Justin Foscue has become the 69th former Mississippi State baseball player to reach the major leagues after being called up by the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
The 14th overall pick by the Rangers in the 2020 MLB Draft, Foscue reached the Double-A level by 2021 and spent all of last season at Triple-A, where he batted .266 with 18 home runs and 84 runs batted in. He replaces Texas third baseman Josh Jung, who was placed on the injured list with a broken wrist.
Foscue grew up in Huntsville, Ala. and put up a .297/.380/.482 triple slash with the Bulldogs from 2018-20. He started all 67 games in 2019, splitting time between second base and third base, and hit 22 doubles and 14 homers with 60 RBI to help MSU reach the Men’s College World Series. He was off to a strong start again in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the season to a halt after 16 games.
Both of the Bulldogs’ 2020 first-round picks are now in the majors. Jordan Westburg, another infielder, was taken 30th by the Baltimore Orioles and had 228 plate appearances in the big leagues last year. On Monday night, Westburg hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning as the Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals.
Foscue and Westburg were just the second set of MSU teammates to be drafted in the first round, joining the renowned duo of Will Clark and Rafael Palmeiro in 1985.
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