Brooks Casey Pounders (born September 26, 1990) is an American
professional baseball
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pitcher
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who is a free agent. He attended
Temecula Valley High School
Temecula Valley High School, known by locals as TV, is a public high school for grades 9 to 12 in Temecula, California. The school opened in 1985 as the city's first high school. When it was built, it was a part of the Elsinore Union High Schoo ...
in
Temecula, California
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, and chose not to attend college after he was drafted by the
Pittsburgh Pirates in 2009. After playing in the
minor leagues
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for the Pirates, he was traded to the
Kansas City Royals after the 2011 season. While in the Royals' minor league system, Pounders threw a
no-hitter for the
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are a Minor League Baseball team based in Springdale, Arkansas. The team is a member of the Texas League, and serves as the Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. The Naturals play at Arvest Ballpark, whic ...
in 2013. He made his major league debut with the Royals in 2016, and he was traded to the
Los Angeles Angels
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after the season ended.
Pounders spent 2017 alternating between the Angels' major league club and the minor leagues, before becoming a free agent at the end of the season. Before the 2018 season, Pounders signed a contract with the
Colorado Rockies and played for both the Rockies and their
Triple A-level affiliate. Again a free agent after the 2018 season, Pounders signed with the
Cleveland Indians
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, but never played a major league game with the team. On June 15, he was traded to the
New York Mets
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and immediately became part of the Mets' major league team. He played briefly with the team before being sent back down to the minor league
Syracuse Mets. Pounders has not played in the major leagues since, despite briefly being in the
Tampa Bay Rays
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system in 2020. He was part of the
United States national baseball team
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in the
2015 and
2019
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WBSC Premier12
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tournaments.
Early life
Brooks Casey Pounders was born on September 26, 1990, in
Riverside, California
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,
to Brad and Mary Pounders. His father, who had been an
infielder in
Minor League Baseball, wanted to give Pounders the first and middle names Brooks Robinson after the
Baltimore Orioles
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player of the same name, but Mary Pounders objected.
Pounders attended
Temecula Valley High School
Temecula Valley High School, known by locals as TV, is a public high school for grades 9 to 12 in Temecula, California. The school opened in 1985 as the city's first high school. When it was built, it was a part of the Elsinore Union High Schoo ...
in
Temecula
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, where he played baseball. When he was a junior at Temecula Valley, he committed to the
University of Southern California
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(USC) baseball team.
As a high school senior, Pounders had a 92
win–loss record
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with a 1.96
earned run average
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(ERA) and 91
strikeouts
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in
innings pitched.
The
Pittsburgh Pirates then drafted Pounders in the second round of the
2009 Major League Baseball Draft, so he did not attend USC.
He received a $670,000
signing bonus from the Pirates.
Career
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates assigned Pounders to the
Gulf Coast League Pirates
The Florida Complex League Pirates are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Pirates. The team plays its h ...
, a
rookie-level team.
In 2009, he appeared in nine games,
starting four of them, pitching in a total of innings. Over that span, Pounders struck out 20 batters and had a 3.04 ERA and 22 win–loss record.
The next season, Pounders was assigned to the
State College Spikes
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T ...
, a
short-season
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team
at the
Single A level. In 2010, Pounders pitched in 16 games, four of them starts, with an ERA of 4.46 in innings. He won three games, lost three, and recorded a
save.
That season, the ''
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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'' reported that coaches had been working with Pounders about fixing problems in his pitching mechanics, and reported success in the effort. Mike Steele, Pounders' pitching coach at State College, reported that he was a "warrior-makeup guy" and that "his mind and his makeup are ahead of what his body will allow him to do". Team management also stated that they believed that Pounders needed to gain muscle mass, and noted that he had been working out since being drafted.
He was reported to be focusing on the "physical aspect of the game" that season.
Pounders spent 2011 pitching for the
West Virginia Power
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of the
South Atlantic League
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. He started only one of the 36 games he appeared in, although he did record a 55 win–loss record with three saves. Over 66 innings, he recorded a 3.68 ERA and struck out 72 batters.
On December 7, the Pirates traded Pounders and
Diego Goris, an infielder, to the
Kansas City Royals for
Yamaico Navarro
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, another infielder.
Pounders later stated that he felt that Pittsburgh had given up on him, but that his transition to Kansas City was easy.
Kansas City Royals
After reporting to the Royals, Pounders was assigned to the
Wilmington Blue Rocks
The Wilmington Blue Rocks are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Wilmington, Delaware, and play their home games at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium.
...
, a Class A team.
