https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/latest-on-rangers-front-office-plans.html

Now here's an Aggie baseball name I haven't heard or seen in a long time. Like Joe Biagini he was a pitcher who played under Rex Peters but pitched very little. Unlike Biagini he didn't play in the pros.

This promotion just goes to show that Aggie baseball players have paths to MLB even if they're not the best at playing.

General manager is primarily an analytical job that requires evaluating and acquiring baseball talent. On-field coaching roles have become dominated by analytics these days too. It used to be teams had a single hire each for hitting and pitching coach, and these were seasoned and accomplished MLB veterans. Now teams have three of each and many of these coaches have little to no experience even in the minors. Former Aggie David Popkins is on his secoond MLB hitting coach gig and he never played above Double-A.

According to thebaseballcube.com Ross only played in 2006. He appeared in 4 games, completed 5 1/3 innings, striking out 3 and walking 11. His carerr ERA was 18.56. To be fair, BaseballCube shows the Aggie pitching staff went 18-34 with a 5.82 ERA that season. Bar wasn't that high.