Former Alabama baseball standouts Alex Avila and David Robertson changed teams in trades during the 2017 Major League Baseball season. Their former teams played their final games on Sunday. Their new teams are still playing.
Avila and Robertson are among the six players with Alabama roots in the MLB postseason, which starts on Tuesday night.
Avila is a catcher with the Chicago Cubs. Robertson (Paul W. Bryant) is a relief pitcher with the New York Yankees.
The other players from state high schools and colleges with more baseball ahead of them this year are Minnesota Twins reliever Buddy Boshers (Lee-Huntsville, Calhoun Community), Arizona Diamondbacks reliever J.