BATON ROUGE, La. – Three former LSU players will participate in the 2020 Major League Baseball Divisional Playoff Round that begins on Monday.
The former Tigers who are on active MLB playoff rosters include second baseman DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees, third baseman Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros and catcher Austin Nola of the San Diego Padres.
A total of 40 former LSU Tigers have played for MLB playoff teams since 1990; 13 of the players have been members of World Series Championship teams in that time frame.
The 2020 MLB Divisional round, featuring eight teams playing in four best-of-five series, begins on Monday in the American League as the Yankees will face the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Astros will meet the Oakland Athletics.