Erick Threets

Erick Threets
Oakland Athletics – No. --
Pitcher
Born: November 4, 1981 (1981-11-04)
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 12, 2007 for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics (through 2010)
Win-Loss	0-1
Earned run average	3.28
Strikeouts	13
Teams
San Francisco Giants (2007-2008) Chicago White Sox (2010)

Erick Morgan Threets (born November 4, 1981, in Hayward, California) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Threets made his Major League Baseball debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2007. He attended Mendenhall Middle School and Granada High School in Livermore, California.

He was prospect number 20 in the Baseball America Prospect Handbook 2008 for the Giants, and his changeup was rated the best in the Giants' minor league system.

He signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 2008 season and was assigned to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes.

On January 14, 2010, Threets signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox.

On August 29, 2010, Threets injured his throwing arm after throwing a pitch against the New York Yankees. He was placed on the DL, and had Tommy John Surgery shortly thereafter. He is expected to miss all of 2011 and resurface in 2012. With the White Sox in 2010, he allowed no earned runs in 12 1/3 innings.

Threets signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics on December 9, 2011.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube