Jonathan Stiever

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Jonathan Stiever
Chicago White Sox – No. 53
Pitcher
Born: (1997-07-03) July 3, 1997 (age 24)
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 2020, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average14.21
Strikeouts3
Teams

Jonathan Stiever (born May 12, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Indiana University and was selected by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Amateur career[]

Stiever attended Cedarburg High School in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where he played football and baseball, earning All-State honors in both sports his senior year.[1] In 2015, his senior baseball season, he went 7–1 with a 1.90 ERA.[2] Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played college baseball.

In 2016, Stiever's freshman year at Indiana, he made 18 appearances (four starts), going 1–1 with a 2.47 ERA while striking out thirty over forty innings of work.[3] That summer, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Vermont Mountaineers.[4][5] As a sophomore at Indiana in 2017, he started 14 games, pitching to a 4–4 record and a 4.13 ERA over 77 innings. Following the year, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Brewster Whitecaps.[6][7] In 2018, Stiever's junior season, he went 5–6 with a 3.41 ERA over 16 starts, striking out 97 over 100 innings.[8] After the season, he was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[9]

Professional career[]

Stiever signed with the White Sox and made his professional debut with the Great Falls Voyagers, going 0–1 with a 4.18 ERA over 13 starts.[10][11] In 2019, he began the year with the Kannapolis Intimidators before earning a promotion to the Winston-Salem Dash in June.[12] Over 26 starts between both clubs, Stiever went 10–10 with a 3.48 ERA, striking out 154 batters over 145 innings.[13] He was named MLB Pipeline's White Sox Pitching Prospect of the Year.[14]

Stiever was called up to the major leagues on September 13, 2020, and started against the Detroit Tigers that same day. He pitched 3+2⁄3 innings, gave up two hits, walked two, gave up one run, and struck out three.[15]

To begin the 2021 season, Stiever was assigned to the Charlotte Knights.[16] He was recalled by the White Sox on April 25, appeared in that night's game and gave up three earned runs without recording an out, and was optioned back to Charlotte the next day; he did not make another appearance for the White Sox that season.[17] Over 17 starts with Charlotte, Stiever went 5-5 with a 5.84 ERA and 88 strikeouts over 74 innings; he underwent surgery on his latissimus dorsi muscle in August, ending his season prematurely.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Hogg, Curt. "MLB teams target a Cedarburg pitcher and shortstops from Ozaukee and Menominee". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  2. ^ "Where are they now?". Cedarburg High School Athletics.
  3. ^ Cotton, Eddie (February 24, 2017). "Indiana's Jonathan Stiever could become a breakout star in the Big Ten". The Crimson Quarry.
  4. ^ Bruce, Leigha (July 26, 2019). "Stiever stifles the competition". Medium.
  5. ^ "Mountaineers fall to Winnipeasaukee, 8–5 | New England Collegiate Baseball League". www.necbl.com.
  6. ^ "Milto and Stiever Bring Championship Mindset to 2018 Hoosiers". February 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "#34 Jonathan Stiever". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sox take 5 college hurlers on Day 2 of Draft". MLB.com.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Stiever selected in fifth round of MLB Draft by Chicago White Sox". Indiana Daily Student.
  10. ^ https://chicagosportscolumn.com/white-sox/white-sox-2019-draft-class-rise-2019/
  11. ^ Radcliffe, J. R. "Looking at Wisconsin high school products in pro baseball as minor leagues close shop for 2018". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  12. ^ Fegan, James. "How the White Sox found themselves a starting pitching prospect in Jonathan Stiever". The Athletic.
  13. ^ "Yermín Mercedes and Jonathan Stiever named August/September White Sox Minor League Players of the Month". MLB.com.
  14. ^ "Pipeline names White Sox Prospects of the Year". MLB.com.
  15. ^ "White Sox Select Jonathan Stiever". MLB Trade Rumors.
  16. ^ "White Sox prospect update: Checking in on Jared Kelley, Jonathan Stiever, Yoelqui Céspedes and more".
  17. ^ "Stiever recalled, pitches, then gets optioned". MLB.com.
  18. ^ "Lat surgery shelves Stiever for season". 23 August 2021.

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