2022 MLB Debut Chart With Signing Scouts
Every year, Baseball America endeavors to track the signing scout of every player to make his major league debut. The occasion is obviously momentous for the player, but somewhere (usually on the road preparing for the coming draft or international signing period) is a scout or group of scouts who worked long hours to help their team find the player.
Here, BA aims to celebrate not only the players, but also the scouts who are credited with signing the player. Keep this page bookmarked to track all of the 2022 big league debuts.
Name | Team | Debut Date | Signing Scout |
Cooper Hummel | ARI | April 7 | Shawn Whalen (Brewers) |
Seiya Suzuki | CHC | April 7 | Cubs International Department |
Steven Kwan | CLE | April 7 | Conor Glassey |
Jeremy Pena | HOU | April 7 | Bobby St. Pierre |
Bobby Witt Jr./td> | KCR | April 7 | Chad Lee |
Diego Castillo | PIT | April 7 | Roney Calderon (Yankees) |
Jose Azocar | SDP | April 7 | Pedro Chavez (Tigers) |
Robert Suarez | SDP | April 7 | A.J. Preller |
Bennett Sousa | CHW | April 8 | Abe Fernandez |
Daniel Duarte | CIN | April 8 | Manuel Velez (Rangers) |
Spencer Torkelson | DET | April 8 | Joey Lothrop |
Ronel Blanco | HOU | April 8 | Oz Ocampo/Roman Ocumarez/Francis Mojica |
Joe Perez | HOU | April 8 | Charlie Gonzalez |
Jhoan Duran | MIN | April 8 | Jose Ortiz/Junior Noboa (D-backs) |
Jacob Lemoine | OAK | April 8 | Bob Laurie (Rangers) |
Bryson Stott | PHI | April 8 | Mike Garcia |
C.J. Abrams | SDP | April 8 | Tyler Stubblefield |
Julio Rodriguez | SEA | April 8 | Eddy Toledo/Tim Kissner |
Jose Herrera | ARI | April 9 | Marlon Urdaneta |
Ethan Roberts | CHC | April 9 | Alex McClure |
Collin Snider | KCR | April 9 | Nick Hamilton |
Ron Marinaccio | NYY | April 9 | Stewart Smothers |
Zach Jackson | OAK | April 9 | Dallas Black (Blue Jays) |
Steven Wilson | SDP | April 9 | Tim Reynolds |
Gosuke Katoh | TOR | April 9 | Dave Keith (Yankees) |
Félix Bautista | BAL | April 10 | Albert Gonzalez/Sandy Nin/Domingo Ortega (Marlins) |
Tanner Banks | CHW | April 10 | John Kazanas |
Alexis Diaz | CIN | April 10 | Will Harford |
Hunter Greene | CIN | April 10 | Rick Ingalls |
Bryan Lavastida | CLE | April 10 | Steffan Segui |
Elvin Rodriguez | DET | April 10 | Domingo Garcia/Alfredo Ulloa (Angels) |
Heliot Ramos | SFG | April 10 | Junior Roman |
Andre Pallante | STL | April 10 | Eli Tupuola |
Lucius Fox | WSN | April 10 | Jose Alou/Joe Salermo (Giants) |
Simon Muzziotti | PHI | Apr 11 | Claudio Scerrato |
Bryce Elder | ATL | Apr 12 | Darin Vaughan |
Josh Winder | MIN | Apr 12 | Matt Williams |
Adam Oller | OAK | Apr 12 | Phil Huttman (Pirates) |
Matt Brash | SEA | Apr 12 | Jake Koenig (Padres) |
Yunior Marte | SFG | Apr 12 | Edis Perez (Royals) |
Tommy Romero | TBR | Apr 12 | Dan Rovetto (Mariners) |
Nick Lodolo | CIN | Apr 13 | Paul Scott |
JP Sears | NYY | Apr 13 | Ben Sanderson (Mariners) |
Anderson Severino | CHW | Apr 14 | TBA |
Phoenix Sanders | TBR | Apr 14 | Brett Foley |
Konnor Pilkington | CLE | Apr 15 | Warren Hughes (White Sox) |
