Sam Carlson

Sam Carlson
Seattle Mariners
Pitcher
Born: (1998-12-03) December 3, 1998
Savage, Minnesota
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Samuel Carlson (born December 3, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.

Carlson attended Burnsville High School in Burnsville, Minnesota.[1] For his senior year, Carlson had a jump in velocity, going from the 88–92 range to 93–97.[2]

Carlson committed to the University of Florida to play college baseball.[3] He was drafted in the second round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners.[4][5][6][7] He signed with the Mariners and was assigned to the AZL Mariners, where he spent 2017, posting a 3.00 ERA in only three innings before being shut down due to minor elbow discomfort.[8]

Heading into the 2018 season, Carlson was ranked the #3 prospect and the top pitching prospect in the Mariners organization, but had the elbow discomfort return during the Mariners mini-camp in February and was shut down again. He was given a PRP injection and eventually started rehabbing, but a setback in his rehab forced him to undergo Tommy John surgery on July 2, causing him to miss the rest of 2018 and the majority, if not all of 2019.[9]

References

  1. This local high school pitcher is the best prospect since Joe Mauer
  2. SAM CARLSON CLIMBING UP DRAFT BOARDS
  3. Sam Carlson commits to the Florida Gators
  4. Burnsville High School Pitcher A Prospect For The Pros
  5. This Burnsville ace is slated to go in the first round of the MLB Draft
  6. "MLB.com 2017 Prospect Watch". Major League Baseball.
  7. Burnsville's Sam Carlson is Elite MLB Draft Prospect
  8. "Sam Carlson Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  9. Divish, Ryan (July 3, 2018). "Elbow surgery ends the season for Mariners' top pitching prospect Sam Carlson". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
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