{"id":16776,"date":"2025-03-03T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=16776"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:22:08","slug":"alumni-of-the-week-rumsey-culley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2025\/03\/03\/alumni-of-the-week-rumsey-culley\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni of the Week: Rumsey &amp; Culley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For your MoonDogs Alumni of the Week, we have fielder Ty Rumsey and pitcher Nathan Culley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ty Rumsey is from the University of Evansville and has started in every game for the Aces. Over the weekend for the Aces, Rumsey was 5 for 15 and recorded 6 RBIs, 5 runs, and 1 triple! His batting average so far this season is .372 out of 11 games for the Aces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rumsey played for the MoonDogs in 2023 and 2024. In his time with the Dogs, he appeared in 76 games, 248 at-bats, 67 hits, 64 runs, 46 RBIs, and 7 home runs! His batting average between the two seasons was .270. In Rumsey\u2019s fielding, he had 76 games, 583 innings, 152 putouts, and only 5 errors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nathan Culley is from the local school, Minnesota State University Mankato. Culley is starting off his grad season right with the Mavericks, as he has two starts recorded, with both being wins! In his game vs Northern State, Culley had a career high of 11 strikeouts, pitched 5 innings, and walked only 1 player. He faced 17 batters and ended the game with a 0 ERA! In both starts for Culley this year, he has pitched 11 innings, 6 hits, no runs, and 20 strikeouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Culley played for the MoonDogs last season (2024) and appeared in 11 games, with 1 win, 1 loss, and 1 save. He pitched 16.2 innings, had 12 hits, 15 strikeouts, 70 batters faced, and an ending ERA of 3.24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 24 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, over 370 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 two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner 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, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watch.northwoodsleague.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/watch.northwoodsleague.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1736268296343000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lUr0bNWMuS-vlnhLpg6Fd\">watch.northwoodsleague.com<\/a>), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For your MoonDogs Alumni of the Week, we have fielder Ty Rumsey and pitcher Nathan Culley. 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