Spencer Schwellenbach

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56+1⁄3 innings pitched while also hitting for a .367 batting average with 44 runs scored and 20 RBIs. [3] Schwellenbach was selected in the 34th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians, but opted not to sign with the team. [4]

As a true freshman, Schwellenbach started 44 on Nebraska's games and batted .275 with five home runs and 22 RBIs. [5] He hit .295 in 15 games as a sophomore before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. [6] Following the season he played collegiate summer baseball for the Traverse City Pit Spitters of the Northwoods League, where he hit for a .356 average over 22 games. [7] [8] After only playing as a position player in his first two collegiate seasons, Schwellenbach was added as a relief pitcher. [9] As a junior, he was named Big Ten Player of the Year and was a second team All-American by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper . [10] [11] He was also named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. [12] [13] In the NCAA Fayetteville Regional of 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, Schwellenbach pitched 4+2⁄3 innings of scoreless relief and drove in the game-tying run in a 5–3 win over Arkansas to force a deciding game 7. [14] He was named the winner of the John Olerud Award as the nation's best two-way player after finishing the season with a .284 batting average and a .403 on-base percentage with six home runs and 40 RBIs while also posting a 3–1 record with ten saves and a 0.57 ERA over 18 pitching appearances. [15] [16]

Professional career

Schwellenbach was selected in the second round with the 59th overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Atlanta Braves. [17] He signed with Atlanta on July 19, 2021, for a $1 million signing bonus. [18] Shortly after signing, it was announced that Schwellenbach would undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the Ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. [19] He missed the entire 2022 season while rehabbing from surgery. [20] Schwellenbach was assigned to the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets at the start of the 2023 season. [21] He was selected to play in the 2023 All-Star Futures Game. [22]

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Spencer Schwellenbach
Atlanta Braves
Pitcher
Born: (2000-05-31) May 31, 2000 (age 23)
Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
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