Michael Matuella

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57+2⁄3innings pitched. In 2013, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. [3] As a sophomore in 2014, Matuella started 11 games, going 1–3 with a 2.78 ERA and 69 strikeouts over 58+1⁄3 innings. [4] After the season, he was diagnosed with spondylolysis, which caused him to not pitch during the summer or fall. [5]

Entering his junior season, Matuella was considered one of the top prospects for the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. [6] [7] [8] [9] Prior to the season he was named a preseason All-American by Baseball America . [10] In April it was announced that he would need Tommy John surgery, which ended his junior season. [11] He pitched only 25 innings as a junior. [12]

Professional career

The Texas Rangers selected Matuella in the third round, with the 78th overall selection, of the 2015 draft. [13] He signed with the Rangers, receiving a $2 million signing bonus. [14] Matuella did not play in 2015 due to recovery from Tommy John surgery, and his 2016 season was cut short after one game with the Spokane Indians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League due to a sprained ligament in his right elbow. [15]

Matuella spent the first month of the 2017 season on the disabled list, but still pitched in 21 games, posting a 4–6 record with a 4.20 ERA for the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League. [16] Matuella spent the 2018 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, [17] and struggled throughout the season, posting a 3–5 record with a 8.24 ERA in 51.1 innings in 20 games (8 starts). [18] He was assigned back to Down East for the 2019 season, [19] going 5–2 with a 4.04 ERA over 42.1 innings. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Matuella was released by Texas on May 13, 2021.

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  9. ↑ Clemson rides Michael Matuella's fastball to 5-3 ACC baseball win over Duke Archived February 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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Michael Matuella
Pitcher
Born: (1994-06-03) June 3, 1994 (age 30)
Great Falls, Virginia, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right