Austin Kitchen | |
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Miami Marlins | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | February 11, 1997|
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Austin Kitchen (born February 11,1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer,having spent one day on the active roster of the Colorado Rockies.
Kitchen attended Mt. Lebanon High School in Mt. Lebanon,Pennsylvania,and played for the school's baseball team. [1] He enrolled at Coastal Carolina University,where he played college baseball for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Kitchen was a member of the 2016 College World Series champions. [2] In 2017,he played collegiate summer baseball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [3] He missed the entire 2018 season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. [4]
Kitchen was not selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft,and spent the summer with the Steel City Slammin' Sammies of the Washington League. In nine games,he recorded a 1.50 earned run average (ERA) with 11 strikeouts across 12 innings pitched. [5] On February 9,2021,Kitchen signed with the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League. [6]
On April 20,2021,Kitchen signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies organization. [7] He finished the year with the Single–A Fresno Grizzlies,compiling a 4.97 ERA with 38 strikeouts across 50+2⁄3 innings. [8] Kitchen split the 2022 campaign between the High–A Spokane Indians and Double–A Hartford Yard Goats. In 36 total games, he posted a cumulative 5–2 record and 3.32 ERA with 71 strikeouts across 81+1⁄3 innings pitched. [9]
Kitchen spent the 2023 season back with Hartford, also making two appearances for the Triple–A Albuquerque Isotopes. In 43 games out of the bullpen for Hartford, he recorded a 3.62 ERA with 54 strikeouts and 3 saves across 59+2⁄3 innings of work. [10] He began 2024 with Hartford and was promoted to Albuquerque after 5 games. In 18 games for the Isotopes, Kitchen registered a 3.65 ERA with 18 strikeouts. [11]
On June 22, 2024, Kitchen was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [12] He did not make an appearance for Colorado before he was designated for assignment the following day, becoming a phantom ballplayer. [13]
On June 25, 2024, Kitchen was claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins. [14]
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