Gavin Stone

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47+1⁄3 innings. [2] He made four starts in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] Stone also played collegiate summer baseball in the Northwoods League for the Battle Creek Bombers in 2019 and the Great Lakes Resorters in 2020. [4]

Professional career

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Stone in the fifth round, with the 159th overall pick, of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. [5] [6] He signed for $100,000. [7] Stone made his professional debut in 2021 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons in mid-August. [8] Over 22 starts between the two teams, he went 2–3 with a 3.76 ERA and 138 strikeouts over 91 innings. [9]

He returned to Great Lakes to open the 2022 season. [10] After six starts in which he went 1–1 with a 1.44 ERA over 25 innings, he was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers. [11] After 13 starts with Tulsa, in which he posted a 6–4 record, a 1.60 ERA, and 107 strikeouts over 73+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Oklahoma City Dodgers in mid-August, [12] where he had a 1.16 ERA in six starts [13] and ended his season by striking out 11 in six scoreless innings against the Salt Lake Bees. [14] For the 2022 minor league season, he was 9–6 with a 1.48 ERA in 121+2⁄3 innings in which he struck out 168 batters. [15] Stone was selected by the Dodgers as their 2022 Branch Rickey Minor League Pitcher of the Year. [16] Stone returned to Oklahoma City to open the 2023 season [17] and he was called up to the majors for the first time on May 3, to start against the Philadelphia Phillies. [18] In his debut, Stone allowed four earned runs on eight hits and two walks in four innings. He recorded one strikeout, of Nick Castellanos. [19] On August 27, Stone picked up his first major league win against the Boston Red Sox. [20] In the majors, he pitched in eight games (four starts) and gave up 31 earned runs in 31 innings (9.00 ERA) [21] while he pitched in 21 games (19 starts) at Oklahoma City with a 7–4 record and 4.74 ERA with 120 strikeouts. [13] Stone struck out ten in 6+1⁄3 innings to help Oklahoma City win the Pacific Coast League championship series. [22]

During spring training in 2024, manager Dave Roberts announced that Stone would break camp as the team's fifth starter in the rotation. [23] On June 26, Stone pitched a four hit complete game shutout against the Chicago White Sox, the first by a Dodgers rookie pitcher since Hyun-jin Ryu in 2013. [24] Stone made a team high 25 starts for the Dodgers in 2024, with a 11–5 record and 3.53 ERA while striking out 116 batters. [21] He was shut down on September 6 due to shoulder inflammation [25] which ultimately ended his season. [26] Stone underwent shoulder surgery on October 9 and it was announced that he would likely miss the 2025 season while recovering. [27]

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  2. ↑ "Dodgers keep adding pitching on 2nd day of draft". June 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Stone brothers adapt to unusual break".
  4. ↑ "Former Battle Creek Bomber and Great Lakes Resorter Gavin Stone Debuts with the Dodgers". Northwoods League. May 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Riverside alum Gavin Stone selected by Dodgers in 2020 MLB Draft". June 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gavin Stone drafted by Dodgers in the 5th round". Thv11.Com. June 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dodgers agree to deals with 2 pitchers (Source)". MLB.com .
  8. ↑ "Riverside alum Gavin Stone continues rise in minors". September 16, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Gavin Stone: Small Town, Huge Vision". December 19, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Loons' 7-game winning streak ends". May 13, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Riverside, UCA alum Gavin Stone promoted to AA Tulsa in Dodgers organization". May 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ Stephen, Eric (August 16, 2022). "Dodgers promote Bobby Miller & Gavin Stone to Triple-A Oklahoma City". SB Nation. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Gavin Stone College, Amateur and Minor League Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  14. ↑ Minami, Craig (September 27, 2022). "Gavin Stone and James Outman star in 5-1 OKC Dodgers win". SB Nation. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  15. ↑ "2022 Register Pitching Leaders".
  16. ↑ Osborne, Cary (August 26, 2022). "Cartaya, Stone selected Branch Rickey Minor League Players of the Year". Dodgers.com. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
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Gavin Stone
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Gavin Stone before a game with the Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 35
Pitcher
Born: (1998-10-15) October 15, 1998 (age 26)
Lake City, Arkansas, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 3, 2023, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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