During the 2012 season, he played for both the Blue Rocks and the
Kane County Cougars
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, another Class A team. Between the two teams, Pounders pitched in 28 games and started 23 of them. Over a career-high 134 innings, he won nine games, lost six, and had a 3.96 ERA.
He also was named the
Carolina League
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pitcher of the week for the week of August 20.
In 2013, Pounders played for the
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are a Minor League Baseball team based in Springdale, Arkansas. The team is a member of the Texas League, and serves as the Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. The Naturals play at Arvest Ballpark, whic ...
, a team in the
Double A Texas League
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.
On June 27, he threw a
no-hitter for the Naturals against the
Midland RockHounds
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. Only two RockHounds batters reached base against Pounders: one on an
error
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In statistics ...
, and one via a
hit by pitch. Pounders' no-hitter was the first one thrown by a single Naturals pitcher (not a
combined no-hitter
In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...
) in the team's history. After the no-hitter, he was named Texas League pitcher of the week for the week of July 1.
His final line for the season was a 57 record with a 4.50 ERA in 116 innings; he also recorded a save.
Pounders underwent
Tommy John surgery after the 2013 season, and he was only able to pitch in nine games the next season.
These nine games were played for the Blue Rocks and the
Idaho Falls Chukars
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of the rookie-level
Pioneer League; he went 02 with a 4.40 ERA in innings for the two teams.
Pounders missed the beginning of the 2015 season with a shoulder injury.
During the 2015 season, he played for four teams: the Chukars, the rookie-level
Arizona League Royals
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, the Blue Rocks, and the Naturals. Pounders started all 15 games he pitched in, winning three (all with the Naturals) and losing five. Between the four teams, he had a 2.50 ERA over innings; most of the innings were thrown with the Naturals.
After the season, on October 21, 2015, he was selected for the
United States national baseball team
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in the
2015 WBSC Premier12
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.
Over the course of the tournament, Pounders made six pitching appearances and recorded a save, although his ERA was 6.14 in innings. The United States team finished second in the tournament. He also pitched for the
Surprise Saguaros
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of the
Arizona Fall League
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, pitching 12 scoreless innings with one win
and the honor of league pitcher of the week for the week of October 24.
In 2016, Pounders received a major league
spring training invitation for the first time in his career. Pounders acknowledged that he had a low chance of remaining in the major leagues for the regular season. "For them to come off a World Series and then get an invite to camp was surreal. We have a great staff and it'll be tough to crack as a
non-roster invitee
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, but knowing you get to pitch with the big league guys and in front of big league coaches is an incredible opportunity," he said.
Pounders started the 2016 season with the
Triple A-level
Omaha Storm Chasers
The Omaha Storm Chasers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. They are located in Papillion, Nebraska, a suburb southwest of Omaha, and play their home games at We ...
. With the Storm Chasers, Pounders recorded a 2.80 ERA over innings before being called up to the
major leagues by the Royals after
Wade Davis was put on the
disabled list with a forearm injury
on July 5. That same day, Pounders made his major league debut
in an 83 loss to the
Toronto Blue Jays
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. Pounders pitched two innings, giving up one
run and striking out three batters. Two days later, Pounders got the win in a game against the
Seattle Mariners
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for his first major league win.
On July 10, Pounders made his third major league appearance, again against the Mariners. In that game, he gave up five runs in the seventh inning.
Pounders returned to Omaha on July 16,
but was brought up on July 28 when
Luke Hochevar
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went on the disabled list with symptoms of
thoracic outlet syndrome.
Pounders next pitched for the Royals on July 30, against the
Texas Rangers; he gave up one run while only recording two
outs
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in the ninth inning, taking his first major league loss.
Royals manager
Ned Yost
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Early life
Yost was born o ...
stated he was considering letting Pounders pitch the next inning before
Mitch Moreland
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hit a
home run
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to win the game for the Rangers; Pounders remarked that the pitch was intended to be low and away from the batter, but "caught too much of the plate". He was then returned to Omaha again on August 3, but was recalled to Kansas City on the 31st.
Pounders appeared in nine more games for the Royals over the course of the season, including picking up his second major league win against the
Minnesota Twins on September 27.
Over the course of the 2016 season, he had with a 9.24 ERA in innings pitched for Kansas City, and a 3.14 ERA in innings for Omaha.
Due to his early-season efforts with the Storm Chasers, he was named to the
Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star Team.
Los Angeles Angels
On December 1,
the Royals traded Pounders to the
Los Angeles Angels
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for minor-league pitcher Jared Ruxer.
Over the course of the 2017 season, Pounders bounced between the Angels and the Triple A
Salt Lake Bees
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.
