Justin Haley (baseball)

Justin Haley
Boston Red Sox
Pitcher
Born: (1991-06-16) June 16, 1991
Sacramento, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 5, 2017, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through May 7, 2017)
Win–loss record 0–0
Earned run average 4.73
Strikeouts 11
WHIP 1.28
Teams

Justin Haley (born June 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He previously played for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 46th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of Sierra College, where he had been 4-5 with a 4.88 ERA,[1] but did not sign. Haley transferred to California State University, Fresno, where he posted an 8–4 record with a 2.77 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 120 innings for the Fresno State Bulldogs from 2011 to 2012.[2] A three-year letterwinner and three-time all-league selection, he also played in the basketball team.[3] Haley is described as having a hard fastball, which he throws between 91–93 mph and occasionally will touch 95 mph with heavy downward action. He also features a slider and a changeup with late fade.[2]

The Red Sox selected Haley in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of [2] He came to terms on a contract for a signing bonus of $125,000. Haley debuted professionally with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners in 2012, as he finished with a 0–1 record and a 1.89 ERA in 13 appearances (12 starts), including 33 strikeouts and 16 walks in 33⅓ innings. He made his full-season debut in 2013 with the Low A Greenville Drive, where he struck out 124 batters in 124⅔ innings en route to a 7–11 record with a 3.68 ERA in 26 appearances, while leading the team in starts (24), strikeouts and innings. His 75 walks were fourth-most in the South Atlantic League.[4]

In 2014 Haley was promoted to the High A Salem Red Sox. He went 7–4 with a 2.82 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 19 games (11 starts), giving up just 23 walks in 92⅔ innings (2.7 W/9), a significant improvement over his previous season at Greenville (5.3 W/9). Additionally, he had a solid 1.079 WHIP in his 92-plus innings of work. He was named SoxProspects.com pitcher of the week for May 12–18 and earned Carolina League pitcher of the week honors for June 2–8. He also made the Carolina League All-Star team earlier in the season before being promoted to the Double A Portland Sea Dogs on July 29.[2] There, he went 3–1 with a 1.14 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP in six starts. Overall, he had a 10–6 record with a 2.35 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 130⅓ innings for Salem and Portland, posting the 3rd best ERA in the Sox minor league system while tying for 5th in wins. He also finished fourth both in strikeouts and WHIP (1.12), and ranked for 8th in innings pitched.[5]

Haley returned to Portland in 2015, and made 27 starts for a total of 124 innings pitched.[2] He pitched well enough to earn eight quality starts, but was limited by a brief groin injury suffered in mid-May. He ended with a 5–16 record and a 5.15 ERA, along with 95 strikeouts and 50 walks.[2][6] Haley pitched his best outing of the year on August 13, allowing just one hit of shutout ball in seven innings, while striking out six and walking none. It was his longest outing and also matched a team high for the Sea Dogs in 2015.[7]

In 2016, picked up his 13th combined win between the International League and the AA Eastern League to set a career high.[2] Haley had an 8–6 record with a 3.59 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP in 14 starts for the Pawtucket Red Sox after going 5–4 with a 2.20 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 12 starts at Portland.[2] Overall, Haley was 13–10 in the season and led all Red Sox minor league pitchers in ERA (3.01) and WHIP (1.12), while ending second in wins and innings (146⅔) and third in strikeouts (126).[5] In addition, he allowed two or fewer runs in 20 of his 26 starts, and hurled at least six scoreless frames in four of his last seven starts.[8]

On December 8, 2016, Haley was selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2016 Rule 5 draft.[9] The Angels traded him to the San Diego Padres for cash,[10] and the Padres traded him with cash or a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Miguel Díaz.[11] Haley made the Twins' Opening Day roster.[12] He was returned to the Red Sox on July 24.

References

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