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Andrew Heaney

Andrew Mark Heaney (born June 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in the MLB for the Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior to becoming a professional, he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Andrew Heaney
Heaney with the Los Angeles Angels in 2015
Texas Rangers – No. 44
Pitcher
Born: (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 31)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
June 19, 2014, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Win–loss record36–42
Earned run average4.56
Strikeouts760
Teams
Career highlights and awards

The Marlins drafted Heaney in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with the Marlins in 2014. Heaney pitched for the Angels from 2015 through 2021, and played for the Yankees in 2021 and Dodgers in 2022.

Amateur career

Heaney attended Putnam City High School in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, where he played for the school's baseball team.[1][2] He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 24th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign, opting to enroll at Oklahoma State University, where he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, competing in the Big 12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. In the summer of 2011, he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3][4]

In 2012, Heaney's junior season, he pitched to an 8–2 win–loss record and a 1.60 earned run average (ERA) in 118+13 innings pitched. He led all NCAA pitchers with 140 strikeouts.[5] Heaney was named Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year in 2012.[6] Heaney was a unanimous All-America selection, being named a first-team All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, the American Baseball Coaches Association, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[7]

Professional career

Miami Marlins

The Miami Marlins drafted Heaney in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. Heaney was the ninth overall selection and received an estimated $2.6 million signing bonus.[5]

Heaney began the 2013 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and was promoted to the Jacksonville Suns of the Class AA Southern League in August. Between Jupiter and Jacksonville, he amassed a 34 inning scoreless streak.[8] Heaney began the 2014 season with Jacksonville, and was promoted to the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in May. In his Class AAA debut, he faced the Oklahoma City Redhawks and went five innings, allowing one run on seven hits while adding seven strikeouts and no walks. He took a no decision.[9]

Heaney made his Major League debut on June 19, 2014, against the New York Mets. In his debut, Heaney went six innings and allowed one run while striking out three batters. He took the loss in a 1–0 game.[10]

Los Angeles Angels

On December 10, 2014, the Marlins traded Heaney to the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with Chris Hatcher, Austin Barnes, and Enrique Hernández, in exchange for Dan Haren, Dee Gordon, and Miguel Rojas.[11] Five hours later, he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels, in exchange for Howie Kendrick.[12] Heaney thanked the Dodgers for their short time together, tweeting, "Well, @Dodgers we had a good run! Great to be a part of such a storied franchise. #thanksforthememories".[13]

After some injuries to the starting rotation, Heaney was called up and made 18 starts for the Angels. He went 6–4 in 105 innings while displaying an excellent strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 for Anaheim.[14]

In 2016, Heaney made the Angels opening day rotation as their #2 starter. In what turned out to be his only start, after allowing 4 runs in 6 innings, Heaney left the game. After the game, Heaney felt discomfort in his elbow, he was immediately placed on the disabled list. On April 30, Heaney received a platelet rich plasma injection in his left elbow, sidelining him for 6 weeks.[15] On June 28, Heaney underwent evaluations on his elbow and found no improvement, pushing back his return even further.[16] On July 1, Heaney underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the remainder of the 2016 season.[17] Heaney would finish his 2016 season with an ERA of 6.00 in six innings.[18] In 2017, in 21.2 innings he was 1–2 with a 7.06 ERA.[14]

On June 5, 2018, the day of his 27th birthday, Heaney pitched a one-hit complete game shutout as the Angels won 1–0 over the Kansas City Royals.[19] Heaney was the only Angels starter to start 30 games in 2018. He finished the 2018 season 9–10 with an ERA of 4.15 and 180 strikeouts in 180 innings.[14]

Heaney entered 2019 as the projected #1 starter but suffered an elbow inflammation and was shut down after his first spring start. He was shut down again on March 28 after experiencing a setback during a side session.[20]

