Trevor Lane (born April 26, 1994) is an American

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for the

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of the

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. He was drafted by the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

in the 10th round of the

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Career

Lane attended

Mount Si High School Mount Si High School is a high school located in the Snoqualmie Valley in Snoqualmie, Washington Snoqualmie ( ) is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington, United States. It is east of Seattle. Snoqualmie city is home to ...

in Snoqualmie, Washington. He played for the school's baseball team as a

and

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, and was named the Gatorade Washington Player of the Year in 2012. He enrolled at Lower Columbia College, where he played

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional p ...

for two years, and transferred to the

University of Illinois at Chicago The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...

(UIC) to play for the

UIC Flames The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Chicago, located in Chicago, Illinois, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...

. Lane was named the top relief pitcher in the

Horizon League The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region. The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...

in 2017.

New York Yankees

The

selected Lane in the 10th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and pitched for the Rookie-level

GCL Yankees The Florida Complex League Yankees are a Rookie-level affiliate of the New York Yankees, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball ...

before being promoted to the

Staten Island Yankees The Staten Island Yankees were a minor league baseball team located in the New York City borough of Staten Island from 1999 to 2020. Nicknamed the "Baby Bombers", the Yankees were the Class A Short Season affiliate of the New York Yankees and pla ...

of the

Class A-Short Season Class A Short Season (officially Short-Season A) was a level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States from 1965 through 2020. In the hierarchy of minor league classifications, it was below Triple-A, Double-A, Class A-Advanced (cre ...

New York-Penn League. In 15.1 relief innings pitched between both teams, he went 1–0 with a 0.59 ERA. In 2017, he began the year with the

Charleston RiverDogs The Charleston RiverDogs are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League. They are located in Charleston, South Carolina, and are the Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The RiverDogs' home stadium is Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. Hi ...

of the Class A

South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its ...

. He also spent time with the

Tampa Tarpons The Tampa Tarpons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Tampa, Florida. The Tarpons play their home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which is ...

of the

Class A-Advanced High-A (officially Class High-A, formerly known as Class A-Advanced, and sometimes abbreviated "A+" in writing) is the third-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Canada, below Triple-A and Double-A, and abov ...

Florida State League during the year. In 37 relief appearances, he went 6–4 with a 1.52 ERA. The Yankees invited Lane to spring training in 2018 as a non-roster player. He began the year with Tampa and was promoted in May to the

Trenton Thunder The Trenton Thunder are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Trenton, New Jersey, and play their home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. From 1994 to 2020, it was a Minor League Baseball team of the ...

of the

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Eastern League. Over 68 relief innings pitched between the two teams, Lane compiled a 2–4 record with a 3.97 ERA, striking out 82 batters. He returned to Trenton to begin the 2019 season, and he also spent time during the year with the Tarpons and the

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (often abbreviated to SWB RailRiders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. They are located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in the ...

of the

Class AAA Triple-A (officially Class AAA) has been the highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946. Currently, two leagues operate at the Triple-A level, the International League (IL) and the Pacific Coast League (PCL). ...

International League. Over relief innings between the three clubs, Lane went 6–2 with a 2.05 ERA, striking out 74 batters. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the

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. In May 2021, Lane was named to the roster of the

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for the Americas Qualifying Event. Lane spent the 2021 season with Triple-A Scranton, posting a 4-0 record and 1.99 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 22.2 innings pitched. Lane was assigned to the Scranton to begin the 2022 season. After working to a 2.08 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 21.2 innings of work, he was released by the Yankees organization on July 5, 2022.

Chicago Dogs

On July 20, 2022, Lane signed with the

of the

.https://aabaseball.com/transactions/2022-transactions/

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Trevor 1994 births Living people Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Washington (state) Charleston RiverDogs players Gulf Coast Yankees players Lower Columbia Red Devils baseball players People from North Bend, Washington Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players Staten Island Yankees players Tampa Tarpons players Tampa Yankees players Trenton Thunder players UIC Flames baseball players United States national baseball team players