Cole Winn

Cole Winn
Texas Rangers
Pitcher
Born: (1999-11-25) November 25, 1999
Longmont, Colorado
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Cole Robert Winn (born November 25, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Career

Winn spent his freshman, sophomore, and junior years of high school at Silver Creek High School in Longmont, Colorado.[1] As a junior in 2017 he was 9–0 with a 0.73 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 47.2 innings, along with batting .388 with two home runs and 19 RBIs, earning himself the title of Colorado's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year.[2] That summer, in July, he played in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field.[3] He then transferred to Lutheran High School of Orange County in Orange, California for his senior year.[4][5] As a senior, he pitched to an 8–2 record with a 0.20 ERA[6] and was named California's Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year[7] and Baseball America's High School Player of the Year.[8] He originally committed to play college baseball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but decommitted and then signed to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[9]

Winn was selected 15th overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2018 MLB draft[10] and signed for $3.15 million.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball: Silver Creek squanders opportunity against Mountain View". Broomfield Enterprise. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Silver Creek ace Cole Winn named 2016–17 Gatorade Colorado Baseball Player of the Year". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "40 players chosen for Under Armour All-America Baseball Game in Chicago". USA TODAY High School Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "THE BUZZ: HORVATH, GILBERT COMMIT; WINN MOVES". Prep Baseball Report. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Orange Lutheran baseball repeats as National High School Invitational champions". MaxPreps. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ https://www.ocregister.com/2018/06/03/mlb-draft-orange-lutherans-cole-winn-santiagos-brice-turang-expected-to-go-in-first-round/
  7. ↑ "Orange Lutheran's Cole Winn is Gatorade state player of the year". Orange County Register. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/high-school-player-of-the-year-cole-winn/
  9. ↑ "THE BUZZ: COLE WINN COMMITS TO MISSISSIPPI STATE". Prep Baseball Report. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ https://www.denverpost.com/2018/06/04/cole-winn-mlb-draft-first-round-rangers/
  11. ↑ http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23774708/texas-rangers-sign-top-5-draft-picks
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