Nick Plummer | NYM | Apr 15 | Jason Bryans (Cardinals) |
MacKenzie Gore | SDP | Apr 15 | Nick Brannon |
Parker Mushinski | HOU | Apr 17 | Noel Gonzalez (Astros) |
Kenny Rosenberg | LAA | Apr 18 | Greg Whitworth (Rays) |
Zach Logue | OAK | Apr 19 | Nate Murrie (Blue Jays) |
Nick Allen | OAK | Apr 19 | Anthony Aliotti |
Mark Kolozsvary | CIN | Apr 20 | Sean Buckley |
Gabriel Arias | CLE | Apr 20 | Luis Prieto/Yfrain Linares/Trevor Schumm (Padres) |
Mickey McDonald | OAK | Apr 20 | Eddie Charles |
Christian Lopes | OAK | Apr 20 | Joey Aversa (Blue Jays) |
Tanner Tully | CLE | Apr 22 | Junie Melendez |
J.J. Matijevic | HOU | Apr 22 | Mark Ross |
Angel De Jesus | DET | Apr 23 | Miguel Rodriguez/Ramon Perez |
Beau Brieske | DET | Apr 23 | Joey Lothrop |
Kirk McCarty | CLE | Apr 24 | Chuck Bartlett |
Ray Kerr | SDP | Apr 24 | Jordan Bley (Mariners) |
Richie Palacios | CLE | Apr 25 | Aaron Etchison |
Brendan Donovan | STL | Apr 25 | Clint Brown |
Jack Suwinski | PIT | Apr 26 | Troy Hoerner (Padres) |
Beau Sulser | PIT | Apr 26 | Eddie Charles |
Rene Pinto | TBR | Apr 26 | William Bergolla/Ronnie Blanco/Marlon Roche |
William Woods | ATL | Apr 27 | JD French |
Bowden Francis | TOR | Apr 27 | Steve Smith (Brewers) |
Tyler Holton | ARI | Apr 28 | Luke Wrenn |
Kyle Bradish | BAL | Apr 29 | Chad Hermansen (Angels) |
Penn Murfee | SEA | Apr 29 | Jordan Bley |
Jason Krizan | SFG | Apr 29 | Tim Grieve (Tigers) |
Elehuris Montero | COL | May 1 | Angel Ovalles (Cardinals) |
Cole Sands | MIN | May 1 | Brett Dowdy |
Vinny Capra | TOR | May 1 | Doug Witt |
Jose Miranda | MIN | May 2 | Freddie Thon |
MJ Melendez | KCR | May 3 | Alex Mesa |
Alex Faedo | DET | May 4 | RJ Burgess |
Juan Yepez | STL | May 4 | Rolando Petit (Braves) |
Royce Lewis | MIN | May 6 | John Leavitt |
Sean Hjelle | SFG | May 6 | Kevin Christman |
Jared Solomon | CIN | May 7 | Lee Seras |
Joe Dunand | MIA | May 7 | Blake Newsome |
Alek Thomas | ARI | May 8 | Nate Birtwell |
George Kirby | SEA | May 8 | Ty Holub |
Francisco Morales | PHI | May 9 | Jesus Mendez |
Danny Young | SEA | May 9 | Matt Bishoff (Blue Jays) |
Calvin Faucher | TBR | May 9 | John Leavitt (Twins) |
Adrian Martinez | OAK | May 10 | Chris Kemp (Padres) |
Kramer Robertson | STL | May 10 | Clint Brown |
Joey Wentz | DET | May 11 | Nate Dion (Braves) |
Ryan Pepiot | LAD | May 11 | Stephen Head |
Mark Contreras | MIN | May 11 | John Leavitt |
Yennier Cano | MIN | May 11 | Fred Guerrero (Twins) |
Jake Walsh | STL | May 11 | Mike DiBiase |
Rylan Bannon | BAL | May 12 | Marty Lamb |
Cam Alldred | PIT | May 12 | Adam Bourassa |
Denyi Reyes | BAL | May 13 | Manny Nanita/Eddie Romero (Red Sox) |
Chase Silseth | LAA | May 13 | Jayson Durocher |
Michael Grove | LAD | May 15 | Jonah Rosenthal |
Colin Holderman | NYM | May 15 | Chris Hervey |
Logan Gillaspie | BAL | May 17 | Bryan Gale (Brewers) |
Christopher Morel | CHC | May 17 | Jose Estevez/Gian Guzman/Jose Serra |
Brandon Hughes | CHC | May 17 | Shane Farrell |
Davis Martin | CHW | May 17 | Ryan Dorsey |
Brian Serven | COL | May 18 | Scott Alves |