On July 6, 2019, Heaney became the first pitcher to start after the passing of fellow left-hander Tyler Skaggs. His first pitch against George Springer of Houston Astros was mimicking an overhand and slow curveball, which was Skaggs' best pitch, and was unchallenged with no swing.[21] In 18 starts, Heaney was 4–6 with a 4.91 ERA.[14]

Heaney was named the Angels' opening day starter for the 2020 season.[22] In the 3–7 no-decision loss to the Oakland Athletics, Heaney pitched 4+23 innings, striking out 6 batters and allowing 1 run. He finished the shortened season with a record of 4–3 in 12 starts. He struck out 70 batters in 66+23 innings.[14]

New York Yankees

On July 30, 2021, Heaney was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for Janson Junk and Elvis Peguero.[23] On August 12, Heaney was the starting pitcher in the first Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa against the Chicago White Sox. Heaney went 5 innings giving up 5 hits, 7 runs, 3 walks, and 3 home runs while striking out 5 batters as the Yankees lost 9–8. Prior to the 2021 American League Wild Card Game, Heaney was designated for assignment.[24] On October 8, Heaney rejected his outright assignment and elected free agency.[25]

Los Angeles Dodgers

On November 10, 2021, Heaney signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.[26] He made 14 starts and two relief appearances for the Dodgers in 2022, with a 4–4 record and 3.10 ERA while striking out 110 batters.[14] He also had a couple of lengthy stints on the injured list.[27]

Texas Rangers

On December 9, 2022, Heaney signed a two-year contract with the Texas Rangers.[28]

Pitching style

Heaney is an overhand pitcher with a long stride. He throws three pitches: a four-seam fastball that averages 92 miles per hour (148 km/h) and can touch 95 miles per hour (153 km/h), a curveball at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h), and a changeup at 84 miles per hour (135 km/h).[29] In 2022 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Heaney added a "sweeping" style slider to his repertoire.

Personal life

Heaney and his wife, Jordan, met in high school and married in 2014.[30] In 2019, they implemented a dog therapy program at Children's Hospital of Orange County.[31]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim until 2015.

References

  1. ^ "High school notebook: Chad James wins duel". Newsok.com. March 24, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "College baseball: Oklahoma State ace Andrew Heaney's 'fan club' keeps growing". Newsok.com. March 21, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Dan Popko (August 12, 2011). "Gatemen swept out of CCBL playoffs". SouthCoastToday.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  4. ^ "#28 Andrew Heaney". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Spencer, Clark (December 9, 2011). "Miami Marlins top pick Andrew Heaney signs". MiamiHerald.com. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  6. ^ "2012 All-Big 12 Baseball Teams & Postseason Awards Unveiled". Big 12 Conference. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  7. ^ "Oklahoma scene: OSU's Andrew Heaney named All-American by Baseball America". NewsOK.com. June 22, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  8. ^ "Left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney, the Miami Marlins No. 3 prospect, is dominating the Minor Leagues | marlins.com: News". Miami.marlins.mlb.com. February 8, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  9. ^ "Andrew Heaney, top-rated left-handed pitching prospect, to start for New Orleans Zephyrs on Thursday". NOLA.com. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  10. ^ "Andrew Heaney - New York Yankees - news and analysis, statistics, game logs, depth charts, contracts, injuries". www.nbcsportsedge.com.
  11. ^ Gurnick, Ken (December 11, 2014). . MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  12. ^ Gonzalez, Alden (December 11, 2014). "Angels deal Kendrick, get Heaney, Rutledge". MLB.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  13. ^ Townsend, Mark (December 11, 2014). "Andrew Heaney thanks Dodgers for memorable five-hour tenure". Sports.Yahoo.com.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Andrew Heaney Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ^ Times, Pedro Moura Pedro Moura is the former Angels beat writer for the Los Angeles (May 1, 2016). "Angels pitcher Andrew Heaney will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection". Los Angeles Times.
  16. ^ "Angels' Andrew Heaney: Evaluation shows no improvement in injured elbow". CBSSports.com.
  17. ^ . sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016.
  18. ^ "Andrew Heaney Stats, Fantasy & News". Los Angeles Angels. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  19. ^ "Heaney pitches one-hitter on 27th birthday". MLB. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  20. ^ "Andrew Heaney suffers setback with elbow injury, will undergo reevaluation Monday". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 2019.
  21. ^ McCullough, Andy (July 7, 2019). "Andrew Heaney pays tribute to Tyler Skaggs in Angels' loss to Astros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  22. ^ Bollinger, Rhett. "Heaney to start Angels' 2020 season opener". MLB. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  23. ^ Hoch, Bryan (July 30, 2021). "Yankees acquire lefty Heaney from Angels". MLB.com.
  24. ^ Martin, Dan (October 5, 2021). "Yankees bring back Greg Allen for wild-card game, DFA Andrew Heaney". New York Post.
  25. ^ "Andrew Heaney Elects Free Agency".
  26. ^ Toribio, Juan (November 10, 2021). "Dodgers, lefty Heaney finalize 1-year deal". mlb.com. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  27. ^ Toribio, Juan (July 28, 2022). "Heaney's return gives Dodgers a big boost". mlb.com. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  28. ^ "Rangers sign free agent LHP Andrew Heaney to two-year contract covering 2023-24 seasons". MLB.com.
  29. ^ "BrooksBaseball.net Player Card: Andrew Heaney". www.brooksbaseball.net.
  30. ^ "Meet Angels pitcher and former Putnam City star Andrew Heaney's biggest fan". Oklahoman.com. February 14, 2015.
  31. ^ "Angels' Andrew Heaney implements dog therapy program at Children's Hospital". Los Angeles Times. July 26, 2019.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
  • Andrew Heaney on Twitter  

