Blayne Chanlar Enlow (born March 21, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins organization.
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Blayne Enlow | |
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![]() Enlow with the Fort Myers Miracle in 2019 | |
Minnesota Twins – No. 76 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1999-03-21) March 21, 1999 (age 23) Sorrento, Louisiana | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
Enlow attended St. Amant High School in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.[1] Before his sophomore year of high school, he broke an ankle and his pelvis in a car accident. He returned to play baseball in his junior year.[2] During his senior year, he played for the USA Baseball 18-and-under team.[3][4] He committed to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball for the LSU Tigers.[5]
The Minnesota Twins selected Enlow in the third round, with the 76th overall selection, of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[6][7][8] He signed with the Twins, receiving a $2 million signing bonus, and was assigned to the Gulf Coast Twins of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.[9] He spent all of his first professional season with in the GCL, posting a 3–0 record with a 1.33 ERA in 20+1⁄3 innings.[10] He spent 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League, going 3-5 with a 3.26 ERA over twenty games (17 starts).[11][12]
Enlow returned to Cedar Rapids to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in May.[13][14] Over 21 games (twenty starts) between the two clubs, Enlow went 8-7 with a 3.82 ERA and 95 strikeouts over 110+2⁄3 innings.[15] Following the cancellation of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he returned to Cedar Rapids (now members of the High-A Central to begin the 2021 season.[16] He made three starts before it was announced he would be undergoing Tommy John surgery, thus ending his season.[17]
On November 19, 2021, the Twins selected Enlow's contract and added him to their 40-man roster.[18]