Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz, a first-round draft decide and widespread teammate throughout his eight seasons in huge league ball, died on the age of 37, the membership stated Tuesday.
The reason for his demise was not instantly disclosed.
The left-handed hurler performed on the University of San Diego the place he was the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2008, main him to be the fourth overall pick of that June’s MLB Draft by Baltimore.
He rapidly made the massive membership and began his eight-year-long MLB profession with Baltimore the next spring.
His finest season as a beginning pitcher got here in 2010, successful a career-high 10 video games in 32 begins. Matusz discovered extra success later in his profession as a workhorse reduction pitcher, showing in 186 video games out of Baltimore’s bullpen between 2013 and 2015.
The southpaw had an inexplicably dominant career in opposition to Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz. In 30 plate appearance against Matusz, “Big Papi” struck out 13 instances, collected simply 4 hits, one stroll and no residence runs.
Matusz completed up his profession pitching in a single sport for the 2016 Chicago Cubs, who went on to win the World Series that fall for the primary time since 1908.
