Bradley Holt
| Bradley Holt | |
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Born: October 13, 1986 Albemarle, North Carolina | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
Bradley David Holt[1] (born October 13, 1986) is an American professional baseball player. He has played in minor league baseball as a starting pitcher.
Career
Holt was born on October 13, 1986 in Albemarle, North Carolina to John and Wanda Holt.[1] He attended Albemarle High School and during his time there was named 1A All-State, four time All-Yadkin Valley, All-County selection and was named Louisville Slugger Second Team All-American.[1]
Holt attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington. At NC-Wilmington, Holt was named All-CAA in the CAA Tournament in 2006, and was named CAA Pitcher of the Week in 2007.[1]
In 2006, Holt held VCU to two runs in 8.2 innings of work.[1] He went 3-3 and added wins against Duke and La Salle.[1]
Holt started 15 games and went 5-5 in 2007 for the Seahawks with wins against Hofstra, George Mason and Texas Christian.[1] Against Hofstra he struck out a career high seven and allowed only two hits in a shutout.[1] He set a career high 53 strikeouts and 76.1 innings pitched in 2007.[1]
Holt was drafted by the New York Mets in the first round with the 33rd overall pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He is considered a steal due to his great performance since joining the Mets farm system.[3]
Baseball America has named him as the fourth best prospect in the Mets organization in 2009.[4]
In 2009, Holt began the season with the St. Lucie Mets. After going 3-1 with a 3.57 ERA,[5] he was promoted to the AA Eastern League Binghamton Mets.
The Mets released Holt in March 2013.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "UNCW Seahawks bio". Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ "UNCW's Bradley Holt Selected By Mets". WWay NewsChannel. June 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ↑ Hulet, Marc (March 29, 2009). "2009 Prospect Mine: New York Mets". Fangraphs. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Carree, Chuck (April 12, 2009). "Former Seahawks pitcher rocked in minor-league season debut". Star News. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Carree, Chuck (April 24, 2009). "UNCW BASEBALL: Updates on major recruit, minor leaguers". StarNewsOnline. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ↑ http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/03/minor-moves-mets-jeroloman.html
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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