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Kyle Waldrop

Kyle Waldrop

American baseball player (born 1985)

For the outfielder, see Kyle Waldrop (outfielder).

Steven Kyle Waldrop (born October 27, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins.

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Career

Kyle Waldrop was the Twins' third pick in the first round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft, when the Twins had five first-round picks.[1] He was the 25th player drafted that year.[2]

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee and a 2004 graduate of Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee, Waldrop has played for Twins minor-league teams in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Beloit, Wisconsin, Fort Myers, Florida, New Britain, Connecticut, and Rochester, New York.[3]

Waldrop missed the entire 2008 season due to a shoulder injury.[3]

In 2011, he was one of six pitchers not on the Twins' major league roster to be invited to the team's spring training camp in Fort Myers.[2]

On September 5, 2011, Waldrop was called up from Rochester with Brian Dinkelman.[4]

In January 2013, Waldrop signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    The Emergence of Kyle Waldrop, TwinkieTown.com, June 24, 2011
  2. [2]
    Minnesota Twins announce Spring Training invites, TwinsBaseball.com, January 11, 2011
  3. [3]
    Kyle Waldrop, MLB.com, accessed February 18, 2011
  4. [4]
    Bollinger, Rhett (2011-09-04). "Twins beef up roster with doubleheader on tap". twinsbaseball.com. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  5. [5]
    "Pirates sign Waldrop to minor league deal". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Pirates sign RHP Waldrop to minor league deal". Sportsnet. Associated Press. January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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