Duane Underwood Jr.

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73+1⁄3innings pitched. Underwood spent 2016 with the Tennessee Smokies, South Bend Cubs, and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, where he posted an 0–6 record with a 4.32 ERA. [5] After the season, Underwood played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League and was added to the Cubs 40-man roster. [6] [7] He spent 2017 with the Tennessee Smokies where he went 13–7 with a 4.43 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP in 25 games. [8]

Underwood started the 2018 season with the Iowa Cubs. On June 25, 2018, the Cubs promoted Underwood to the major leagues to make his first start against the Los Angeles Dodgers. [9] He was optioned back to Iowa after the game, and spent the remainder of the year in Iowa. He returned to Iowa to begin 2019. He returned to the Chicago Cubs on August 6, 2019, and struck out all six batters he faced in his first appearance. Underwood appeared in 17 games for the Cubs in 2020 and pitched to a 5.66 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 20+2⁄3 innings pitched. [10]

On March 2, 2021, Underwood was designated for assignment after the signing of Ryan Tepera was made official. [11]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On March 7, 2021, the Cubs traded Underwood to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Shendrik Apostel. [12] In 43 games for the Pirates, he registered a 4.33 ERA with 65 strikeouts and 72.2 innings pitched. On September 6, Underwood was placed on the 60-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. [13] In 2022, Underwood made 51 appearances out of the Pirates' bullpen, recording a 4.40 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched. [14]

On January 13, 2023, Underwood agreed to a one-year, $1.025 million contract with the Pirates, avoiding salary arbitration. [15] He pitched in 20 games for Pittsburgh, recording a 5.18 ERA with 14 strikeouts and 2 saves in 24.1 innings of work. Underwood was designated for assignment on May 27. [16] He cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians on June 2. [17] On October 2, Underwood elected free agency.

International career

Underwood is of Puerto Rican descent through his maternal grandmother. [18] During the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he pitched for the Puerto Rico national team. On March 13, 2023, he pitched in relief versus Israel and retired every batter faced in the eighth inning, after José De León started and Yacksel Ríos, Edwin Díaz kept the perfect game intact, and Martín Maldonado caught on the way to a 10–0 win. The contest ended when Maldonado scored on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the eighth inning that invoked the tournament's mercy rule. However, it did not qualify as an official perfect game per the Elias Sports Bureau, due to lasting fewer than nine innings. [19] [20]

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Duane Underwood Jr.
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Underwood with the Chicago Cubs in 2019
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1994-07-20) July 20, 1994 (age 29)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 25, 2018, for the Chicago Cubs
Manager
4 Yadier Molina
Coaches
Bench Coach 73 Alex Cintrón
Hitting Coach 23 Vic Rodriguez
Assistant Hitting Coach 19 Juan González
Pitching Coach 27 Ricky Bones
First Base Coach 6 José Molina
Third Base Coach 2 Luis Rivera
Bullpen Coach 50 José Rosado
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