The Oakland Athletics called up former Mississippi State pitcher JT Ginn on Tuesday, making Ginn the 70th Bulldog to reach Major League Baseball.
Ginn is the second MSU player to be called up this season, joining infielder Justin Foscue, who debuted in April with the Texas Rangers. He was the 2019 National Freshman of the Year, going 8-4 with a 3.13 ERA in 86 1/3 innings that season. Ginn struck out 105 batters while issuing just 19 walks, and he also held opponents to a .220 batting average and just one home run.
The Bulldogs were lucky to get Ginn on campus to begin with — he was drafted 30th overall in 2018 by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but chose not to sign and honor his commitment to MSU. In 2020, Ginn started the season opener against Wright State but sustained a season-ending injury and underwent elbow surgery. Still, as a draft-eligible sophomore, he was selected by the New York Mets in the second round that year.
In March 2022, the Mets traded Ginn to the A’s as part of a deal for all-star pitcher Chris Bassitt, and he reached Double-A by the end of that season. He was promoted from Double-A to Triple-A earlier this year and is 15-16 with a 4.68 ERA across 263 2/3 innings in his minor league career.
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