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Dylan Axelrod

American professional baseball pitcher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ3041928
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Dylan Davis Haines Axelrod (born July 30, 1985) is an American pitching performance and integration coordinator for the Detroit Tigers. He is also a former professional baseball pitcher, as well as a former pitcher for Team Israel. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.

At Santa Barbara High School, Axelrod was one of the 2003 Channel League Most Valuable Players, and First Team All-County. After college, he was drafted in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres. In 2009, he was a Frontier League All Star. In 2011, he was named a Double–A Southern League All-Star and an MiLB.com 2011 Cincinnati Reds Organization All Star. He pitched in the major leagues for the Chicago White Sox (2011–13) and the Cincinnati Reds (2014–15).

Early life

Axelrod was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Dennis and Joni Axelrod. After his mother discovered she had cancer, she home-schooled him for four years.

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