(through 2024 season)
Ryan Michael Pepiot ( /ˈpɛpioʊ/ PEP-ee-oh;born August 21,1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pepiot was born in Indianapolis,Indiana,and grew up in Westfield,Indiana,where he attended Westfield High School and played baseball,basketball,and football. In football,he was named Class 5-A All-State at quarterback as a senior. [1]
Pepiot attended Butler University and played college baseball for the Butler Bulldogs for three seasons. After his sophomore year in 2018,Pepiot played collegiate summer baseball for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [2] As a junior,he went 4–4 with a 3.92 ERA in 14 starts while striking out a school record 126 batters over 78 innings. [3] Pepiot finished the season as Butler's career leader in strikeouts with 306. [4]
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Pepiot in the third round of the 2019 MLB draft;he became the highest-drafted Butler player in program history. [5] Pepiot signed with the Dodgers and was initially assigned to the Arizona League Dodgers before being promoted to the Class-A Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League. He finished the season with 13 appearances (10 starts) between the two levels,recording no decisions with a 1.93 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 23.1 innings pitched. [6] Pepiot was named to the Dodgers' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee. [7] [8] He began the 2021 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers,where he went 3–4 with a 2.87 ERA,0.94 WHIP,and 81 strikeouts over