Lucas Luetge

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Lucas Luetge
Lucas Luetge pitching for the New York Yankees on April 2021.jpg
Luetge pitching for the New York Yankees on April 2021
New York Yankees – No. 63
Pitcher
Born: (1987-03-24) March 24, 1987 (age 34)
Brenham, Texas
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 7, 2012, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Win–loss record7–7
Earned run average3.63
Strikeouts152
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Lucas Lester Luetge (/ˈlɪtki/ LIT-kee[1] born March 24, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners.

Career[]

Luetge attended Bellville High School in Bellville, Texas and Rice University, where he played college baseball for the Rice Owls baseball team.

Milwaukee Brewers[]

The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Luetge in the 21st round of the 2008 MLB draft. Luetge spent three and a half seasons with the Brewers minor league affiliates, reaching as high as Double-A with the Huntsville Stars in 2011.

Seattle Mariners[]

The Seattle Mariners selected Luetge from the Brewers on December 8, 2011 in the Rule 5 Draft.[2]

Lucas Luetge pitches for the Mariners in 2012.

On April 7, 2012, Luetge made his MLB debut. On June 8, 2012, he was one of 6 pitchers that the Mariners used to no-hit the Dodgers. He recorded one out, getting James Loney on a sacrifice bunt. Luetge was the fourth pitcher to throw in the no-hitter after Kevin Millwood and Stephen Pryor was taken out of the game. In his rookie season, Luetge registered a 3.98 ERA with 38 strikeouts in 40.2 innings of work.[3] The next year, Luetge pitched to a 4.86 ERA in 35 appearances, along with only 27 strikeouts in 37.0 innings pitched, while splitting time between Seattle and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers.[4] Luetge spent 2014 up and down between Tacoma and Seattle as well, recording a 5.00 ERA with 7 strikeouts in 9.0 innings pitched for the big league club.[5]

Lucas Luetge with the Mariners in 2013

On On September 5, 2015, Luetge was outrighted off of the Mariners 40-man roster. At the time, he had only thrown 2.1 innings of scoreless ball on the year, spending the majority of the season in Triple-A.[6] On November 7, 2015, Luetge elected free agency.

Los Angeles Angels[]

On November 17, 2015, Luetge signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels organization.[7] On May 22, 2016, Luetge was selected to the Angels' active roster, however he was designated for assignment on May 25 without making an appearance for the big league club.[8] On May 27, he was outrighted to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees, where he spent the remainder of the season.[9] On October 3, 2016, Luetge elected free agency.

Cincinnati Reds[]

On November 25, 2016, Luetge signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization.[10] Luetge was assigned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats.[11] On June 1, 2017, the Reds released Luetge.[12][13]

Baltimore Orioles[]

On June 4, 2017, Luetge signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles organization. [14] He finished the season with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides and elected free agency on November 6, 2017.

Arizona Diamondbacks[]

On February 4, 2019, Luetge signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks.[15] In 2019 his 55 games pitched tied for the lead in the minor leagues.[16] After splitting the season with the Double-A Jackson Generals and Triple-A Reno Aces, Luetge elected free agency on November 7, 2019.

Oakland Athletics[]

Luetge signed a minor league contract, with an invite to major league spring training, with the Oakland Athletics on November 25, 2019.[17] Luetge did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was added to the Athletics' 60-man player pool for the season, but spent the entire year at the alternate site.[18] He became a free agent on November 2, 2020.

New York Yankees[]

Lucas Luetge pitching for the New York Yankees in April 2021

Luetge signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees for the 2021 season, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training.[19] After a strong spring training in which he accrued 18 strikeouts in 10.1 innings pitched, Luetge was selected to the Yankees' Opening Day roster on March 31.[20] On April 3, 2021, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Luetge appeared in his first major league game since April 25, 2015.[21]

Scouting report[]

Luetge throws a variety of pitches. He has a four-seam and two-seam fastball that average about 90 mph, a sweeping slider in the low 80s, a curveball in the mid-upper 70s, and an occasional changeup.[22] Luetge's wide arm angle on his delivery makes him appealing as a left-handed specialist; through his first 13 appearances in the 2012 season, lefties were hitting only .105 off of him, but righties managed a .308 average.[23]

References[]

  1. ^ Mitsoff, Tom. "Will Lucas Luetge be the LOOGY?". Redleg Nation.
  2. ^ "Zduriencik adds familiar name in Rule 5". Seattle Mariners. December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
  3. ^ ORTIZ, JOSE DE JESUS (February 21, 2013). "Mariners pitcher Lucas Luetge is 'cool, calm, collected'". seattlepi.com.
  4. ^ "Kipnis' 10th-inning homer beats Mariners | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
  5. ^ "Luetge Talks Big-League Lifestyle, His Love For 'The Office'". May 1, 2014.
  6. ^ "Mariners Outright Lucas Luetge". MLB Trade Rumors.
  7. ^ Register, Jeff Fletcher | Orange County (November 18, 2015). "Angels sign LHP Lucas Luetge to minor league deal".
  8. ^ "Angels Designate Lucas Luetge, Recall Kaleb Cowart". MLB Trade Rumors.
  9. ^ "Minor MLB Transactions: 5/27/16". MLB Trade Rumors.
  10. ^ Eddy, Matt (December 5, 2016). "Minor League Transactions: Nov. 19-Dec. 1". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "Impressive Luetge could be a part of bullpen". MLB.com.
  12. ^ "Minor MLB Transactions: 6/2/17". MLB Trade Rumors.
  13. ^ "Lucas Luetge Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  14. ^ Connor Byrne (June 5, 2017). "Minor MLB Transactions: 6/4/17". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  15. ^ "Reno Aces on Twitter".
  16. ^ "2019 Register Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. January 1, 1970. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  17. ^ "A's ink Campbell, Goins, 7 more to Minors deals". MLB.com. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  18. ^ "A's Announce Initial 60-Man Player Pool". MLB Trade Rumors.
  19. ^ NJ.com, Brendan Kuty | NJ Advance Media for (February 17, 2021). "Yankees' top prospect Austin Wells, veteran Derek Dietrich headline spring training non-roster invitees | See full list". nj.
  20. ^ "Yankees manager Aaron Boone says Lucas Luetge will get final bullpen spot". Newsday. March 31, 2021.
  21. ^ Parlee, William (April 4, 2021). "New York Yankees Player Profiles: Lucas Luetge, the long road back (video)". Empire Sports Media.
  22. ^ "Brooks Baseball · Home of the PitchFX Tool – Player Card: Lucas Luetge". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  23. ^ "Lucas Luetge Career Pitching Splits - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2012.

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Achievements
Preceded by No-hit game
June 8, 2012
(with Millwood, Furbush, Pryor, League, & Wilhelmsen) 		Succeeded by
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