Austin Warner (baseball)

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227+1⁄3 innings pitched. [1]

Warner was undrafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft and signed with the River City Rascals of the independent Frontier League. [2] He pitched for the Rascals into the 2017 season before his contract was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals on June 15, 2017. Warner went 6–1 with a 4.01 ERA over 16 appearances, 12 of which were starts, during his time with River City. [3]

After signing, Warner was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Cardinals and was briefly elevated to the Class A-Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals due to a shortage of relief pitchers, pitching three scoreless innings and earning a win in relief in his only appearance. He was later promoted to the Class A Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League. [4] Warner began the 2018 season in the Florida State League with Palm Beach before earning a promotion to the Double-A Springfield Cardinals after 12 starts with a 3–3 record and a 3.41 ERA. [5] Warner was promoted a second time to the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. [6] He returned to Springfield in 2019 and was named a Texas League All-Star before being promoted to Memphis for the rest of the 2019 season. [7] Warner did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but was later assigned to the Cardinals' Alternate Training Site. [6] For the 2021 season, he returned to Memphis. [8] Over 41 appearances for the season, he went 7–3 with a 3.34 ERA and 75 strikeouts over 72+2⁄3 innings. [9] On March 31, 2022, Warner was released by the Cardinals organization. [10]

On April 4, 2022, Warner signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization. [11] Warner made 33 appearances (12 starts) for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, logging a 5–3 record and 5.21 ERA with 72 strikeouts in 86.1 innings pitched. He became a free agent following the season on November 10.

On February 28, 2023, Warner signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox organization. [12] He became a free agent after the season. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Lara, Vincent (2018-05-21). "Cardinals left-hander Austin Warner twirls complete-game shutout for Palm Beach". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Warner, a former Rascal, moves up in Cardinals' system". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . July 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Andrew (June 16, 2017). "Austin Warner signs with the St. Louis Cardinals". KSDK.com .
  4. ↑ Forde, Mitchell (August 20, 2017). "Minor League Report: Ex-Rascal Warner makes most of his time in Peoria". St. Louis Post-Dispatch .
  5. ↑ Miller, Andrew (August 14, 2018). "Palm Beach Cardinals: Promote the players!". Jupiter Courier .
  6. 1 2 Rain, Rob (February 18, 2021). "How Austin Warner went from being undrafted, undersized and two years of Independent baseball to earning spot in Cardinals spring training camp". KSDK.com .
  7. ↑ Lucy, Dan (June 14, 2019). "Carlson, Warner: Texas League All-Stars". OzarksFirst.com .
  8. ↑ "Opening Day Roster | Redbirds". Milb.com. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Licey to reinforce pitching with Cole and Warner". October 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Austin Warner Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com.
  11. ↑ "Transactions". MLB.com .
  12. ↑ "Austin Warner Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  13. ↑ "2023 MiLB Free Agents". 8 November 2023.
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Austin Warner
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1994-06-27) June 27, 1994 (age 29)
Louisville, Kentucky
Bats: Left
Throws: Left