Collin James Wiles (born May 30, 1994) is an American

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Mod ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

in the

Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. The Brewers are named for t ...

organization. He made his MLB debut in 2022 for the

Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The te ...

Career

Collin attended

Blue Valley West High School Blue Valley West High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, and one of five high schools by Blue Valley USD 229 school district, and has a current enrollment of approximately 1,280 studen ...

Stillwell, Kansas Stilwell is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The ZIP Code for Stilwell is 66085. History Stilwell had its start when the Missouri Pacific Rail ...

and was drafted in the first round of the

2012 MLB Draft The 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was held from June 4 through June 6, 2012, from Studio 42 of the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Houston Astros, with the first overall pick, selected Carlos Correa from the Puerto R ...

by the Texas Rangers. He was called up by the

on September 11, 2022. He elected free agency on November 10, 2022. On December 20, 2022, Wiles signed a minor league contract with an invite to spring training with the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiles, Collin 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Overland Park, Kansas Baseball players from Kansas Major League Baseball pitchers Oakland Athletics players Arizona League Rangers players Spokane Indians players Down East Wood Ducks players Hickory Crawdads players High Desert Mavericks players Frisco RoughRiders players Round Rock Express players Las Vegas Aviators players