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Andrew Mark Heaney born June 5 1991 is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball MLB He has previously played in the MLB for the Miami Marlins Los Angeles Angels New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers Prior to becoming a professional he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys Andrew HeaneyHeaney with the Los Angeles Angels in 2015Texas Rangers No 44PitcherBorn 1991 06 05 June 5 1991 age 31 Oklahoma City OklahomaBats LeftThrows LeftMLB debutJune 19 2014 for the Miami MarlinsMLB statistics through 2022 season Win loss record36 42Earned run average4 56Strikeouts760TeamsMiami Marlins 2014 Los Angeles Angels a 2015 2021 New York Yankees 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Career highlights and awardsAL Rookie of the Month July 2015 The Marlins drafted Heaney in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft He made his MLB debut with the Marlins in 2014 Heaney pitched for the Angels from 2015 through 2021 and played for the Yankees in 2021 and Dodgers in 2022 Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 2 1 Miami Marlins 2 2 Los Angeles Angels 2 3 New York Yankees 2 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 5 Texas Rangers 3 Pitching style 4 Personal life 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksAmateur career EditHeaney attended Putnam City High School in Warr Acres Oklahoma where he played for the school s baseball team 1 2 He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 24th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign opting to enroll at Oklahoma State University where he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys competing in the Big 12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association s NCAA Division I In the summer of 2011 he pitched in collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League 3 4 In 2012 Heaney s junior season he pitched to an 8 2 win loss record and a 1 60 earned run average ERA in 118 1 3 innings pitched He led all NCAA pitchers with 140 strikeouts 5 Heaney was named Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year in 2012 6 Heaney was a unanimous All America selection being named a first team All American by Baseball America Collegiate Baseball the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 7 Professional career EditMiami Marlins Edit The Miami Marlins drafted Heaney in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft Heaney was the ninth overall selection and received an estimated 2 6 million signing bonus 5 Heaney began the 2013 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Class A Advanced Florida State League and was promoted to the Jacksonville Suns of the Class AA Southern League in August Between Jupiter and Jacksonville he amassed a 34 inning scoreless streak 8 Heaney began the 2014 season with Jacksonville and was promoted to the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in May In his Class AAA debut he faced the Oklahoma City Redhawks and went five innings allowing one run on seven hits while adding seven strikeouts and no walks He took a no decision 9 Heaney made his Major League debut on June 19 2014 against the New York Mets In his debut Heaney went six innings and allowed one run while striking out three batters He took the loss in a 1 0 game 10 Los Angeles Angels Edit On December 10 2014 the Marlins traded Heaney to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Chris Hatcher Austin Barnes and Enrique Hernandez in exchange for Dan Haren Dee Gordon and Miguel Rojas 11 Five hours later he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Howie