Name Kyle Crick Role Baseball player | Date joined 2013 | |
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Current team San Francisco Giants (Pitcher) Profiles | ||
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Kyle Daniel Crick (born November 30, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Career
Crick was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas.
Prior to the 2013 season, Baseball America ranked Crick as the Giants best prospect. He was also ranked as the 86th best prospect in baseball by MLB.com.
After a breakout 2013 campaign, that saw Crick pitch to a 1.57 ERA for the San Jose Giants, MLB.com ranked him as the 32nd best prospect in all of baseball, jumping 54 spots from his previous ranking of 89th overall in 2013. He was also ranked by Baseball America as the 33rd best prospect.
After the 2015 season, the Giants added Crick to their 40-man roster to protect him from being eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft.