{"id":16930,"date":"2025-09-16T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/?p=16930"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:37:09","slug":"former-honker-zach-cole-makes-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/2025\/09\/16\/former-honker-zach-cole-makes-mlb-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Honker Zach Cole Makes MLB Debut!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rochester, Minn. \u2013 Former Rochester Honker Zach Cole made his Major League debut on Friday, September 12, 2025, and former Madison Mallard Carson Ragsdale made his MLB debut two days later. Cole is the 410<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0former Northwoods League player to reach the Major League level while Ragsdale is the 411<sup>th<\/sup>. Ragsdale is also the 39<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0former player to debut this season which is a Northwoods League record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cole, who played collegiately at Ball State University, played for the Honkers in 2021. He was drafted in the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0round of the 2022 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. Ragsdale was drafted in the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0round of the 2020 MLB draft by the Philadelphia Phillies out of the University of South Florida. He pitched for the Mallards during the 2018 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2021 with the Honkers, Cole played in 34 games and hit .189 with three home runs, one double, and 10 RBI. He stole 10 bases and scored 15 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across four minor league seasons, Cole played in 318 games and hit .249 with 51 home runs, 66 doubles, 18 triples, and 188 runs scored. He drove in 180 runs, stole 87 bases, and walked 161 times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to his call-up to the Astros, Cole had split his season between Double-A and Triple-A. Between the two levels he was hitting .279 with 19 home runs, 65 RBI, and 18 stolen bases. 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