BYU Baseball doesn’t get the same coverage and recognition as the football and basketball teams on campus. Certainly, a few all-timers have come through Provo and donned the Y for the baseball team and made a huge impact in the sport.

Players like Dale Murphy, Wally Joyner, Jack Morris, and Rick Aguilera all attended BYU and went on to All-Star and even Hall of Fame careers in Major League Baseball.

However, it’s been something of a down era for the Cougars in MLB. BYU has not had an alum be an All-Star in Major League Baseball since Aguilera represented the Minnesota Twins in 1993.

While he might not become an All-Star this season, Cleveland Guardians utility man Daniel Schneemann is making about as much noise in the MLB world as any BYU grad since Wally Joyner in the late 1990s.

Schneemann only made his MLB debut last season. The San Diego, CA native was something of a utility bench piece for the 2024 Guardians.

This season, he has been something entirely different to start the year. His recent hot streak at the plate has him in same sentence as Babe Ruth. Yes, that Babe Ruth. On May 3, the Guardians played against the Toronto Blue Jays. With Cleveland trailing 3-0 in the top of the eighth, Schneemann lined a solo home run to cut the deficit to two.

He wasn’t done. Still trailing 3-1 in the top of the ninth, down to the team’s last strike before losing, Schneemann faced a pivotal moment with the bases loaded.

He unloaded a go-ahead grand slam that propelled the Guardians to a dramatic, comeback victory on the road.

His clutch late-inning heroics made MLB history.

Daniel Schneemann of the @CleGuardians is the second player in MLB history to have a multi-HR game on the road that included a game-winning grand slam with his team trailing and down to its final out.

The other was Boston’s Babe Ruth on July 18, 1919. pic.twitter.com/QqRdcIKSvz

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 3, 2025

He has not been just a one-game wonder, either.

Schneemann seems to have established himself as a valuable part of the Guardians’ offense. In 28 games so far this season, he has five homers, which is second-most on the team. His .939 OPS leads the team and ranks 16th-best in all of baseball.

The Guardians are playing good baseball as a team, with a 22-15 record, second place in the AL Central division and currently the top AL Wild Card team. Schneemann has been a huge part of that team’s success.

Not only is he hitting well, but he has already played five different positions. He is the ultimate utility man but apparently also can hit like Babe Ruth (for one game, at least).