Ryan Cusick

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65+2⁄3 innings. [4] That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Bourne Braves. [5] [6] He pitched 22+1⁄3 innings in 2020 before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] As a junior in 2021, Cusick started 12 games and compiled a 3–5 record, a 4.24 ERA, and 108 strikeouts over seventy innings. [8] [9]

Professional career

Atlanta Braves

Cusick was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round with the 24th overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. [10] [11] He signed with the Braves for a $2.7 million signing bonus. [12] To begin his professional career, he was assigned to the Augusta GreenJackets of the Low-A East. [13] [14] During his first year in the minor leagues, Cusick pitched 16+1⁄3 innings, striking out 34 batters, walking four, and giving up five earned runs. [15] [16] Cusick joined the Braves' minor league camp before the 2022 season began. [17]

Oakland Athletics

On March 14, 2022, the Braves traded Cusick, Cristian Pache, Shea Langeliers, and Joey Estes to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Matt Olson. [18] [19] He was assigned to the Midland RockHounds of the Double-A Texas League for the 2022 season. [20] Over 13 games (ten starts), he went 1–6 with a 7.12 ERA, 46 strikeouts, and thirty walks over 43 innings. [21] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox after the season. [22] Cusick returned to Midland to open the 2023 season. [23]

Cusick split the 2024 campaign between the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Athletics, Midland, and the Triple–A Las Vegas Aviators, posting a cumulative 3–4 record and 4.66 ERA with 66 strikeouts and 4 saves across 63+2⁄3 innings pitched. Following the season, the Athletics added Cusick to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. [24]

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Ryan Cusick
Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1999-11-12) November 12, 1999 (age 25)
Sudbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
2021 Major League Baseball draft first round selections
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