John Stilson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Stilson
Toronto Blue Jays
Pitcher
Born: (1990-07-28) July 28, 1990 Texarkana, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right

John Jacob Stilson (born July 28, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Career

Stilson was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 19th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft out of Texarkana College, but did not sign and transferred to Texas A&M University.^[1] As a freshman in 2010, he led the nation in earned run average with a 0.80 as a relief pitcher.^[2] Moved to the starting rotation in 2011, Stilson was 5-2 with a 1.68 earned run average with 92 strikeouts before suffering a torn labrum, which caused him to miss the rest of the season.^[3] Despite the injury, he was still drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the third round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Stilson made his professional debut with the Class A-Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays in 2012.^[2] After going 3-0 with a 2.82 earned run average and 47 strikeouts, he was promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. After starting nine games, he was moved to the bullpen and pitched in another eight games. He finished his first professional season 5-4 with a 3.88 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 104 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched. Stilson started the 2013 season in the bullpen for the Fisher Cats and was promoted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in May. Stilson was ranked as the number 6 prospect in the Blue Jays organization on July 26, 2013, when the revised Top 100 Prospects list was released.^[5]

References

↑ A&M pitcher Stilson brings many forms of fire
↑ 2.0 2.1 Kevin Gray's On Baseball: Stilson overcomes shoulder injury to prosper again
↑ Childress: Stilson lost for season with labrum tear
↑ Blue Jays go pitching heavy on Day 2
↑ Chisholm, Gregor (July 26, 2013). "Pitching remains strength in Blue Jays system". MLB.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Texas A&M Aggies bio

v t e Buffalo Bisons current roster

Active roster	9 Sean Ochinko 29 Bobby Korecky 40 Brad Glenn 41 John Stilson 44 Scott Gracey 56 Jack Murphy -- Richard Bleier -- Michael Broadway -- Roberto Espinosa -- Mike Nickeas -- Ricky Romero -- Scott Shuman

Coaching staff	Manager Gary Allenson Hitting Coach Richie Hebner Pitching Coach Randy St. Claire

* Member of the 40-man roster of the Toronto Blue Jays

Persondata
Name	Stilson, John
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	July 28, 1990
Place of birth	Texarkana, Texas
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.