Kendrick 12 Heaney thanked the Dodgers for their short time together tweeting Well Dodgers we had a good run Great to be a part of such a storied franchise thanksforthememories 13 After some injuries to the starting rotation Heaney was called up and made 18 starts for the Angels He went 6 4 in 105 innings while displaying an excellent strikeout to walk ratio of 2 79 for Anaheim 14 In 2016 Heaney made the Angels opening day rotation as their 2 starter In what turned out to be his only start after allowing 4 runs in 6 innings Heaney left the game After the game Heaney felt discomfort in his elbow he was immediately placed on the disabled list On April 30 Heaney received a platelet rich plasma injection in his left elbow sidelining him for 6 weeks 15 On June 28 Heaney underwent evaluations on his elbow and found no improvement pushing back his return even further 16 On July 1 Heaney underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the remainder of the 2016 season 17 Heaney would finish his 2016 season with an ERA of 6 00 in six innings 18 In 2017 in 21 2 innings he was 1 2 with a 7 06 ERA 14 On June 5 2018 the day of his 27th birthday Heaney pitched a one hit complete game shutout as the Angels won 1 0 over the Kansas City Royals 19 Heaney was the only Angels starter to start 30 games in 2018 He finished the 2018 season 9 10 with an ERA of 4 15 and 180 strikeouts in 180 innings 14 Heaney entered 2019 as the projected 1 starter but suffered an elbow inflammation and was shut down after his first spring start He was shut down again on March 28 after experiencing a setback during a side session 20 On July 6 2019 Heaney became the first pitcher to start after the passing of fellow left hander Tyler Skaggs His first pitch against George Springer of Houston Astros was mimicking an overhand and slow curveball which was Skaggs best pitch and was unchallenged with no swing 21 In 18 starts Heaney was 4 6 with a 4 91 ERA 14 Heaney was named the Angels opening day starter for the 2020 season 22 In the 3 7 no decision loss to the Oakland Athletics Heaney pitched 4 2 3 innings striking out 6 batters and allowing 1 run He finished the shortened season with a record of 4 3 in 12 starts He struck out 70 batters in 66 2 3 innings 14 New York Yankees Edit On July 30 2021 Heaney was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for Janson Junk and Elvis Peguero 23 On August 12 Heaney was the starting pitcher in the first Field of Dreams game in Dyersville Iowa against the Chicago White Sox Heaney went 5 innings giving up 5 hits 7 runs 3 walks and 3 home runs while striking out 5 batters as the Yankees lost 9 8 Prior to the 2021 American League Wild Card Game Heaney was designated for assignment 24 On October 8 Heaney rejected his outright assignment and elected free agency 25 Los Angeles Dodgers Edit On November 10 2021 Heaney signed a one year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers 26 He made 14 starts and two relief appearances for the Dodgers in 2022 with a 4 4 record and 3 10 ERA while striking out 110 batters 14 He also had a couple of lengthy stints on the injured list 27 Texas Rangers Edit On December 9 2022 Heaney signed a two year contract with the Texas Rangers 28 Pitching style EditHeaney is an overhand pitcher with a long stride He throws three pitches a four seam fastball that averages 92 miles per hour 148 km h and can touch 95 miles per hour 153 km h a curveball at 80 miles per hour 130 km h and a changeup at 84 miles per hour 135 km h 29 In 2022 with the Los Angeles Dodgers Heaney added a sweeping style slider to his repertoire Personal life EditHeaney and his wife Jordan met in high school and