Hunter Reid Gaddis (born April 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Amateur career
Gaddis attended Sequoyah High School in Canton, Georgia,[1] and enrolled at Georgia State University to play college baseball for the Georgia State Panthers. As a sophomore, he was named second team All-Sun Belt Conference after he went 9–4 with a 2.95 earned run average (ERA) with 98 strikeouts.[2] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3] Gaddis repeated as a second team All-Sun Belt selection as a junior despite a 1–7 record and led the conference with 112 strikeouts.[4]
Professional career
The Cleveland Indians selected Gaddis in the fifth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[5] After signing with the team he was initially assigned to the Arizona League Indians before being promoted to the Class A Short-Season Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Gaddis did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He spent the 2021 season with the High-A Lake County Captains and went 4–11 with a 4.16 ERA and 127 strikeouts in 97+1⁄3 innings pitched.[6] Gaddis was assigned to the Double-A Akron RubberDucks at the start of the 2022 season.[7]
On August 5, 2022, the Cleveland Guardians selected Gaddis' contract from the Triple-A Columbus Clippers.[8]
References
- ^ "Sequoyah alum Hunter Gaddis takes charge as early-season ace for Georgia State".
- ^ "Georgia State baseball merges youth, experience this season". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 14, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "Hunter Gaddis". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Meisel, Zack (June 10, 2019). "Meisel's Musings: Roberto Pérez's renaissance, trade-deadline planning and Brad Hand's perfection". The Athletic. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "Indians draft two more shortstops, college pitchers on Day 2 of draft". The News-Herald. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ Paquette, Todd (March 14, 2022). "Cleveland Baseball Insider's 2022 Top 50 Guardians Prospects: No. 41-50". SI.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Hunter Gaddis helps Akron Rubberducks beat Harrisburg Senators". Akron Beacon Journal. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Noga, Joe (August 5, 2022). "Guardians to promote Hunter Gaddis; right-hander will start Friday's game vs. Houston". Cleveland.com. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet