Win–loss record 4-5 Role Baseball player Earned run average 4.10 Bats Right-handed | Strikeouts 51 Salary 105,382 USD (2015) Name Nick Tropeano | |
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Current team Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (#35 / Pitcher) Similar People Mike Scioscia, Jerry Dipoto, Carlos Perez Profiles | ||
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Nicholas Paul Tropeano (born August 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Houston Astros. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Stony Brook University, where he played college baseball.
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- Amateur career
- Professional career
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Amateur career
Tropeano attended West Islip High School in West Islip, New York, where he played baseball as a pitcher and American football as a quarterback. He enrolled at Stony Brook University, where he played college baseball for the Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team in the America East Conference. After his freshman season, Tropeano pitched for the Riverhead Tomcats in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league, and was named its Most Valuable Player.
In his sophomore season, Tropeano had an 8–4 win–loss record with a 2.44 earned run average (ERA) and led the conference with 106 strikeouts en route to being named the America East co-Pitcher of the Year and a finalist for Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Hall of Fame. He pitched in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers between his sophomore and junior seasons at Stony Brook. As a junior, Tropeano had a 12–1 win–loss record and a 1.84 ERA en route to a second conference Pitcher of the Year award (becoming the first pitcher to do so).
Professional career
The Houston Astros drafted Tropeano in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the Astros, he pitched that season with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League. In 2012, he pitched for the Lexington Legends of the Class A South Atlantic League (SAL), where he was twice named the SAL pitcher of the week, and the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League. He began the 2013 season with the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League. On August 1, Tropeano struck out Midland RockHounds infielder Vinnie Catricala with one pitch.
Tropeano opened the 2014 season with the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL). Tropeano pitched to a 2.09 ERA by mid-June, but missed a month after he experienced forearm soreness in late June. After pitching to a 9-5 record with a 3.03 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 124 2⁄3 innings, the Astros promoted Tropeano to the major leagues on September 1. His ERA led the PCL. Tropeano made his MLB debut on September 10, recording the win.
On November 5, 2014, the Astros traded Tropeano and Carlos Perez to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Hank Conger. Tropeano pitched in 8 games for the Angels, starting in 7 of them and drew an ERA of 3.82 in 37 innings. In 2016, after a rash of injuries to their rotation, Tropeano got called up and in 10 starts went 3-2 and at the time, had the best ERA of the rotation with a 3.25 ERA before being placed on the disabled list. Despite his success, he was activated and sent down to AAA after the Angels called up Tim Lincecum.
In August, 2016, it was revealed that Tropeano underwent Tommy John surgery, ending his 2016 season and all of 2017 as well.