ten years after

Drumroll, please. As the Mississippi Braves approach the 10th anniversary of the first game at Trustmark Park (April 18), here’s an updated all-time M-Braves team (based on their performance with the Double-A club): At catcher, the great Brian McCann (.265, 6 homers, 26 RBIs in roughly two months in 2005) has to take a backseat to Christian Bethancourt, who went .277, 12, 45 in 2013 and was very good behind the plate. At first base, Ernesto Mejia’s monster season in 2011 will be tough to top; he batted .297 with team records for homers (26) and RBIs (99). Second base belonged to J.C. Holt, who hit .285 with 45 RBIs and 22 steals for the 2008 Southern League championship club, until Tommy La Stella came along in 2013. La Stella batted .343 with four homers, 41 RBIs and 32 runs in 81 games. Tyler Pastornicky still rates the nod at shortstop after batting .299 with six homers, 36 RBIs, 50 runs and 20 steals in 90 games in 2011. Third base goes to Kyle Kubitza, whose 2014 numbers (.295, eight homers, 55 RBIs, 31 doubles, 11 triples, 21 bags) eclipse Wes Timmons’ production in 2005 (.272, seven homers, 34 RBIs and 31 doubles). In the outfield, there’s Matt Young (.289, 10 triples, 81 runs, 42 steals in 2009), Brandon Jones (.293, 15 homers, 74 RBIs, 12 steals in 2007) and Todd Cunningham (.306, 23 doubles, 51 RBIs, 77 runs, 24 steals in 2012). The M-Braves have had so many good arms, it’s hard to whittle the number down to five starters. But here goes: Tommy Hanson, Todd Redmond, Chuck James, Jo-Jo Reyes and Jason Hursh. Luis Valdez (now known as Jairo Asencio), with his 28 saves in 2008, is the closer. P.S. Amid the new hot prospects and familiar veterans that fill the Mississippi Braves’ 2015 roster, there is one name that sorta jumps out. Who is Kyeong Kang? Well, he is a 27-year-old South Korea native who went to high school in Georgia and junior college in Alabama and has spent eight years in pro ball. He was drafted in the 15th round by Tampa Bay in 2006, played in the MLB Futures Game in 2009 and toiled for the Montgomery Biscuits of the Southern League from 2011-13. A 6-foot-2, 210-pound left-handed hitting outfielder, Kang has a career .269 average and 68 home runs, with four double-figure dinger seasons. He batted .282 with 12 homers in Double-A with Baltimore in 2014. Atlanta signed him in the off-season. … Former M-Braves Brandon Cunniff and Cody Martin, both looking for their MLB debut, made Atlanta’s opening day roster, and Jeff Francoeur, an original M-Brave from 2005, made Philadelphia’s club.