Baseball Resources) – Wyoma (Mass.) LL 

Milwaukee Brewers:  

• Coleman Crow – Spalding County LL (Griffin, Ga.) 

• Robert Gasser – El Dorado Hills (Calif.) LL  

• Kyle Harrison – Rancho Niguel LL (Laguna Niguel, Calif.)  

• Chad Patrick – Demotte (Ind.) LL 

• Lyon Richardson – Jenson Beach (Fla.) LL  

• Jeferson Quero – Cardenales LL (Barquismeto, Venezuela) – 2015 LLBWS 

• Jake Bauers – Ocean View LL (Newport Beach, Calif.)  

• Andrew Vaughn – Mark West Youth Club LL (Santa Rosa, Calif.)  

• Jackson Chourio – Cacique Mara LL (Maracaibo, Venezuela) – 2017 Intermediate (50/70) WS

• Garrett Mitchell – Villa Park (Calif.) LL 

• Christian Yelich – Thousand Oaks (Calif.) LL

Philadelphia Phillies:  

• Orion Kerkering – Venice (Fla.) LL  

• Alex McFarlane – Elrod Hendricks West (US Virgin Islands) LL 

• Chase Shugart – Bridge City (Texas) LL 

• Zack Wheeler – Smyrna (Ga.) LL 

• Bryson Stott – Silverado LL (Las Vegas, Nev.)  

• Trea Turner – West Boynton Beach (Fla.) LL 

• Justin Crawford – Chandler National (Ariz.) LL 

• Otto Kemp – Golden Hill LL (Fullerton, Calif.) 

• Edmundo Sosa – Juan Diaz LL (Panama) 

• Don Mattingly (Manager) – Evansville (Ill.) North Side LL 

San Diego Padres:  

• Walker Buehler – Lexington Eastern (Ky.) LL 

• Griffin Canning – Trabuco Canyon LL (Coto De Caza, Calif.)  

• Lucas Giolito – Santa Monica (Calif.) LL  

• Michael King – Warwick Continental American (R.I) LL 

• David Morgan – South Mission Viejo (Calif.) LL 

• Nick Pivetta – Layritz LL (Victoria, B.C., Canada) 

• Hunter Stratton – South Holston LL (Bristol, Tenn.) 

• Luis Campusano – Inwood Manhattan LL (New York, N.Y.)  

• Xander Bogaerts – Aruba South LL – 2009 SLBWS 

• Jake Cronenworth – St. Clair (Mich.) LL 

• Gage Workman – Southeast Diamondbacks LL (Gilbert, Ariz.)  

• Miguel Andujar – Hector Delgado LL (San Cristóbal, D.R.)  

The 2026 MLB Postseason begins Tuesday, September 29, with four of the American League and National League Wild Card Series games, and concludes with the World Series, starting on Friday, October 23. To see all the former Little Leaguers who are currently playing Major League Baseball, as well as several other notable alumni in a variety of different areas, visit LittleLeague.org/Alumni.   

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