Erick Morgan Threets (born November 4, 1981) is an American former professional
baseball pitcher. Erick has played in
Major League Baseball (MLB) for the
San Francisco Giants and
Chicago White Sox. He attended Mendenhall Middle School and Granada High School in
Livermore, California.
Career
Amateur
Threets attended
Modesto Junior College, and in 2000 he played
collegiate summer baseball
Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operat ...
with the
Cotuit Kettleers of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousan ...
. He was selected by the
San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the
2000 MLB draft
First round selections
Compensation picks
Background
The Florida Marlins made Adrián González of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, California the first overall selection in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft. González, who was rated as ...
.
San Francisco Giants
He was prospect number 20 in the
Baseball America
''Baseball America'' is a sports enterprise that covers baseball at every level, including MLB, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in the MiLB, college, high school, and international leagues. It is currently published in the form o ...
Prospect Handbook for the Giants, and his
changeup was rated the best in the Giants' minor league system. Threets made his Major League Baseball debut with the
San Francisco Giants in . He appeared in 3 games in 2007 and 7 in 2008 for the Giants.
Los Angeles Dodgers
He signed a minor league contract with the
Los Angeles Dodgers after the 2008 season and was assigned to the AAA
Albuquerque Isotopes.
Chicago White Sox
On January 14, 2010, Threets signed a minor league contract with the
Chicago White Sox.
On August 29, 2010, Threets injured his throwing arm after throwing a pitch against the New York Yankees. He was placed on the DL, and had
Tommy John surgery
Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, colloquially known as Tommy John surgery (TJS), is a surgical graft procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's bo ...
shortly thereafter. He missed all of 2011. With the White Sox in 2010, he allowed no earned runs in 12 1/3 innings.
Minor leagues
Threets signed a minor league contract with 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 ...
on December 9, 2011. He was granted his release on July 14, 2012, after recording a 1.84 earned run average in 44 innings for the Triple-A
Sacramento River Cats. He signed with the Dodgers on July 17 and was assigned to the AAA Isotopes, where he was 2–2 with a 5.19 ERA in 17.1 innings (18 games). In December 2012 he signed a minor league contract with the
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...
. He signed for
Long Island Ducks
The Long Island Ducks are an American professional minor-league baseball team based on Long Island in Central Islip, New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent "partne ...
of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) is a professional independent baseball league based in the United States. It is an official MLB Partner League based in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The Atlantic League's ...
for the 2013 season. He signed a minor league contract with the
Arizona Diamondbacks in February 2015.
Minor Moves: Sale, Tigers, Dbacks, Dodgers
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References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Hayward, California
Baseball players from California
Major League Baseball pitchers
Modesto Pirates baseball players
Hagerstown Suns players
Long Island Ducks players
Norwich Navigators players
San Jose Giants players
Fresno Grizzlies players
San Francisco Giants players
Chicago White Sox players
Albuquerque Isotopes players
Charlotte Knights players
Sacramento River Cats players
Cotuit Kettleers players
People from Livermore, California