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Konnor Pilkington

Konnor Chase Pilkington (born September 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Guardians.

Konnor Pilkington
Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 58
Pitcher
Born: (1997-09-12) September 12, 1997 (age 26)
Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 15, 2022, for the Cleveland Guardians
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record1–2
Earned run average3.75
Strikeouts52
Teams

Amateur career edit

Pilkington attended East Central High School in Moss Point, Mississippi. For his high school career, he had a 25–7 win–loss record with a 1.70 earned run average (ERA), totaled 307 strikeouts, and helped opponents to a batting average of .144.[1] In June 2014, at the age of 16, he committed to Mississippi State University to play college baseball.[2]

As a freshman at Mississippi State in 2016, Pilkington went 3–1 with a 2.08 ERA with 42 strikeouts while appearing in 14 games (11 starts).[3] After the season, he pitched in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Brewster Whitecaps with whom he posted a 2–1 record in 39+13 innings while finishing the league third overall with a 1.37 ERA and earning a spot on the CCBL 2016 Year-End All-League Team.[4][5] In 2017, as a sophomore, Pilkington started a team high 17 games, going 8–5 with a 3.08 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 108 innings.[6] He was invited to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer where he pitched against Cuba, Japan and the Chinese Taipei teams while collecting a 2.65 ERA in five appearances. [7] As a junior in 2018, Pilkington was named a Preseason All-American Second Team by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA, and Perfect Game and a Third Team Preseason All-American by D1 Baseball.[8] Pilkington was the Friday night starter for MSU.[9] He finished the 2018 season with a 3–6 record and a 4.47 ERA in 18 starts.[10]

Professional career edit

Chicago White Sox edit

The Chicago White Sox selected Pilkington in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with the team for a $650,000 signing bonus.[11][12] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League White Sox and was later promoted to the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie Advanced Pioneer League. Over 14 innings between the two clubs, he was 0–1 with a 7.07 ERA.[13] Pilkington began 2019 with the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League in their starting rotation.[14] After going 1–0 with a 1.62 ERA in six starts, Pilkington was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League with whom he finished the year.[15] Over 19 starts with the Dash, he went 4–9 with a 4.99 ERA, striking out 96 over 95+23 innings.[16] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Birmingham Barons of the Double-A South.[17] Over 14 starts with the Barons, he went 4–4 with a 3.48 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP while striking out 71 over 62 innings.[18]

Cleveland Indians / Guardians edit

On July 29, 2021, the White Sox traded Pilkington to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for César Hernández.[19] Upon acquiring him, the Indians assigned Pilkington to the Akron RubberDucks of the Double-A Northeast.[20] Over eight games (seven starts) with Akron, he went 3-2 with a 2.33 ERA and 49 strikeouts over 38+23 innings.[21]

The newly-named Cleveland Guardians selected Pilkington to their 40-man roster on November 19, 2021.[22] On April 2, 2022, the Guardians announced that he had been named to the Opening Day roster.[23] On April 14, Pilkington was optioned to Triple-A without making an appearance for the big league club. He briefly became a phantom ballplayer until he was recalled to the major league roster and made his MLB debut the following day.[24] Pilkington pitched in 15 games (starting 11) for Cleveland in 2022, registering a 1-2 record and 3.88 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 58.0 innings pitched.

He began the 2023 season with Triple-A Columbus, but struggled to an 8.36 ERA across 4 starts. Pilkington made only one appearance for Cleveland, tossing two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts. He was designated for assignment on April 26, 2023, following the promotion of Tanner Bibee.[25]

Arizona Diamondbacks edit

On May 1, 2023, the Guardians traded Pilkington to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations.[26] In 11 starts for the Triple–A Reno Aces, he struggled to a 9.53 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 39+23 innings pitched. On July 7, he was designated for assignment by Arizona following the promotion of Dominic Canzone.[27] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple–A Reno on July 13.[28]

