Matt Mark Wotherspoon (born October 6, 1991) is an American former
professional baseball pitcher. He played in
Major League Baseball (MLB) for the
Baltimore Orioles.
Career
Amateur
Wotherspoon graduated from
Crestwood High School in
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. He attended the
University of Pittsburgh, where he played
college baseball for the
Pittsburgh Panthers.
New York Yankees
The
New York Yankees selected Wotherspoon in the 34th round of the
2014 MLB draft
The 2014 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was held from June 5 through June 7, 2014, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The first two rounds were conducted on June 5, followed by rounds three through ten on June ...
. He signed and spent 2014 with the
Staten Island Yankees where he had a 2–3
win-loss record
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with a 1.97
earned run average (ERA) in 32
innings pitched
In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin ...
in
relief. In 2015, Wotherspoon pitched for the
Charleston RiverDogs, the
Tampa Yankees, and the
Trenton Thunder pitching to a 5–4 record and 4.05 ERA in 23 games, with 17
games started. In 2016, he played for Trenton and the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, compiling a 6–2 record, 2.50 ERA, and 1.11 WHIP in 36 games. He began 2017 with Trenton and was later promoted back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Baltimore Orioles
The Yankees traded Wotherspoon to the Orioles on July 2, 2017, for international
signing bonus
A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee (including a professional sports person) by a company as an incentive to join that company. They are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive ...
money. The Orioles assigned him to the
Norfolk Tides and he finished the season there. In relief innings between Trenton, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and Norfolk, he was 6–2 with a 2.00 ERA and 79 strikeouts. He pitched in 39 games for Norfolk in 2018, with 12
games started, and finished the season with a 4.60 ERA.
2019
The Orioles promoted Wotherspoon to the major leagues on April 3, 2019. He made his debut that afternoon, allowing three earned runs in two innings of relief, and was
optioned back to Norfolk after the game.
[ On April 6, 2019, Wotherspoon was outrighted off the roster to Triple-A. The Orioles selected his contract on June 22. On July 2, he was designated for assignment. On August 19, Baltimore released Wotherspoon.
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Detroit Tigers
On August 23, 2019, the Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
signed Wotherspoon to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. Wotherspoon became a minor league free agent on November 7, 2019.
Personal life
After the 2015 season, Wotherspoon worked to complete his undergraduate degree at Wilkes University. He now resides in mountain top pa were he lives under the radar out of the spotlight
References
External links
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Living people
1991 births
Baseball players from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baltimore Orioles players
Pittsburgh Panthers baseball players
Staten Island Yankees players
Charleston RiverDogs players
Tampa Yankees players
Toledo Mud Hens players
Trenton Thunder players
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
Norfolk Tides players