Nick Vespi | BAL | May 20 | Kelvin Colon |
Dairon Blanco | KCR | May 20 | Raymond Abreu (Athletics) |
Nolan Gorman | STL | May 20 | Mauricio Rubio |
Adley Rutschman | BAL | May 21 | Brandon Verley |
Michael Papierski | SFG | May 21 | Travis Coleman (Astros) |
Matthew Liberatore | STL | May 21 | David Hamlett (Rays) |
Graham Ashcraft | CIN | May 22 | Jonathan Reynolds |
Calvin Mitchell | PIT | May 24 | Brian Tracy |
Ivan Herrera | STL | May 24 | Damaso Espino |
Yerry De Los Santos | PIT | May 25 | Rene Gayo/Juan Mercado (Pirates) |
Oscar Gonzalez | CLE | May 26 | Ramon Pena/Felix Nivar |
Brewer Hicklen | KCR | May 26 | Nick Hamilton |
Michael Harris | ATL | May 28 | Kirk Fredriksson |
Josh Winckowski | BOS | May 28 | Matt O'Brien (Blue Jays) |
Cody Sedlock | BAL | May 29 | Dan Durst |
Chad Smith | COL | May 29 | Mark Willoughby (Marlins) |
Nelson Velázquez | CHC | May 30 | Edwards Guzman |
Matt Swarmer | CHC | May 30 | Matt Sherman |
Anderson Espinoza | CHC | May 30 | Eddie Romero/Manny Padron (Red Sox) |
Ethan Small | MIL | May 30 | Scott Nichols |
Josh Smith | TEX | May 30 | Mike Leuzinger (Yankees) |
Kody Clemens | DET | May 31 | Mike Lea |
Jose Cuas | KCR | May 31 | Dan Nellum (Brewers) |
Jermaine Palacios | MIN | May 31 | Jose Leon |
Jason Alexander | MIL | Jun 1 | Ben Diggins (Angels) |
Evan Lee | WSN | Jun 1 | Terry Wetzel |
Peter Strzelecki | MIL | Jun 2 | Mike Burns |
Luke Barker | MIL | Jun 3 | Matt Kleine |
Zack Thompson | STL | Jun 3 | Jason Bryans |
Caleb Kilian | CHC | Jun 4 | Todd Thomas (Giants) |
Ezequiel Duran | TEX | Jun 4 | Juan Rosario/Raymon Sanchez/Victor Mata (Yankees) |
Steele Walker | TEX | Jun 5 | Robbie Cummings (White Sox) |
Matt Gage | TOR | Jun 6 | Ray Callari (Giants) |
Travis Swaggerty | PIT | Jun 7 | Darren Mazeroski |
Jared Koenig | OAK | Jun 8 | TBA |
Chris Okey | CIN | Jun 10 | Perry Smith |
Gabriel Moreno | TOR | Jun 11 | Francisco Plasencia |
Aneurys Zabala | MIA | Jun 12 | Eddy Toledo/Tim Kissner (Mariners) |
Kyle Stowers | BAL | Jun 13 | Scott Walter |
Jonah Bride | OAK | Jun 14 | Neil Avent |
Canaan Smith-Njigba | PIT | Jun 14 | Mike Leuzinger (Yankees) |
Jason Delay | PIT | Jun 14 | Jerry Jordan |
Jackson Tetreault | WSN | Jun 14 | Buddy Hernandez |
Michael Kelly | PHI | Jun 16 | Willie Bosque (Padres) |
Jake Bird | COL | Jun 16 | Jon Lukens |
Cam Vieaux | PIT | Jun 17 | Adam Bourassa |
Buddy Kennedy | ARI | Jun 17 | Rick Matsko |
Liover Peguero | PIT | Jun 18 | Cesar Geronimo (D-backs) |
David MacKinnon | LAA | Jun 18 | Ryan Leahy |
Riley Greene | DET | Jun 18 | RJ Burgess |
Jerar Encarnacion | MIA | Jun 19 | Albert Gonzalez/Sandy Nin |
Max Castillo | TOR | Jun 19 | Ismael Cruz/Luis Marquez/Jose Contreras |
Sean Bouchard | COL | Jun 19 | Jon Lukens |
Bligh Madris | PIT | Jun 20 | Derrick Van Dusen |
Jeter Downs | BOS | Jun 22 | Hector Otero (Reds) |
Lenyn Sosa | CHW | Jun 23 | Amador Arias |
Jonathan Aranda | TBR | Jun 24 | Eddie Diaz |
James Naile | STL | Jun 27 | Kelcey Mucker |
Conner Capel | STL | Jun 27 | Kyle Van Hook (Guardians) |
Vinnie Pasquantino | KCR | Jun 28 | Jim Farr |