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'''Tyler Frank Kolek''' (born December 15, 1995) is an American [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]] who is a free agent. He was drafted by the [[Miami Marlins]] in the first round of the [[2014 Major League Baseball Draft]].
'''Tyler Frank Kolek''' (born December 15, 1995) is an American [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]] who is a free agent. He was drafted by the [[Miami Marlins]] with the second overall pick of the [[2014 Major League Baseball Draft]].


==High school career==
==High school career==

Revision as of 16:16, 7 December 2020

Tyler Kolek
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1995-12-15) December 15, 1995 (age 28)
Shepherd, Texas
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Tyler Frank Kolek (born December 15, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins with the second overall pick of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.

High school career

Kolek attended Shepherd High School in Shepherd, Texas, and played for the school's baseball team. He missed most of his junior season, after breaking his arm in a collision with a baserunner.[1] He signed a letter-of-intent with Texas Christian University in November 2013.[2] Throughout the first three starts of his senior year, he had not given up a hit and had 35 strikeouts over 15 innings.[3][4]

Professional career

With a fastball that had been clocked as high as 102 miles per hour (164 km/h), Kolek was considered to be among the top high school pitching prospects for the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.[5][6][7][8] The Miami Marlins selected Kolek in the first round, second overall, of the draft.[9] He signed on June 16[10] and was assigned to the GCL Marlins, where he posted a 0-3 record with a 4.50 ERA in nine games. He spent 2015 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers where he went 4-10 with a 4.56 ERA, with a 1.56 WHIP in 25 games. On April 7, 2016, Kolek underwent Tommy John surgery, and had to sit out during the 2016 season.[11] Kolek missed a majority of the 2017 season as well due to injury; he pitched in only three games for the GCL Marlins in which he gave up 12 earned runs in 3.2 innings.[12]

Family

Kolek's brother, Stephen, also played for Shepherd's baseball team. He played college baseball for Texas A&M University[5][13] and was drafted in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Tyler Kolek Looks To Take His Spot In Texas Pitching Lineage". Baseballamerica.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ MARK ANDERSONContributing Writer. "Shepherd's Kolek signs with TCU". Yourhoustonnews.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Tyler Kolek picks up first no-hitter, still hasn't given up a hit this season". Maxpreps.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Rohrbach, Ben (March 17, 2014). "Top-rated pitching prospect Tyler Kolek has yet to allow a hit as a high school senior". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  5. ^ a b MARK ANDERSONContributing Writer. "Kolek brothers stand out in Ranger Area tryouts". Yourhoustonnews.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  6. ^ Crawford, Christopher. "Tyler Kolek making a case for No. 1". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Verdejo, Angel. "Shepherd's Kolek drawing national attention as area teams start baseball season". Houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  8. ^ "Cubs, White Sox watch top prep prospect". Articles.chicagotribune.com. March 7, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  9. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140605&content_id=78391926&notebook_id=78392588&vkey=notebook_mia&c_id=mia
  10. ^ Marlins sign second overall pick Kolek
  11. ^ Gelman, Scott. "Marlins prospect Kolek has Tommy John". fishstripes.com. Marlin Fish Stripes. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "Tyler Kolek Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  13. ^ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/aggies/article/The-other-Kolek-pitcher-working-out-just-fine-for-11225928.php
  14. ^ Campos, Alex (June 7, 2018). "Dodgers select some interesting prospects in Rounds 11-20 of MLB Draft". Dodgers Digest. Retrieved June 9, 2018.


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