married in 2014 30 In 2019 they implemented a dog therapy program at Children s Hospital of Orange County 31 See also Edit Baseball portal2012 College Baseball All America TeamNotes Edit Known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim until 2015 References Edit High school notebook Chad James wins duel Newsok com March 24 2009 Retrieved July 15 2012 College baseball Oklahoma State ace Andrew Heaney s fan club keeps growing Newsok com March 21 2012 Retrieved July 15 2012 Dan Popko August 12 2011 Gatemen swept out of CCBL playoffs SouthCoastToday com Retrieved July 15 2012 28 Andrew Heaney pointstreak com Retrieved September 23 2021 a b Spencer Clark December 9 2011 Miami Marlins top pick Andrew Heaney signs MiamiHerald com Retrieved July 15 2012 2012 All Big 12 Baseball Teams amp Postseason Awards Unveiled Big 12 Conference May 22 2012 Retrieved May 27 2012 Oklahoma scene OSU s Andrew Heaney named All American by Baseball America NewsOK com June 22 2012 Retrieved July 15 2012 Left handed pitcher Andrew Heaney the Miami Marlins No 3 prospect is dominating the Minor Leagues marlins com News Miami marlins mlb com February 8 2013 Retrieved May 23 2014 Andrew Heaney top rated left handed pitching prospect to start for New Orleans Zephyrs on Thursday NOLA com Retrieved May 23 2014 Andrew Heaney New York Yankees news and analysis statistics game logs depth charts contracts injuries www nbcsportsedge com Gurnick Ken December 11 2014 Dodgers adding Kendrick Rollins in trades MLB com Archived from the original on August 24 2017 Retrieved December 11 2014 Gonzalez Alden December 11 2014 Angels deal Kendrick get Heaney Rutledge MLB com Retrieved December 11 2014 Townsend Mark December 11 2014 Andrew Heaney thanks Dodgers for memorable five hour tenure Sports Yahoo com a b c d e f Andrew Heaney Stats Baseball Reference com Times Pedro Moura Pedro Moura is the former Angels beat writer for the Los Angeles May 1 2016 Angels pitcher Andrew Heaney will receive a platelet rich plasma injection Los Angeles Times Angels Andrew Heaney Evaluation shows no improvement in injured elbow CBSSports com Angels LHP Andrew Heaney will have Tommy John surgery sports yahoo com Archived from the original on July 25 2016 Andrew Heaney Stats Fantasy amp News Los Angeles Angels Retrieved January 13 2017 Heaney pitches one hitter on 27th birthday MLB Retrieved June 5 2018 Andrew Heaney suffers setback with elbow injury will undergo reevaluation Monday Los Angeles Times March 28 2019 McCullough Andy July 7 2019 Andrew Heaney pays tribute to Tyler Skaggs in Angels loss to Astros Los Angeles Times Retrieved July 8 2019 Bollinger Rhett Heaney to start Angels 2020 season opener MLB Retrieved July 5 2020 Hoch Bryan July 30 2021 Yankees acquire lefty Heaney from Angels MLB com Martin Dan October 5 2021 Yankees bring back Greg Allen for wild card game DFA Andrew Heaney New York Post Andrew Heaney Elects Free Agency Toribio Juan November 10 2021 Dodgers lefty Heaney finalize 1 year deal mlb com Retrieved November 10 2021 Toribio Juan July 28 2022 Heaney s return gives Dodgers a big boost mlb com Retrieved October 7 2022 Rangers sign free agent LHP Andrew Heaney to two year contract covering 2023 24 seasons MLB com BrooksBaseball net Player Card Andrew Heaney www brooksbaseball net Meet Angels pitcher and former Putnam City star Andrew Heaney s biggest fan Oklahoman com February 14 2015 Angels Andrew Heaney implements dog therapy program at Children s Hospital Los Angeles Times July 26 2019 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Andrew Heaney on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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