Win–loss record 3-5 Role Baseball player Name Mike Wright | Strikeouts 26 Earned run average 6.04 Salary 271,775 USD (2015) | |
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Current team Balti Orioles (#59 / Pitcher) Similar People Buck Showalter, Michael Wright, Peter Angelos | ||
Dennis Michael Wright (born January 3, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Career
Wright was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft out of East Carolina University. During his first professional season he went 3-2 with a 5.72 earned run average with 42 strikeouts in 45 2⁄3 innings. Pitching for the Frederick Keys and Bowie Baysox in 2012 he went 10-5 with a 4.06 ERA.
Wright started the 2013 season with Baysox. He finished the season with the Norfolk Tides. He was the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award after going 11–3 with a 3.11 ERA and 138 strikeouts. He returned to Norfolk to start the 2014 season.
Wright made his first career major league start on May 17, 2015 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He went 7 and 1/3 innings, struck out 6, allowed 4 hits, no runs, and no walks in order to get the win in a 3-0 victory.
2016
Wright was named the Orioles fourth starter at the conclusion of Spring Training.
Pitching Style
Wright throws 5 pitches: a four seam fastball that averages around 96 MPH, a sinker at around 93, a changeup at around 82, a slider at about 86, and a curveball at around 75.