{"id":22766,"date":"2025-04-28T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/fond-du-lac-dock-spiders\/?p=22766"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:08:31","slug":"22766","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/fond-du-lac-dock-spiders\/2025\/04\/28\/22766\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Dock Spider Ryan Bergert Debuts with the Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Fond du Lac Dock Spider Ryan Bergert Debuts with the Padres<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Bergert becomes the sixth former Dock Spiders player to reach the Major Leagues<\/em><\/p>\n<p>FOND DU LAC, WI \u2013 Former Fond du Lac Dock Spiders right-handed pitcher <strong>Ryan Bergert<\/strong> made his Major League debut for the San Diego Padres on Saturday, April 26 against the Tampa Bay Rays at Petco Park in San Diego. Bergert becomes the sixth former Fond du Lac Dock Spiders player in the majors, joining Tampa Bay Rays outfielder <strong>Chandler Simpson<\/strong>, Milwaukee Brewers infielder <strong>Caleb Durbin<\/strong>, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder <strong>Victor Scott<\/strong>, Cardinals right-handed pitcher <strong>Ryan Loutos<\/strong>, and Miami Marlins catcher <strong>Nick Fortes<\/strong> as Major Leaguers with Fond du Lac ties. Bergert, Simpson, and Durbin have each made their Major League debuts since the 2025 season started.<\/p>\n<p>Bergert, who played collegiately at West Virginia University, appeared for the Dock Spiders in 2020. The Canton, Ohio, native was selected by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. In six games (all starts) with the Dock Spiders in 2020, Bergert pitched to a 2-1 record with a 2.33 ERA (7 ER\/27.0 IP), 31 strikeouts, and a 0.926 WHIP. He was a member of the Dock Spiders Wisconsin-Illinois Pod Championship team in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Bergert began his professional career in 2021 with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Padres. Over seven games (three starts) in the ACL, he went 1-0 and pitched to a 0.00 ERA over 11.0 innings with 14 strikeouts. His 2022 season was spent with Class-A Fort Wayne of the Midwest League where Bergert made 24 appearances (all starts) in 2022 and pitched to a 4-10 record with a 5.84 (67 ER\/103.1 IP) with 129 strikeouts and a 1.606 WHIP. In 2023, Bergert split the season between High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio of the Texas League. He combined to go 6-4 in 23 games (20 starts) with a 2.73 ERA (32 ER\/105.2 IP), 126 strikeouts and a 1.164 WHIP. Bergert spent the 2024 season with Double-A San Antonio, where he went 2-10 over 23 appearances (all starts) with a 4.78 ERA (52 ER\/98.0 IP) and 87 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Bergert was one of six former Dock Spiders selected to participate in the 2024 Arizona Fall League, was one of 10 former Dock Spiders in Major League Camps during 2025 Spring Training, and is currently the No. 21 prospect in the Padres organization, according to <em>MLB.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In his Major League debut against the Rays, Bergert pitched a scoreless eighth inning with one strikeout while allowing one hit. Former Dock Spider <strong>Chandler Simpson<\/strong> was responsible for Bergert\u2019s first career hit allowed in the majors. Prior to his promotion to San Diego, he appeared in five games (all starts) for Triple-A El Paso in 2025. Bergert went 0-1 with a 5.16 ERA (13 ER\/ 22.2 IP) with 24 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Dock Spiders first season in 2017, they have enjoyed an overall winning record of 282-262 for a .518 winning percentage. They won their first Northwoods League Championship in 2018 and also claimed the League&#8217;s Wisconsin-Illinois Pod Championship in 2020. A total of 43 former Dock Spiders players have been drafted by Major League Baseball teams, including five selections last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Dock Spiders will begin their ninth season of Northwoods League play during May 2025. Information about ticket packages is currently available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dockspiders.com\"><strong>dockspiders.com<\/strong><\/a> or by calling the ticket office at (920) 907-9833. Visit the Dock Spiders ballpark Box Office and Team Store during normal business hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup> season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, 360 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com.\u00a0For more information, visit <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/fond-du-lac-dock-spiders\/\"><em>dockspiders.com<\/em><\/a><em> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Dock Spiders as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fond du Lac Dock Spider Ryan Bergert Debuts with the Padres Bergert becomes the sixth former Dock Spiders player  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":22767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-the-hot-corner","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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