Carmen Mlodzinski
| Carmen Mlodzinski | |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 19, 1999 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Carmen Mlodzinski (born February 19, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He was drafted by the Pirates with the 31st overall selection in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.
Career
Mlodzinski attended and graduated from Hilton Head Island High School in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In 2017, his senior season, he was named the South Carolina 4A Player of the Year.[1] After informing professional scouts that he would be honoring his college commitment to the University of South Carolina,[2][3] he went undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and thus enrolled at USC to play college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks.[4]
In 2018, Mlodinzski's freshman year at USC, he pitched 45+2⁄3 innings, going 3-6 with a 5.52 ERA and 21 walks and 43 strikeouts over 19 games (seven starts).[5] As a sophomore in 2019, he was the Gamecocks' opening day starter.[6] However, during his third start of the year, he suffered a foot injury and missed the remainder of the 2019 season.[7] That summer, he returned from the injury, playing for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and pitching to a 1.83 ERA and 43 strikeouts as opposed to five walks over 34+1⁄3 innings.[8][9]
Mlodzinski entered his redshirt sophomore season in 2020 as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[10] He pitched to a 2.84 ERA over four starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 31st overall pick.[12] Mlodzinski signed with the Pirates on July 2, 2020, for a $2.05 million bonus.[13]
References
- ^ https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-baseball/article156072609.html
- ^ "Why Seahawks' Mlodzinski Probably Won't Be Drafted Today - And Maybe Not At All". LowcoSports. June 13, 2017.
- ^ "Hilton Head Ace Chooses College Over MLB". June 20, 2017.
- ^ dcaraviello@postandcourier.com, David Caraviello. "No head coach is no deterrent for drafted baseball recruits planning to stick with Gamecocks". Post and Courier.
- ^ "Mlodzinski looks to replicate Gamecock great". TheBigSpur.
- ^ GamecockCentral.com, COLLYN TAYLOR. "CAROLINA BASEBALL: Weekend pitching rotation is set". The Times and Democrat.
- ^ https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-baseball/article231979527.html
- ^ "Carmen Mlodzinski focuses on consistency". Baseball Prospect Journal. February 5, 2020.
- ^ "Change in Carmen: 'I was trying to be somebody that I wasn't'". TheBigSpur.
- ^ "Top Draft Prospects". MLB.com.
- ^ dcloninger@postandcourier.com, David Cloninger. "Gamecocks' coach: Coronavirus pandemic 'much more important than us playing baseball'". Post and Courier.
- ^ https://www.theitem.com/stories/uscs-mlodzinski-picked-by-pirates-on-the-first-day-of-the-mlb-draft,346784
- ^ https://www.wpxi.com/sports/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-sign-2020-first-rounder-carmen-mlodzinski-one-pick-left-unsigned/76SXP3YWDBFKVNXYK6TWAF7EH4/
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- South Carolina Gamecocks bio