| Jordan Balazovic | |||||||||||||||
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 Balazovic with the St. Paul Saints in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Minnesota Twins – No. 81 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born:September 17, 1998 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 18, 2023, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.44 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 17 | ||||||||||||||
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Jordan Balazovic (born September 17, 1998) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Balazovic attended St. Martin Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft [1] and he signed, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at Auburn University. [2]
Balazovic spent his first two professional seasons in 2016 and 2017 with the Gulf Coast Twins, posting a 1.97 ERA and a 4.91 ERA, respectively. He spent 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels, going 7–3 with a 3.94 ERA in 12 games (11 starts), [3] and returned there to begin 2019 before being promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle. [4] [5] In July, he represented the Twins in the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. [6] Over 19 games (18 starts) with Cedar Rapids and Fort Myers, he pitched to an 8–5 record and a 2.69 ERA, striking out 129 over 93+2⁄3 innings. In July and August he played for team Canada in the 2019 Pan American Games. [7]
Balazovic did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] The Twins added Balazovic to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season. [9]
Balazovic spent the 2021 season with the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge, recording a 5–4 record and 3.62 ERA with 102 strikeouts in 97.0 innings pitched across 20 starts. He pitched in 22 games (21 starts) for the Triple-A St. Paul Saints in 2022, but struggled to an 0–7 record and 7.39 ERA with 76 strikeouts in 70.2 innings pitched.
On February 11, 2023, Balazovic suffered a broken jaw after being struck twice by a stranger and had his jaw wired shut. [10] On March 3, Balazovic was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul to begin the season. [11] He made 14 appearances, mainly working out of the bullpen, [12] and logged a 4.79 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 35+2⁄3 innings of work. On June 18, Balazovic was promoted to the major leagues for the first time after Jorge Lopez was placed on the injured list. [13] In the major leagues, Balazovic recorded a 1–0 record and a 4.44 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 24.1 innings pitched over 18 games. He was designated for assignment on February 7, 2024. [14] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A on February 13.
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