Ken Waldichuk

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92+1⁄3 innings, earning All-WCC First Team honors. [6] In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [7] In 2019, his junior year, Waldichuk made 15 starts, going 5–6 with a 3.69 ERA with 106 strikeouts over 92+2⁄3 innings.[ citation needed ]

Professional career

New York Yankees

After the season, the New York Yankees selected Waldichuk in the fifth round (165th overall) of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. [8] He signed with the Yankees and made his professional debut with the Pulaski Yankees of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 0–2 with a 3.68 ERA over 29+1⁄3 innings. [9] Waldichuk did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] To begin the 2021 season, Waldichuk was assigned to the Hudson Valley Renegades of the High-A East. [11] After throwing 30+2⁄3 scoreless innings to begin the year, he was promoted to the Somerset Patriots of the Double-A Northeast. [12] Over 16 games (14 starts) with Somerset, Waldichuk pitched to a 4–3 record and 4.20 ERA with 108 strikeouts over 79+1⁄3 innings. [13]

Waldichuk returned to Somerset to begin the 2022 season. [14] After four starts in which he pitched to a 4–0 record and 1.26 ERA over 28+2⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League. [15] Waldichuk was selected to represent the Yankees at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. [16] Over 11 starts with the RailRaiders, Waldichuk went 2-3 with a 3.59 ERA and 70 strikeouts over 47+2⁄3 innings. [17]

Oakland Athletics

On August 1, 2022, the Yankees traded Waldichuk, JP Sears, Luis Medina, and Cooper Bowman to the Oakland Athletics for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino. [18] He was subsequently assigned to the Las Vegas Aviators of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. [19] The Athletics promoted Waldichuk to the major leagues on September 1 to make his major league debut the following day. [20] On September 24, Waldichuk earned his first career victory after allowing four runs on five hits and four strikeouts across 5.0 innings of work against the New York Mets. [21]

In 2023, Waldichuk made 35 appearances (22 starts) for Oakland, registering a 4–9 record and 5.36 ERA with 132 strikeouts across 141.0 innings of work. [22] Following his last start of the 2023 season, an MRI revealed that Waldichuk had suffered a flexor tendon strain and UCL sprain in his pitching elbow. He underwent a procedure to remove scar tissue from the same elbow and elected to further undergo a non–surgical recovery process. [23]

On May 16, 2024, Waldichuk underwent Tommy John surgery, causing him to miss the remainder of the season. [24]

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Ken Waldichuk
Athletics – No. 30
Pitcher
Born: (1998-01-08) January 8, 1998 (age 26)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Bats: Switch
Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 1, 2022, for the Oakland Athletics
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