THE HILL | The Alabama A&M University baseball program will have three players competing in the Fourth Annual HBCU Swingman Classic on Friday, July 10 at Citizens Banks Park in Philadelphia, Pa.
Outfielder
Brycen Hammonds, right-handed pitcher
Anthony Mateo and utility player
Tervell Johnson will be competing in the game, which is broadcasted on the MLB Network at 6 p.m. (CT) on July 10.
Hammonds batted .278 in 54 games last season. He registered 59 hits, including nine doubles and six home runs, while driving in 35 and scoring 32 times. The Madison, Ala. native went 19-of-23 in stolen base attempts and drew 20 walks.
Mateo led the team in victories (four) and strikeouts (47). The Lynn, Mass. native went 4-6, with one complete game. He finished with a 6.52 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched.
Johnson, who played in 50 games for the Bulldogs, batted .268, with 41 hits. He registered a team-high eight home runs, six doubles and pair of triples, while bringing in a team-high 39 RBIs, along with scoring 24 times.
The pool of players was hand-selected by a committee that includes MLB, scouts and Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., who spearheaded the event with the inaugural game in 2023.
The 2023 game saw three players drafted by Major League teams, while two more Classic alumni were selected in 2024.
In 2025, that number matched the sum of the first two, with five former participants hearing their name called. Those names were Kyle Walker (formerly of Grambling State; transferred to Arizona State), Broedy Poppell (Florida A&M), Cardell Thibodeaux (Southern), Juan Cruz and Kameron Douglas (both out of Alabama State). Douglas pitched and homered in the '25 game at Atlanta's Truist Park, while Thibodeaux led all DI hitters in slugging percentage (.847) last year.
Tickets to attend the HBUC Swingman Classic are now available for purchase.
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