Darren Ford
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010-2011, 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 9/1/2010
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2010-2011)
Flying Squirrels Alumni in the Majors
Sorted by MLB debut date. Only players who did not have previous MLB experience prior to playing their first game for Richmond are included.
Brandon Belt
Position: 1B/OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/3/2010
MLB Debut: 3/31/2011
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2011-2022), Toronto Blue Jays (2023)
Brandon Crawford
Position: SS
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010, 2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 5/27/2011
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2011-2023), St. Louis Cardinals (2024)
Henry Sosa
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/7/2011
MLB Debut: 8/10/2011
MLB Teams: Houston Astros (2011)
Eric Surkamp
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2011
MLB Debut: 8/27/2011
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2011, 2013), Chicago White Sox (2014), Los Angeles Dodgers (2015), Oakland Athletics (2016)
Dan Otero
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2011
MLB Debut: 4/7/2012
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2012), Oakland Athletics (2013-2015), Cleveland Indians (2016-2019)
Charlie Culberson
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2011
MLB Debut: 5/13/2012
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2012), Colorado Rockies (2013-2014), Los Angeles Dodgers (2016-2017), Atlanta Braves (2019-2020, 2023), Texas Rangers (2021-2022)
Ryan Verdugo
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/1/2011
MLB Debut: 7/17/2012
MLB Teams: Kansas City Royals (2012)
Francisco Peguero
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/23/2011
MLB Debut: 8/25/2012
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2012-2013)
Thomas Neal
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 9/2/2012
MLB Teams: Cleveland Indians (2012), New York Yankees (2013), Chicago Cubs (2013)
Tyler Graham
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010, 2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 9/7/2012
MLB Teams: Arizona Diamondbacks (2012)
Nick Noonan
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010-2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 4/3/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013, 2015), San Diego Padres (2016)
Mike Kickham
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012, 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/9/2012
MLB Debut: 5/28/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013-2014), Boston Red Sox (2020), Los Angeles Dodgers (2021)
Juan Perez
Position: OF/INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011-2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2011
MLB Debut: 6/9/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013-2015)
Jake Dunning
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2012
MLB Debut: 6/16/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013-2014)
Roger Kieschnick
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010-2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 7/31/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013), Arizona Diamondbacks (2014)
Heath Hembree
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/6/2011
MLB Debut: 9/3/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013), Boston Red Sox (2014-2020), Philadelphia Phillies (2020), New York Mets (2021), Cincinnati Reds (2021), Pittsburgh Pirates (2022), Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), Tampa Bay Rays (2023)
Johnny Monell
Position: C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011-2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2011
MLB Debut: 9/5/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013), New York Mets (2015)
Ehire Adrianza
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012-2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2012
MLB Debut: 9/8/2013
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2013-2016), Minnesota Twins (2017-2020), Atlanta Braves (2021-2022, 2022-2023), Washington Nationals (2022), Los Angeles Angels (2024)
Joe Panik
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2013
MLB Debut: 6/21/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2019), New York Mets (2019), Toronto Blue Jays (2020-2021), Miami Marlins (2021)
Adam Duvall
Position: INF/OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2013
MLB Debut: 6/26/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014), Cincinnati Reds (2015-2018), Atlanta Braves (2018-2020, 2021-2022, 2024), Miami Marlins (2021), Boston Red Sox (2023)
Andrew Susac
Position: C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2013
MLB Debut: 7/26/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2015), Milwaukee Brewers (2016-2017), Baltimore Orioles (2018), Pittsburgh Pirates (2020)
Matt Duffy
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/3/2014
MLB Debut: 8/1/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2016), Tampa Bay Rays (2016, 2018-2019), Chicago Cubs (2021), Los Angeles Angels (2022), Kansas City Royals (2023), Texas Rangers (2024)
Jackson Williams
Position: C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2010-2011, 2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2010
MLB Debut: 8/27/2014
MLB Teams: Colorado Rockies (2014), San Francisco Giants (2015)
Edwin Escobar
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/13/2013
MLB Debut: 8/27/2014
MLB Teams: Boston Red Sox (2014), Arizona Diamondbacks (2016)
Hunter Strickland
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/28/2014
MLB Debut: 9/1/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2018), Seattle Mariners (2019), Washington Nationals (2019), New York Mets (2020), Tampa Bay Rays (2021), Los Angeles Angels (2021, 2024-2025), Milwaukee Brewers (2021), Cincinnati Reds (2022)
Chris Dominguez
Position: INF/OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011-2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/6/2011
MLB Debut: 9/3/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014), Cincinnati Reds (2015)
Gary Brown
Position: OF/INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2012
MLB Debut: 9/3/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014)
Brett Bochy
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2012
MLB Debut: 9/13/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2015)
