King grad and former Texas A&M lefty Dustin Saenz showing consistency in first full season

King grad and former Texas A&M left-hander Dustin Saenz is having about as good of a start to his 2022 season as can be expected.

Saenz, who was drafted by the Phillies after the 2021 college season, has put together solid starting pitching credentials for the Fredericksburg Nationals, compiling a 2-1 record with a 3.38 earned-run average in 2022. He also has 50 strikeouts in 42.2 innings this season.

During two outings in May, Saenz gave up three runs as opponents hit .176 against him, and he has not allowed more than three runs in any outing this season.

MLB

Jose Trevino, John Paul II, New York Yankees

.271, 35-129, 6 HR, 24 RBI, 1 SB

Anthony Banda, Sinton, Pittsburgh Pirates

1-0, 6.41 ERA, 19.2 IP, 34 H, 22 K

Triple-A

Michael Cantu, Moody, San Antonio Missions (Padres)

.167, 1-6, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

.063, 1-16, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB (with El Paso Chihuahuas)

Wyatt Mathisen, Calallen, Sacramento River Cats (Giants) (7-day injured list)

.152, 12-79, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 0 SB

Logan Verrett, Calallen, Rochester Red Wings (Nationals)

4-5, 4.62 ERA, 62.1 IP, 57 H, 59 K

Rob Zastryzny, Calallen, Syracuse Mets (Mets)

0-4, 3.90 ERA, 32.1 IP, 36 H, 35 K

Double-A

Aaron Hernandez, Moody, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels)

1-3, 7.23 ERA, 23.2 IP, 27 H, 22 K

Nick Loftin, Ray, NW Arkansas (Royals)

.277, 67-242, 8 HR, 38 RBI, 13 SB

Tyler Neslony, Calallen, Birmingham Barons (White Sox)

.325, 79-243, 11 HR, 42 RBI, 14 SB

Single-A

Michael Berglund, Carroll, Bowling Green Hot Rods (Rays)

.243, 9-37, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 0 SB

.254, 16-63, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 3 SB (Charleston RiverDogs)

.250, 1-4, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB (Montgomery Biscuits)

Kale Emshoff, Calallen, Quad City River Bandits (Royals)

.246, 51-207, 11 HR, 29 RBI, 0 SB

Kyle Hill, Calallen, Everett AquaSox (Mariners)

0-2, 3.09 ERA, 23.1 IP, 17 H, 27 K, 3 Sv

0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 K, 0 Sv (Tacoma Rainiers)

Jared Kelley, Refugio, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (White Sox)

0-3, 4.03 ERA, 29.0 IP, 27 H, 27 K

Drake Osborn, Orange Grove, St. Lucie Mets (Mets) (Injured)

.221, 19-86, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 1 SB

Dustin Saenz, King, Fredericksburg Nationals (Nationals)

2-1, 3.38 ERA, 42.2 IP, 39 H, 50 K

Florencio Serrano, Robstown, ACL Rangers (Rangers)

0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 IP, 2 H, 0 K

Luke Taggart, Gregory-Portland, Spokane Indians (Rockies) (7-day injured list)

2-1, 2.32 ERA, 31.0 IP, 25 H, 42 K, 5 Sv

Rookie League

Jose Acuna, Veterans Memorial, FCL Phillies (Phillies)

0-0, 11.57 ERA, 4.2 IP, 4 H, 6 K

Independent

Courtney Hawkins, Lexington Legends (Atlantic League)

.313, 65-208, 21 HR, 55 RBI, 3 SB

Nick Anderson, Kane County Cougars (American Association)

.269, 29-108, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 3 SB

International

Rudy Flores, Moody, Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Mexican League)

.279, 44-173, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 0 SB

Len Hayward is a USA Today Sports Network Region sports director and the Caller-Times sports editor. Support more coverage like this by checking out our subscription options and special offers at Caller.com/subscribe  

This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Updating pro baseball players with ties to Corpus Christi