Home Grown Talent

In the first supplemental round of the 2008 MLB draft the Oakland Athletics selected San Francisco Bay Area native Tyson Ross. Not only was Ross born in Berkeley and raised in Oakland, he pitched for the Cal Golden Bears giving him very strong ties to the area.

Ross started off his professional career with the Kane County Cougars with mixed results. He left the Midwest League with a 4.66 ERA with 16 strikeouts and five walks over 19.1 innings pitched. During the Northern Division Series of the California League Playoffs, Ross was called up to start game two as the Stockton Ports faced the San Jose Giants. He gave the Ports a solid five innings in his debut allowing no earned runs and striking out five while only allowing two hits and one walk.