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Drew Thorpe

Drew Thorpe

Baseball player

Andrew Robert Thorpe (born October 1, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.

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Amateur career

Thorpe grew up in Washington, Utah and attended Desert Hills High School.[1] He played summer collegiate baseball after graduating high school for the Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Baseball League.[2]

Thorpe attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he played for the Cal Poly Mustangs. Thorpe made four starts and went 1–1 with a 3.21 ERA during his freshman season before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3] As a sophomore, he posted a 6–6 record with 3.79 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 90+1⁄3 innings pitched.[4] After the 2021 season, Thorpe played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[5][6] He was named the Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior after posting a 10–1 record with a 2.32 ERA and 149 strikeouts in 104+2⁄3 innings pitched.[7]

Professional career

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees selected Thorpe in the second round, with the 61st overall selection, in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[8] He signed with the team on July 25, 2022, and received a $1.187 million signing bonus.[9] He made his professional debut in 2023, splitting time between the High–A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double–A Somerset Patriots. In 23 combined starts, he accumulated a 14–2 record and 2.52 ERA with 182 strikeouts across 139+1⁄3 innings of work.[10]

San Diego Padres/Chicago White Sox

On December 6, 2023, the Yankees traded Thorpe, Michael King, Randy Vásquez, Jhony Brito, and Kyle Higashioka to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Juan Soto and Trent Grisham.[11][12] Then on March 13, 2024, the Padres traded Thorpe, Steven Wilson, Jairo Iriarte, and Samuel Zavala to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dylan Cease.[13]

References

  1. [1]
    "Desert Hills high school stars named to MLB Draft Combine". The Spectrum. June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Knights baseball: Corvallis signs three from Cal Poly". Corvallis Gazette-Times. December 24, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Former Desert Hills baseball standout Drew Thorpe named to Collegiate Freshman All-American team". St George News. June 5, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Cal Poly's Drew Thorpe Steps Into The College Pitcher Void". Baseball America. April 23, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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    "Drew Thorpe". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Brooks Lee, Drew Thorpe Invited to Play for Collegiate National Team". Santa Maria Times. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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    "Drew Thorpe named finalist for NCAA National Pitcher of the Year Award". The Spectrum. June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  8. [8]
    Miller, Randy (July 18, 2022). "MLB Draft 2022: Yankees pick control-freak college arm Drew Thorpe in 2nd round". NJ.com. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  9. [9]
    "SLO County baseball players sign contracts with MLB teams. Here's how much they'll get". San Luis Obispo Tribune. July 27, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Thorpe tops next wave of prospects for Yankees". mlb.com. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  11. [11]
    Gonzalez, Alden (December 6, 2023). "Yankees acquire Juan Soto in 7-player trade with Padres". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Yankees get Juan Soto in blockbuster trade with Padres". MLB.com.
  13. [13]
    "Padres land Cease in blockbuster with White Sox". MLB. March 14, 2024.
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