Chance Adams

Chance Adams
New York Yankees – No. 43
Pitcher
Born: (1994-08-10) August 10, 1994
Scottsdale, Arizona
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 4, 2018, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through August 22, 2018)
Win–loss record 0-1
Earned run average 8.10
Strikeouts 2
Teams

Chance Adams (born August 10, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Adams attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. He played college baseball at Yavapai College for two years before transferring to Dallas Baptist University. After one year at Dallas Baptist, Adams was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.[1]

Adams made his professional debut with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League and was later promoted to the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.[2] He posted a combined 3–1 win-loss record, 1.78 earned run average (ERA) and 0.93 walks plus hits per inning pitched in ​35 1⁄3 combined innings between the three teams. Adams was converted into a starting pitcher in 2016 and started the year with Tampa,[3] and after pitching to a 5–0 record and 2.65 ERA in 12 games, was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League in June, where he finished the season with a 8–1 record and 2.07 ERA.[4][5][6] In 2017, Adams pitched for both Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, posting a combined 15–5 record and 2.45 ERA in ​150 1⁄3 total innings pitched between both teams.[7]

Adams began the 2018 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.[8] He was called up to the major leagues to face the Boston Red Sox on August 4.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mets take a 3B, Yankees an OF on Day 2". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Class of 2015 Has Arrived with Chance Adams – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "New York Yankees righty Chance Adams twirls longest pro start for Tampa Yankees – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Miguel Andujar, Chance Adams arrive to bolster Thunder". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Yankees' prospect Chance Adams' plan for another breakout". NJ.com. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ John Harper (January 23, 2017). "The Yankees are hoping they found their very own Corey Kluber in righty prospect Chance Adams". NY Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chance Adams Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24278251/new-york-yankees-pitcher-chance-adams-start-vs-boston-red-sox-saturday
  9. ↑ https://nypost.com/2018/08/04/yankees-give-chance-adams-no-help-in-latest-loss-to-red-sox/
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