Zach Lee

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Zach Lee
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 64
Pitcher
Born: (1991-09-13) September 13, 1991
Plano, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Zach Lee (born September 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. The Dodgers drafted him in the 1st round (28th) of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft, and signed him for a reported $5.25 million.[1]

As a senior at McKinney High School in 2010, he won 11 games with a 2.15 ERA and 90 strikeouts. He was a highly rated quarterback in high school, passing for 2,565 yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior to earn a Texas All-State Class 4A honorable mention selection and First-Team All-District 9-4A.[2] Passed for 2,935 yards and 33 touchdowns and was named District 9-4A Offensive Player of the Year as a junior.

Lee had committed to playing baseball and football[3] at Louisiana State University and enrolled in summer school. He was considered a tough signing due to his football commitment and reportedly dropped in the draft as a result.[4] However, he did sign with the Dodgers.[5]

Lee made his debut in the Dodgers organization for the Great Lakes Loons in the class A Midwest League in 2011. He made 24 starts for the Loons, finishing with a 9-6 record and 3.47 ERA. He was promoted to the High-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to start 2012. He was 2-2 with a 4.55 ERA for the Quakes in 12 starts and was promoted to the AA Chattanooga Lookouts on June 25, 2012. He started off slowly with the Lookouts but improved as the season went on thanks to tweaking his delivery.[6] He finished 4-3 with a 4.25 ERA for the Lookouts.

In 2013, Lee was selected to the mid-season Southern League All-Star Game[7] and finished the season 10-10 with a 3.22 ERA in 28 games, including one complete game shutout. He also struck out 131 batters. Lee was named the Dodgers "Minor league pitcher of the year" for 2013.[8]

References

  1. ↑ New York Times, Aug 17 2010. Retrieved May 2011
  2. ↑ Livingston, Steve (September 5, 2013). "Dodgers Route of Champions Report: Zach Lee". milb.com. Retrieved November 4, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Louisiana Daily Comet, Jun 07 2010. Retrieved May 2011
  4. ↑ Gurnick, Ken (June 8, 2010). "Dodgers take high school righty at No. 28". mlb.com. Retrieved November 4, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Will, Danny (August 15, 2013). "Lookouts starter Zach Lee happy he chose Dodgers over SEC football". Smokies Radio Network. Retrieved November 4, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Curtright, Guy (2012-08-21). "Southern notes: Lee tweaks delivery". Milb.com. Retrieved 2013-08-31. 
  7. ↑ Stephen, Eric (2013-07-02). "Joc Pederson, Zach Lee lead Chattanooga contingent on Southern League All-Star team". truebluela.com. 
  8. ↑ Dilbeck, Steve (2013-09-27). "Dodgers name Zach Lee, Scott Schebler as top minor leaguers". latimes.com. 

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