Chris Heston
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012, 2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2012
MLB Debut: 9/13/2014
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2014-2016), Seattle Mariners (2017), Minnesota Twins (2017)
Jarrett Parker
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013-2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2013
MLB Debut: 6/13/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015-2017), Los Angeles Angels (2019)
Josh Osich
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013-2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/2/2013
MLB Debut: 7/3/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015-2018), Chicago White Sox (2019), Boston Red Sox (2020), Chicago Cubs (2020), Cincinnati Reds (2021)
Ryan Lollis
Position: OF/INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2011, 2013-2015, 2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 9/2/2011
MLB Debut: 7/4/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015)
Kelby Tomlinson
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013-2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/23/2013
MLB Debut: 8/3/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015-2018)
Cody Hall
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013-2014, 2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/30/2013
MLB Debut: 9/3/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015), Miami Marlins (2016)
Mac Williamson
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/9/2015
MLB Debut: 9/23/2015
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2015-2019), Seattle Mariners (2019)
Joe Biagini
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/13/2015
MLB Debut: 4/8/2016
MLB Teams: Toronto Blue Jays (2016-2019), Houston Astros (2019-2020), Chicago Cubs (2021)
Derek Law
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014-2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2014
MLB Debut: 4/15/2016
MLB Teams: San Francisco (2016-2018), Toronto Blue Jays (2019), Minnesota Twins (2021), Detroit Tigers (2022), Cincinnati Reds (2022-2023), Washington Nationals (2024)
Steven Okert
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/14/2014
MLB Debut: 4/19/2016
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2016-2018), Miami Marlins (2021-2023), Minnesota Twins (2024), Houston Astros (2025)
Tommy Joseph
Position: 1B/C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2012
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2012
MLB Debut: 5/13/2016
MLB Teams: Philadelphia Phillies (2016-2017)
Chris Stratton
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014-2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/30/2014
MLB Debut: 5/30/2016
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2016-2018), Los Angeles Angels (2019), Pittsburgh Pirates (2019-2022), St. Louis Cardinals (2022-2023), Texas Rangers (2023), Kansas City Royals (2024-2025), Los Angeles Dodgers (2025)
Adalberto Mejia
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014-2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2015
MLB Debut: 8/20/2016
MLB Teams: Minnesota Twins (2016-2019), St. Louis Cardinals (2019), Los Angeles Angels (2019)
Kelvin Marte
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014-2015
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2014
MLB Debut: 9/3/2016
MLB Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates (2016)
Ty Blach
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/3/2014
MLB Debut: 9/5/2016
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2016-2019), Baltimore Orioles (2019), Colorado Rockies (2022-2024)
Jake Smith
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/15/2016
MLB Debut: 9/7/2016
MLB Teams: San Diego Padres (2016)
Christian Arroyo
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2016
MLB Debut: 4/24/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017), Tampa Bay Rays (2018-2019), Cleveland Indians (2020), Boston Red Sox (2020-2023)
Austin Slater
Position: OF/INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2015-2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/26/2015
MLB Debut: 6/2/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017-2024), Cincinnati Reds (2024), Baltimore Orioles (2024), Chicago White Sox (2025), New York Yankees (2025)
Kyle Crick
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014-2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/6/2014
MLB Debut: 6/22/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017), Pittsburgh Pirates (2018-2021), Chicago White Sox (2022)
Ryder Jones
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016, 2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2016
MLB Debut: 6/24/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017-2018)
Dan Slania
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2014, 2016-2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/5/2014
MLB Debut: 6/30/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco (2017)
Miguel Gomez
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2017-2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/6/2017
MLB Debut: 6/30/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017-2018)
Carlos Moncrief
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2016
MLB Debut: 7/29/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017)
Fabio Castillo
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2013
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2013
MLB Debut: 9/2/2017
MLB Teams: Los Angeles Dodgers (2017)
Reyes Moronta
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2017
MLB Debut: 9/5/2017
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2017-2019, 2021), Los Angeles Dodgers (2022), Arizona Diamondbacks (2022), Los Angeles Angels (2023)
Tyler Beede
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2015-2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/5/2015
MLB Debut: 4/10/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018-2019, 2021-2022), Pittsburgh Pirates (2022), Cleveland Guardians (2024)
Andrew Suarez
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016-2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/12/2016
MLB Debut: 4/11/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018-2020), St. Louis Cardinals (2023)
D.J. Snelten
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2017
MLB Debut: 4/28/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018)
Steven Duggar
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/30/2016