References edit

  1. ^ url=http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/konnor-pilkington/D2WOY_TrEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/baseball-stats.htm
  2. ^ Magee, Patrick (June 14, 2014). "East Central's Pilkington commits to MSU". Sun Herald.
  3. ^ url=https://msstate_ftp.sidearmsports.com/stats/bb/2016/teamstat.htm
  4. ^ "Konnor Pilkington – Cape Code Baseball League". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Ochs, Patrick (September 2, 2016). "Former Coast baseball player's summer on Cape 'nothing short of phenomenal'". Sun Herald.
  6. ^ "Konnor Pilkington". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  7. ^ "Konnor Pilkington Receives Fourth Preseason All-America Honor". Mississippi State Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "Pilkington receives another preseason honor with baseball Bulldogs". Starkville Daily News. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  9. ^ . Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Hudgison, Chris (August 23, 2019). "Mississippi State pitcher Konnor Pilkington signs with White Sox". WLBT.com.
  11. ^ Price, Satchel (June 5, 2018). "White Sox select Konnor Pilkington with third-round pick in 2018 MLB Draft". Chicago Sun-Times.
  12. ^ . www.wmcactionnews5.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
  13. ^ Gregor, Scot (May 11, 2019). "Pilkington looking like future piece for Chicago White Sox's rotation". Daily Herald.
  14. ^ Santaromita, Dan (April 4, 2019). "Where the top White Sox prospects are starting the 2019 minor league season". NBC Sports Chicago.
  15. ^ Gregor, Scot (May 11, 2019). "Pilkington looking like future piece for Chicago White Sox's rotation". Daily Herald. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Wrangling 2020 White Sox prospects: Big hurdles". February 7, 2020.
  17. ^ "White Sox will send Jake Burger to Triple-A Charlotte amid other aggressive minor-league assignments".
  18. ^ "MiLB Stats". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  19. ^ "Cleveland Indians trade 2B Hernandez to White Sox". July 29, 2021.
  20. ^ "Cleveland Indians trade 2B Cesar Hernandez to AL Central rival White Sox". cleveland. July 29, 2021.
  21. ^ "Akron RubberDucks one game from clinching Class AA Northeast championship". cleveland. September 23, 2021.
  22. ^ "Guardians Announce Series Of 40-man Roster Moves". CleGuardians.com. November 19, 2021.
  23. ^ "Guardians' Opening Day Roster Beginning to Take Shape".
  24. ^ "Konnor Pilkington Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  25. ^ Adams, Steve (April 26, 2023). "Guardians Promote Tanner Bibee, Designate Konnor Pilkington For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors.
  26. ^ Adams, Steve (May 1, 2023). "Guardians Trade Konnor Pilkington To Diamondbacks". MLB Trade Rumors.
  27. ^ "Diamondbacks' Konnor Pilkington: Designated for assignment". cbssports.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  28. ^ "Diamondbacks' Konnor Pilkington: Outrighted to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

External links edit

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
  • Mississippi State Bulldogs bio

