Andrew_Painter_(baseball)

Andrew Painter (baseball)

Andrew Painter (baseball)

American baseball pitcher (born 2003)

Andrew Patrick Painter (born April 10, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

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Amateur career

Painter attended Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[1] He committed to the University of Florida during his freshman year in 2018.[2] The summer after his freshman year, he played for the USA Baseball 15U National Team in Panama where he earned a Gold Medal and was named to the All-World team.[3][4] As a sophomore in 2019, he went 7-2 with a 1.43 ERA over 53+2⁄3 innings, leading Calvary Christian to the 4A state championship game.[5][6] That summer, he was named to the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game at Wrigley Field, being one of two juniors selected.[7] In 2020, his junior year, he gave up one run and struck out 33 batters over 15 innings before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Painter finished his senior season in 2021 with a 6-1 record and a 0.38 ERA while striking out 93 batters over 47 innings.[9] He was named the 2021 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year.[10]

Professional career

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Painter in the first round, with the 13th overall selection, of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[11] He signed with the Phillies for a bonus of $3.9 million.[12] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Phillies with whom he threw six scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts for the season.[13]

Painter opened the 2022 season with the Clearwater Threshers of the Single-A Florida State League.[14] After nine starts in which he went 1-1 with a 1.40 ERA, 69 strikeouts, and 16 walks over 38+2⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Jersey Shore BlueClaws of the High-A South Atlantic League in early June.[15] On August 14, he was promoted to the Reading Fightin Phils of the Double-A Eastern League after starting eight games and posting a 0.98 ERA with 49 strikeouts over 36+2⁄3 innings with the BlueClaws.[16] Over five starts with Reading, he went 2-1 with a 2.54 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 28+1⁄3 innings.[17] He finished the 2022 season with a combined 6-2 record, 1.56 ERA, and 155 strikeouts over 103+2⁄3 innings between the three teams, with a WHIP of 0.887, and the Phillies named him their Minor League Player of the Year.[18][19]

On March 10, 2023, Painter was shut down for four weeks after being diagnosed with a proximal ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his right elbow.[20] On July 25, Painter underwent Tommy John surgery in Los Angeles, ending his season.[21]

References

  1. [1]
    Villa, Walter (17 November 2020). "Calvary Christian Emerges As South Florida Baseball Factory". www.baseballamerica.com.
  2. [2]
    "Perfect Game All-American Andrew Painter talks decision to sign with the Florida Gators". florida.rivals.com. 16 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    "CCA Sophomore Andrew Painter Named to All-World Baseball Team". Calvary Christian Academy. September 21, 2018.
  4. [4]
    "2019 Under Armour All-America Road to Wrigley – Andrew Painter". Baseball Factory. July 8, 2019.
  5. [5]
    Daley, Bill (May 18, 2019). "UF commit Painter leads Calvary Christian baseball back to state". Miami Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  6. [6]
    Lichtenstein, Mike Stocker, John McCall, Steve Svekis, Adam (19 June 2019). "2019 All-County: Broward 6A-1A baseball: First team". sun-sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. [7]
    "2019 Under Armour All America Game Roster Preview". Prospects Live. 22 July 2019.
  8. [8]
    Lichtenstein, Adam (9 February 2021). "Calvary Christian one of two schools in U.S. to have two players on Baseball America's preseason All-American team". sun-sentinel.com.
  9. [9]
    Lichtenstein, Adam (20 June 2021). "Broward 5A-1A co-baseball players of the year: Irv Carter and Andrew Painter, Calvary Christian seniors". sun-sentinel.com.
  10. [10]
    "Calvary Christian pitcher Andrew Painter named Gatorade Florida Player of the Year". 29 June 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Phillies pick high school pitcher Andrew Painter in first round". 11 July 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Phillies sign first-round pick Andrew Painter and their first 11 selections in the MLB draft". 17 July 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Phillies notes: Touching base on Abel, Painter, Bohm, Alvarado, Eflin and Moore". 26 August 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Phillies minor-league season preview: Camp standouts and players to track".
  15. [15]
    "Phillies promote 2021 first-round pick Andrew Painter to high-A". 6 June 2022.
  16. [16]
    Twitter https://twitter.com/mattgelb/status/1558875791160737793. Retrieved 2022-08-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. [17]
    "Andrew Painter Stats, Fantasy & News".
  18. [18]
    "2022 Register Pitching Leaders".
  19. [19]
    "Andrew Painter: Phillies 2022 Minor League Player of the Year". 19 September 2022.
  20. [20]
    "Phillies' Andrew Painter: Diagnosed with sprained UCL". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  21. [21]
    "Phillies' Andrew Painter: Tommy John surgery Tuesday". cbssports.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.


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