MLB Debut: 7/8/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018-2022), Texas Rangers (2022), Los Angeles Angels (2022)
Ray Black
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016, 2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/9/2016
MLB Debut: 7/8/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018-2019), Milwaukee Brewers (2019-2020)
Chris Shaw
Position: 1B/OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016-2017, 2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/30/2016
MLB Debut: 8/31/2018
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2018-2019)
Shaun Anderson
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/6/2018
MLB Debut: 5/15/2019
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2019-2020), Minnesota Twins (2021), Baltimore Orioles (2021), San Diego Padres (2021), Toronto Blue Jays (2022), Texas Rangers (2024), Miami Marlins (2024), Los Angeles Angels (2025)
Sam Coonrod
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2016-2017
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/18/2016
MLB Debut: 5/26/2019
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2019-2020), Philadelphia Phillies (2021-2022), New York Mets (2023)
Conner Menez
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2018-2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/16/2018
MLB Debut: 7/21/2019
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2019-2021), Chicago Cubs (2022)
Sam Selman
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/7/2019
MLB Debut: 8/1/2019
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2019-2021), Los Angeles Angels (2021), Oakland Athletics (2022)
Logan Webb
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2018-2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/5/2018
MLB Debut: 8/17/2019
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2019-2025)
Joey Bart
Position: C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/9/2019
MLB Debut: 8/20/2020
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2020-2023), Pittsburgh Pirates (2024-2025)
Johneshwy Fargas
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2019
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/4/2019
MLB Debut: 5/17/2021
MLB Teams: New York Mets (2021), Chicago Cubs (2021)
Sam Long
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/5/2021
MLB Debut: 6/9/2021
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2021-2022), Oakland Athletics (2023), Kansas City Royals (2024-2025)
Dusten Knight
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2018
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2018
MLB Debut: 8/4/2021
MLB Teams: Baltimore Orioles (2021), Tampa Bay Rays (2022)
Connor Overton
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2018-19
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/24/2018
MLB Debut: 8/12/2021
MLB Teams: Toronto Blue Jays (2021), Pittsburgh Pirates (2021), Cincinnati Reds (2022-2023)
Jose Marte
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/27/2021
MLB Debut: 8/20/2021
MLB Teams: Los Angeles Angels (2021-2024)
Heliot Ramos
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2019, 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/9/2019
MLB Debut: 4/10/2022
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2022-2025)
Sean Hjelle
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2019, 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/10/2019 (G2)
MLB Debut: 5/6/2022
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2022-2025)
Caleb Kilian
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/29/2021
MLB Debut: 6/4/2022
MLB Teams: Chicago Cubs (2022-2024)
Matt Gage
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2015-18
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/17/2015 (G2)
MLB Debut: 6/6/2022
MLB Teams: Toronto Blue Jays (2022), Houston Astros (2023), Detroit Tigers (2025), San Francisco Giants (2025)
David Villar
Position: 3B
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/4/2021
MLB Debut: 7/4/2022
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2022-2025)
Michael Plassmeyer
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/15/2021
MLB Debut: 8/23/2022
MLB Teams: Philadelphia Phillies (2022-2023)
Cole Waites
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2022
Flying Squirrels Debut: 6/9/2022
MLB Debut: 9/13/2022
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2022-2023)
Tristan Beck
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021-22
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/4/2021
MLB Debut: 4/20/2023
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2023-2025)
Casey Schmitt
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2022
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/10/2022
MLB Debut: 5/9/2023
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2023-2025)
Patrick Bailey
Position: C
Flying Squirrels Years: 2023
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2023
MLB Debut: 5/19/2023
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2023-2025)
Ryan Walker
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021-22
Flying Squirrels Debut: 8/5/2021
MLB Debut: 5/21/2023
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2023-2025)
Tyler Fitzgerald
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2022-2023
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/8/2022
MLB Debut: 9/21/2023
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2023-2025)
Erik Miller
Position: LHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2023
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/11/2023
MLB Debut: 3/28/2024
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2024-2025)
Nick Avila
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2022
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/15/2022
MLB Debut: 4/1/2024
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2024)
Gerson Garabito
Position: RHP
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/8/2021 (G2)
MLB Debut: 5/26/2024
MLB Teams: Texas Rangers (2024-2025)
Grant McCray
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2024
Flying Squirrels Debut: 4/5/2024
MLB Debut: 8/14/2024
MLB Teams: San Francisco Giants (2024-2025)
Sandro Fabian
Position: OF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021
Flying Squirrels Debut: 5/4/2021
MLB Debut: 9/6/2024
MLB Teams: Texas Rangers (2024)
Will Wilson
Position: INF
Flying Squirrels Years: 2021-2024
Flying Squirrels Debut: 7/6/2021
MLB Debut: 4/23/2025
MLB Teams: Cleveland Guardians (2025)
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