Tampa Bay ace Drew Rasmussen headlines a list of seven West Coast League alumni who contributed to the World Series runs by the American League champion Rays and the National League champion Milwaukee Brewers.

Rasmussen (Wenatchee AppleSox, 2014) led the AL this season with a 0.91 WHIP, tied for third in MLB with 16 wins, ranked fifth in opponent batting average (.199) and was seventh in ERA (2.67). In Game 1 of the Rays’ Division Series, he blanked the Yankees on one hit with 10 strikeouts over eight innings, and held the Guardians to one run in seven innings during game five of the ALCS.

Cam Booser posted a 1.98 ERA in 42 relief appearances for the Rays. In 2013, he recorded a 2.93 ERA in 15 appearances with the WCL’s Bend Elks.

In 2017, Jonny DeLuca batted .287 with 11 stolen bases to help the Yakima Valley Pippins reach the postseason. This season, he swiped 17 bases for the Rays.

Casey Legumina (Wenatchee, 2016) logged 60 innings for Tampa Bay after being acquired from the Mariners in an early-season trade. Nick Madrigal (Corvallis Knights, 2015) signed with the Rays as a free agent in June and played four games for Tampa Bay.

On the other side, Garrett Mitchell (Walla Walla Sweets, 2017) collected 45 extra-base hits and 65 RBI during his first full MLB season. He hit two home runs in the NLCS, including a sixth inning blast that snapped a 4-4 tie in the pennant-cliching game four victory over the Dodgers.

Mitchell’s teammate Andrew Vaughn batted .306 for Milwaukee this season. He played for the Victoria HarbourCats in 2017 the summer before he won the Golden Spikes Award as a sophomore at Cal.

The 2026 World Series begins at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

About the West Coast League
The West Coast League is North America’s premier summer collegiate baseball league, completed its 21st season in 2026. Sixteen teams span the region from Oregon to Alberta, giving top amateur athletes a grand stage for competition, development, and connection with the communities they represent, in the finest summer baseball weather on the continent. In each of the last three seasons, a WCL alumnus has been selected in the top five of the MLB Draft, and 10 players have come off the board in the first 10 picks over the last decade.