Jacob Dalton Walsh (born July 20, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
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Jake Walsh | |
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St. Louis Cardinals – No. 61 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1995-07-20) July 20, 1995 (age 27) Indialantic, Florida | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 11, 2022, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
Win–loss record | 0–1 |
Earned run average | 13.50 |
Strikeouts | 5 |
Teams | |
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Walsh attended Melbourne High School, Jacksonville State University, Eastern Florida State College, and Florida Southern College. In 2017, as a junior at Florida Southern, Walsh started 16 games and went 12–1 with a 2.80 ERA over 99+2⁄3 innings.[1] Following the season's end, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[2]
Walsh signed with St. Louis and made his professional debut with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, going 5–0 with a 0.95 ERA over 28+1⁄3 innings. He spent the 2018 season with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class A Midwest League and the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, appearing in 25 games (24 starts) with both clubs in which he went 9–5 with a 2.51 ERA and 116 strikeouts. Walsh appeared in only two games in 2019 due to injury, and did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In 2021, Walsh missed time due to injury, but still appeared in 17 games with the Springfield Cardinals of the Double-A Central and the Memphis Redbirds of the Triple-A East, going 2–2 with a 2.86 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 22 relief innings.[4] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[5]
On November 19, 2021, the Cardinals selected Walsh's contract and added him to their 40-man roster.[6] He returned to Memphis to begin the 2022 season.[7] On May 11, the Cardinals promoted Walsh to the major leagues.[8]