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As the professional baseball season hits the home stretch for the summer of 2021, six former Eastern Illinois baseball players are currently active playing with minor league clubs.
 
Trey Sweeney, a first round draft pick this summer by the New York Yankees, has started his professional career.  Sweeney played two games with the Yankees Rookie Team in the Florida Coast League before moving up to play with the Class A Tampa Tarpons.  He has been up with the Class A team for just over a week and this past weekend hit home runs in back-to-back games.  He has three home runs in seven games this season with seven runs scored.
 
Jimmy Govern has been one of the most active former Panthers.  Govern has played for three teams this summer starting with the Quad City River Bandits.  He had a one-week stint with the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and is currently playing for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals.  Govern is hitting .280 with 19 doubles, six home runs and 37 RBI in action this summer.
 
Will Klein was a teammate of Govern's to start the summer with the Quad City River Bandits.  A 5th round draft choice of the Kansas City Royals last summer, Klein has appeared in 25 games out of the bullpen.  He has posted a 4-1 record with three saves and an ERA of 3.42.  This summer Klein has 87 strikeouts in 52.2 innings of work for High Class-A team.
 
Michael YaSenka is currently a starting pitcher for the High Class-A Peoria Chiefs, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.  YaSenka as been one of the teams starting pitchers this summer after being selected in the 2019 MLB Draft.  This summer he has pitched 73 innings with 81 strikeouts.  He is 0-8 in 17 starts with a 6.41 ERA.
 
Jake Haberer is currently pitching for the Seattle Mariners Double-A affiliate, the Arkansas Travelers.  Haberer has appeared in 19 games this season with a 1-2 record.  He has a 6.56 ERA with 23.1 innings of work.
 
Matt Wivinis has spent this season on the injury list with the Texas Rangers after being selected in the Minor League Rule V Draft over the winter.  Wivinis is assigned to the Class-A Hickory Crawdads roster but has not pitched at this point in the season.