Tyler Chase Dollander (born October 26, 2001) is an American

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in the Colorado Rockies organization. He previously played college baseball for the

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and

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Early life

Tyler Chase Dollander was born on October 26, 2001, in

Evans, Georgia Evans is a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Augusta and is part of the Augusta metropolitan area. The population was 29,011 at the 2010 census, up from 17,727 at the 2000 census. Evans ...

. He attended Greenbrier High School in Evans where he played baseball. In 2018, his sophomore season, he went 5–3 with a 2.36 ERA. As a junior in 2019, he went 6–1 with a 0.79 ERA and 71 strikeouts over innings. He went unselected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, and enrolled at

Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hi ...

to play

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College career

As a freshman at Georgia Southern in 2021, Dollander made 11 starts in which he went 4–3 with a 4.04 ERA and 64 strikeouts over 49 innings. After the season, he transferred to the

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. He spent the 2022 season in their starting rotation, although he missed three weeks during the season after being hit by a line drive. Over 16 games (14 starts) for the season, he went 10–0 with a 2.39 ERA and 108 strikeouts over 79 innings. He was named the

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. Dollander entered the 2023 season as a top prospect for upcoming MLB draft. For the 2023 season, he started 17 games and went 7-6 with a 4.75 ERA and 120 strikeouts over 89 innings.

Professional career

Dollander was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the first round with the ninth overall pick in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rockies on July 17, 2023 for $5,716,900.

Personal life

Dollander's brother, Hunter, was a pitcher at

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and was last playing within the Chicago White Sox farm system in 2023.

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External links

Tennessee Volunteers bio
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