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Konnor Chase Pilkington born September 12 1997 is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization He previously played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Cleveland Guardians Konnor PilkingtonArizona Diamondbacks No 58PitcherBorn 1997 09 12 September 12 1997 age 26 Pascagoula Mississippi U S Bats LeftThrows LeftMLB debutApril 15 2022 for the Cleveland GuardiansMLB statistics through 2023 season Win loss record1 2Earned run average3 75Strikeouts52TeamsCleveland Guardians 2022 2023 Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 2 1 Chicago White Sox 2 2 Cleveland Indians Guardians 2 3 Arizona Diamondbacks 3 References 4 External linksAmateur career editPilkington attended East Central High School in Moss Point Mississippi For his high school career he had a 25 7 win loss record with a 1 70 earned run average ERA totaled 307 strikeouts and helped opponents to a batting average of 144 1 In June 2014 at the age of 16 he committed to Mississippi State University to play college baseball 2 As a freshman at Mississippi State in 2016 Pilkington went 3 1 with a 2 08 ERA with 42 strikeouts while appearing in 14 games 11 starts 3 After the season he pitched in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Brewster Whitecaps with whom he posted a 2 1 record in 39 1 3 innings while finishing the league third overall with a 1 37 ERA and earning a spot on the CCBL 2016 Year End All League Team 4 5 In 2017 as a sophomore Pilkington started a team high 17 games going 8 5 with a 3 08 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 108 innings 6 He was invited to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer where he pitched against Cuba Japan and the Chinese Taipei teams while collecting a 2 65 ERA in five appearances 7 As a junior in 2018 Pilkington was named a Preseason All American Second Team by Baseball America Collegiate Baseball NCBWA and Perfect Game and a Third Team Preseason All American by D1 Baseball 8 Pilkington was the Friday night starter for MSU 9 He finished the 2018 season with a 3 6 record and a 4 47 ERA in 18 starts 10 Professional career editChicago White Sox edit The Chicago White Sox selected Pilkington in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with the team for a 650 000 signing bonus 11 12 He made his professional debut with the Rookie level Arizona League White Sox and was later promoted to the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie Advanced Pioneer League Over 14 innings between the two clubs he was 0 1 with a 7 07 ERA 13 Pilkington began 2019 with the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League in their starting rotation 14 After going 1 0 with a 1 62 ERA in six starts Pilkington was promoted to the Winston Salem Dash of the Class A Advanced Carolina League with whom he finished the year 15 Over 19 starts with the Dash he went 4 9 with a 4 99 ERA striking out 96 over 95 2 3 innings 16 To begin the 2021 season he was assigned to the Birmingham Barons of the Double A South 17 Over 14 starts with the Barons he went 4 4 with a 3 48 ERA and a 0 92 WHIP while striking out 71 over 62 innings 18 Cleveland Indians Guardians edit On July 29 2021 the White Sox traded Pilkington to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Cesar Hernandez 19 Upon acquiring him the Indians assigned Pilkington to the Akron RubberDucks of the Double A Northeast 20 Over eight games seven starts with Akron he went 3 2 with a 2 33 ERA and 49 strikeouts over 38 2 3 innings 21 The newly named Cleveland Guardians selected Pilkington to their 40 man roster on November 19 2021 22 On April 2 2022 the Guardians announced that he had been named to the Opening Day roster 23 On April 14 Pilkington was optioned to Triple A without making an appearance for the big league club He briefly became a phantom ballplayer until he was recalled to the major league roster and made his MLB debut the following day 24 Pilkington pitched in 15 games starting 11 for Cleveland in 2022 registering a 1 2 record and 3 88 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 58 0 innings pitched He began the 2023 season with Triple A Columbus but struggled to an 8 36 ERA across 4 starts Pilkington made only one appearance for Cleveland tossing two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts He was designated for assignment on April 26 2023 following the promotion of Tanner Bibee 25 Arizona Diamondbacks edit On May 1 2023 the Guardians traded Pilkington to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for cash considerations 26 In 11 starts for the Triple A Reno Aces he struggled to a 9 53 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 39 2 3 innings pitched On July 7 he was designated for assignment by Arizona following the promotion of Dominic Canzone 27 He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple A Reno on July 13 28 References edit url http www maxpreps com athlete konnor pilkington D2WOY TrEeKZ5AAmVebBJg gendersport baseball stats htm Magee Patrick June 14 2014 East Central s Pilkington commits to MSU Sun Herald url https msstate ftp sidearmsports com stats bb 2016 teamstat htm Konnor Pilkington Cape Code Baseball League Pointstreak Sports Technologies Retrieved March 25 2018 Ochs Patrick September 2 2016 Former Coast baseball player s summer on Cape nothing short of phenomenal Sun Herald Konnor Pilkington The Baseball Cube Retrieved March 25 2018 Konnor Pilkington Receives Fourth Preseason All America Honor Mississippi State Athletics Retrieved March 25 2018 Pilkington receives another preseason honor with baseball Bulldogs Starkville Daily News Retrieved March 25 2018 MLB com 2018 Prospect Watch Major League Baseball Archived from the original on February 23 2018 Retrieved March 25 2018 Hudgison Chris August 23 2019 Mississippi State pitcher Konnor Pilkington signs with White Sox WLBT com Price Satchel June 5 2018 White Sox select Konnor Pilkington with third round pick in 2018 MLB Draft Chicago Sun Times Mississippi State pitcher Konnor Pilkington signs with White Sox WMC Action News 5 Memphis Tennessee www wmcactionnews5 com Archived from the original on June 28 2018 Gregor Scot May 11 2019 Pilkington looking like future piece for Chicago White Sox s rotation Daily Herald Santaromita Dan April 4 2019 Where the top White Sox prospects are starting the 2019 minor league season NBC Sports Chicago Gregor Scot May 11 2019 Pilkington looking like future piece for Chicago White Sox s rotation Daily Herald Retrieved June 3 2019 Wrangling 2020 White Sox prospects Big hurdles February 7 2020 White Sox will send Jake Burger to Triple A Charlotte amid other aggressive minor league assignments MiLB Stats MiLB com Retrieved August 18 2021 Cleveland Indians trade 2B Hernandez to White Sox July 29 2021 Cleveland Indians trade 2B Cesar Hernandez to AL Central rival White Sox cleveland July 29 2021 Akron RubberDucks one game from clinching Class AA Northeast championship cleveland September 23 2021 Guardians Announce Series Of 40 man Roster Moves CleGuardians com November 19 2021 Guardians Opening Day Roster Beginning to Take Shape Konnor Pilkington Stats Fantasy amp News MLB com Adams Steve April 26 2023 Guardians Promote Tanner Bibee Designate Konnor Pilkington For Assignment MLB Trade Rumors Adams Steve May 1 2023 Guardians Trade Konnor Pilkington To Diamondbacks MLB Trade Rumors Diamondbacks Konnor Pilkington Designated for assignment cbssports com Retrieved July 8 2023 Diamondbacks Konnor Pilkington Outrighted to Triple A cbssports com Retrieved July 14 2023 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Mississippi State Bulldogs bio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Konnor Pilkington amp oldid 1202477397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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