{"id":19546,"date":"2026-05-27T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/?p=19546"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:04:34","slug":"mautz-makes-mlb-debut-with-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/2026\/05\/27\/mautz-makes-mlb-debut-with-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mautz makes MLB Debut with Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waterloo, IA \u2013 Former Waterloo Bucks left-handed pitcher Brycen Mautz was called up to the majors by the St. Louis Cardinals on May 24 and made his major league debut this past Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers.\u00a0 Mautz<a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright wp-image-11990\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27277%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20277%20208%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27277%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/07\/Mautz-Brycen-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a> becomes the 25<sup>th<\/sup> former Buck to play Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Mautz played for the Bucks in 2021.\u00a0 A product of the University of San Diego, Mautz tallied a 2.08 ERA with 29 strikeouts and three saves in his season with Waterloo.\u00a0 Originally from San Diego, California, Mautz was selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> round with the 59<sup>th<\/sup> pick by St. Louis.\u00a0 Prior to being called up by the Cardinals, Mautz was with the Memphis Redbirds (Triple A) in the International League.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Tickets for the 2026 season are currently on sale.\u00a0 Group Outings, Season Tickets and Flex Plans for the 2026 season are currently available online at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\"><em>www.waterloobucks.com<\/em><\/a><em> or by calling the Bucks Ticket Line at (319) 232-5633, while individual game tickets are available online only at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/waterloo-bucks.nwltickets.com\/SingleGame\/Tickets?_gl=1*hpgc0v*_gcl_au*NjM5NDY4NDI1LjE3NzAzOTc4MzQ.*_ga*Mjc3NTc1MzIwLjE3NTQ2ODIyOTk.*_ga_W1Q4YW3442*czE3NzMyNTg0OTgkbzM5MCRnMSR0MTc3MzI1ODU1NCRqNCRsMCRoMA..\"><em>www.waterloobucks.com<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0 Fans are encouraged to stay in touch with the Bucks by utilizing their website at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\/\"><em>www.waterloobucks.com<\/em><\/a><em> or utilizing the Northwoods League Mobile App.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Waterloo Bucks 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 32<sup>nd<\/sup> season, 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, nearly 2400 NWL alums have been drafted and over 400 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 (TOR), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford 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, 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 watch.northwoodsleague.com) and ESPN+.\u00a0For more information, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\"><em>www.waterloobucks.com<\/em><\/a><em> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bucks as your favorite team. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterloo, IA \u2013 Former Waterloo Bucks left-handed pitcher Brycen Mautz was called up to the majors by the St. Louis  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19550,"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":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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