Time to check in on some former Yavapai College baseball players in the pros. Parker Markel is in his 12th season of professional ball. He’s on the roster of the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars of the independent Atlantic League. In 16 games, he is 2-6 with a 6.31 ERA, 51 strikeouts, and 45 walks in 67 innings.
Jo Jo Romero is in his third season with the St. Louis Cardinals. In 52 relief appearances this season, Romero is 5-2 with a 2.36 ERA, 41 strikeouts, and nine walks in 49 innings.
Cory Wills is assigned to the Colorado Rockies Arizona Complex League team. In 22 games with them, he is 1-1 with a 5.91 ERA, one save, 26 strikeouts, and eleven walks in 21 innings.
****Photo of JJ Romero with the St. Louis Cardinals.