Heath Fillmyer

Heath Fillmyer
Fillmyer with the Storm Chasers in 2018
Kansas City Royals – No. 49
Pitcher
Born: (1994-05-16) May 16, 1994
Roebling, New Jersey
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 24, 2018, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
(through September 26, 2018)
Win–loss record 4–2
Earned run average 4.26
Strikeouts 57
Teams

Heath Devon Fillmyer (born May 16, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

A resident of the Roebling section in Florence Township, New Jersey, Fillmyer attended Florence Township Memorial High School and played college baseball at Mercer County Community College.[1] He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 28th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Mercer County.[2] He was then drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fifth round of the 2014 MLB draft.[3]

Fillmyer made his professional debut with the Arizona League Athletics, going 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA in six games, and pitched 2015 with the Beloit Snappers, where he posted a 3-13 record with a 4.98 ERA in 23 games. He started 2016 with the Stockton Ports and was promoted to the Double-A Midland RockHounds during the season;[4] he went a combined 7-6 record with a 3.29 ERA. In 2017, he pitched for Midland, posting an 11-5 record with a 3.49 ERA.[5] The Athletics added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[6]

On January 29, 2018, Fillmyer and Jesse Hahn were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Brandon Moss and Ryan Buchter.[7] On June 19, 2018, the Royals called up Fillmyer.[8] He made his major league debut on June 24, 2018.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Fisher, Rich. "Mercer’s Heath Fillmyer drawing attention of scouts across the country". The Trentonian. C1 control character in |title= at position 7 (help)
  2. ↑ "Mercer County Community College pitcher Heath Fillmyer is poised to move up the draft board".
  3. ↑ "MCCC's Heath Fillmyer gets drafted by Oakland Athletics".
  4. ↑ "ROCKHOUNDS: Midland's Fillmyer relishing the 'Game of Failure'". 18 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Heath Fillmyer Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Athletics add 3 players to 40-man roster". MLB.com.
  7. ↑ Lee, Jane (January 29, 2018). "A's add Moss, lefty Buchter in deal with Royals". mlb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Royals' Heath Fillmyer: Joins big club Tuesday". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  9. ↑ "An eight-run inning dooms Jason Hammel, Royals in loss to Astros". kansascity. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
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