Adam John Alexy (born April 21, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021 with the Texas Rangers.

Amateur career

Alexy attended Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pennsylvania. He committed to play college baseball at

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. During his senior season at Twin Valley, Alexy went 9 innings in which he threw 164 pitches, leading his team to a 2–1 win. Alexy was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the

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, and signed with them for a $600,000

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, forgoing his commitment to Radford.

Professional career

Los Angeles Dodgers

After signing, Alexy was assigned to the

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to make his professional debut; in innings pitched for them, he posted a 1–0 record and a 4.61 ERA. He began the 2017 season with the Great Lakes Loons.

Texas Rangers

On July 31, 2017, the Dodgers traded Alexy, along with Willie Calhoun and Brendon Davis, to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Yu Darvish. The Rangers assigned him to the Hickory Crawdads, where he finished the season. In 19 starts for Great Lakes he was 2–6 with a 3.97 ERA, striking out 86 in innings, and in five starts for Hickory he was 1–1 with a 3.05 ERA. He spent 2018 with Hickory, going 6–8 with a 3.58 ERA and 138 strikeouts over 108 innings. Alexy was assigned to the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League for the 2019 season, going 0–3 with a 5.12 ERA in innings. He suffered a strained Latissimus dorsi muscle in his back during a game on May 1 and received a PRP injection as part of his rehab process. Alexy missed the rest of the 2019 season due to the lat injury. Following the 2019 season, Alexy played for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. Alexy did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 20, 2020, Alexy was added to the Rangers 40-man roster. Alexy opened the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central league. After going 3–1 with a 1.61 ERA and 57 strikeouts over innings for Frisco, he was promoted to the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West on August 3. On August 30, 2021, Alexy was promoted to the active roster to make his MLB debut that night versus the

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. In his debut, he recorded the win while throwing five scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Over five games for Texas in 2021, Alexy posted a 3–1 record with a 4.70 ERA and 17 strikeouts over 23 innings. With Round Rock in 2022, he went 6–6 with a 5.91 ERA over 96 innings. With Texas, he went 1–1 with a 11.57 ERA over 7 innings. The Rangers

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Alexy for assignment after the 2022 season.

Washington Nationals

On December 13, 2022, Alexy was claimed off waivers by the Washington Nationals.

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