He made his Angels debut on April 23 against the Blue Jays; two days later he received the win in a game against the
Oakland Athletics. At the major league level, Pounders pitched in three games in April, two in May, four in June, and two in July. He finished the season with a 10.45 ERA and 10 record for the Angels,
and a 22 record with a 2.63 ERA in 38 games (two starts) for the Bees.
He elected to become a
free agent
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on November 6.
Colorado Rockies
On December 5, Pounders signed a minor league contract with the
Colorado Rockies; he was sent to the Triple A
Albuquerque Isotopes
The Albuquerque Isotopes are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. They play home games at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at an e ...
on January 28, 2018.
He was then called back up the major leagues by the Rockies on April 24; he had recorded a 3.60 ERA in seven games with the Isotopes prior to the call-up. That day, Pounders threw a scoreless ninth inning against the
San Diego Padres
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. Four days later, he pitched a scoreless eighth against the
Miami Marlins. During the month of May, Pounders made six pitching appearances, including pitching a season-high three innings against the
San Francisco Giants
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on May 19. On June 1, he
blew a save and took the loss against the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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by allowing four runs without recording an out in the sixth inning. He made five more appearances that month, all in games decided by five or more runs, before being returned to the Isotopes on June 27.
During his tenure with the Rockies, Pounders had an 01 record with a 7.63 ERA in innings.
He appeared in 26 games with the Isotopes, recording a 23 record and a 3.48 ERA.
He elected free agency on October 9, 2018.
Cleveland Indians
On December 22, 2018, Pounders signed a minor league contract with the
Cleveland Indians
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.
The deal included an invitation to the Indians' 2019 major league
spring training camp.
While in the Indians organization, Pounders was assigned to the
Columbus Clippers of the Triple A
International League for the 2019 season. With the Clippers, Pounders appeared in 24 games, all in
relief
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, with a 21 record and a 2.31 ERA.
New York Mets
On June 15,
the Indians traded Pounders to the
New York Mets
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for cash considerations. The Mets, who had a bad
bullpen, promoted Pounders from Triple A to their major league team. The team's
manager
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Management includes the activities ...
Mickey Callaway
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stated that he had seen improvement in Pounders'
slider
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. He made his first appearance with the Mets the next day, pitching a scoreless ninth inning against the
St. Louis Cardinals
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. On June 21, Pounders picked up the win against the
Chicago Cubs by throwing scoreless innings. In total, he appeared in seven games for the Mets, all in the month of June. All of Pounders' outings were scoreless, except for one against the
Philadelphia Phillies on June 24, in which he allowed five runs while only recording five outs. On July 2, the Mets sent Pounders down to the Triple A
Syracuse Mets. He was then
designated for assignment
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on August 20 and
outrighted back to Syracuse three days later.
While with the major-league Mets, he had an ERA of 6.14 (his lowest in a major league season), and a 10 record; with Syracuse, he had a 12 record in 19 games, along with a 7.59 ERA.
Tampa Bay Rays
After the end of the 2019 season, he was selected for the United States national baseball team in the
2019 WBSC Premier12
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.
Pounders appeared in two games for the team, throwing two scoreless innings. On February 15, 2020,
the
Tampa Bay Rays
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signed Pounders to a minor league contract. Later that month, he was sent to the Triple A
Durham Bulls
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; the Bulls released him on May 27.
Pounders bats and throws right-handed. He has appeared in 45 major league games and pitched innings with a 42 record, an 8.47 career ERA, and 47 strikeouts. Pounders has not had a
plate appearance as a batter in the major leagues.
Seattle Mariners
On May 7, 2021, Pounders signed a minor league contract with the
Seattle Mariners
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organization and was assigned to the
Tacoma Rainiers
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two days later. He was placed on the 7-day injured last on May 22,
after suffering an injury in the sixth inning of a game against the Salt Lake Bees.
Pounders registered a 27.00 ERA across 3 appearances for Tacoma and was released by the organization on September 20.
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Albuquerque Isotopes players
Arizona League Royals players
Baseball players from Riverside, California
Colorado Rockies players
Columbus Clippers players
Gulf Coast Pirates players
Idaho Falls Chukars players
Kane County Cougars players
Kansas City Royals players
Los Angeles Angels players
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Mets players
Northwest Arkansas Naturals players
Omaha Storm Chasers players
Salt Lake Bees players
Sportspeople from Temecula, California
State College Spikes players
Surprise Saguaros players
Syracuse Mets players
Tacoma Rainiers players
United States national baseball team players
West Virginia Power players
Wilmington Blue Rocks players
2015 WBSC Premier12 players
2019 WBSC Premier12 players