Name Kyle Hunter | Role Baseball | |
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Kyle Julian Hunter (born June 18, 1989) is a professional baseball pitcher currently with the Jackson Generals of the Seattle Mariners organization.
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He was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois. It was out of Galesburg that he was first drafted—by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 33rd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft—but he did not sign a contract.
He matriculated into Kansas State University, where he played baseball from 2009 to 2011. In 2009, he was 1-2 with a 8.35 ERA in 32 1/3 innings. The next season, he was 9-2 with a 4.59 ERA in 17 games (16 starts). He set the school record for games started that year. He also went 5-0 with a 0.68 ERA in seven games for the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League and was 2-2 with a 3.00 ERA in six starts for the Petersburg Generals of the Coastal Plain League. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, but again, he did not sign a contract. In 2011, he was 5-5 with a 4.57 ERA in 16 starts for Kansas State. The Mariners took him in the 31st round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and he signed.
In his first professional season, 2011, he was 3-2 with 2 saves and a 1.72 ERA in 20 appearances for the Pulaski Mariners and Everett AquaSox. In 47 innings, he struck out 62 batters and walked only nine. In 2012, he was 4-5 with 3 saves and a 2.98 ERA for the Clinton LumberKings and in 2013, he was 4-1 with a save in 42 games between the High Desert Mavericks and Jackson Generals. His 1.40 ERA for Jackson was best among team pitchers with at least five appearances. He played for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League after the season. He spent 2014 with Jackson, after missing the first few days of the season due to a groin injury, going 5-3 with a 3.25 ERA in 38 games. He spent part of 2015 with the AZL Mariners, but was back with Jackson for most of the campaign.
One source says he "looks like a good candidate to spend some time in an MLB bullpen."