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CCL Player Spotlights: Blues Alum Ross Stripling

| July 23, 2020

As the Baseball World celebrates Opening Day of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, we continue our feature series highlighting CCL alumni. Blues alumnus Ross Stripling pitched for Texas A&M before he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 2012 MLB Draft. Stripling has filled in as both a starter and a reliever for the Dodgers since reaching the majors. He's pitched in the playoffs every year of his MLB career and he played in the 2017 and 2018 World Series. He was also named an All-Star in 2018. Stripling is expected to be a significant asset within the Dodgers' bullpen this season.

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