Austin Adams (baseball, born 1991)
American professional baseball pitcher (born 1991)
Austin Lance Adams (born May 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Oakland Athletics.
Career
Adams attended Zephyrhills High School in Zephyrhills, Florida, where he played baseball and basketball and played college baseball at the University of South Florida. He pursued a degree in physical education. In 2012, his junior year, he went 1–2 with a 1.95 ERA in 27+2⁄3 relief innings pitched.
Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Adams in the eighth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He began his professional career playing for the Orem Owlz in the Rookie Advanced-level Pioneer League during the 2012 season. He spent 2013 with the Single–A Burlington Bees in the Midwest League and 2014 with the High–A Inland Empire 66ers in the California League. He began the 2015 season with Inland Empire, then was promoted during the season first to the Double–A Arkansas Travelers in the Texas League and then to the Triple–A Salt Lake Bees in the Pacific Coast League. He split the 2016 season between the rookie-level AZL Angels in the Arizona League and the Double–A Arkansas Travelers.
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