Parker Bridwell

Parker Alan Bridwell (born August 2, 1991) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. The Baltimore Orioles selected Bridwell in the ninth round of the 2010 MLB draft. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels.

Parker Bridwell
Bridwell with the Los Angeles Angels
Pitcher
Born: (1991-08-02) August 2, 1991
Hereford, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 21, 2016, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 2018, for the Los Angeles Angels
MLB statistics
Win–loss record11–3
Earned run average4.60
Strikeouts79
Teams

Career

Amateur career

Bridwell attended Hereford High School in Hereford, Texas, where he was a three-sport athlete, playing baseball, American football, and basketball. In American football, he played quarterback and punter.[1] In baseball, he played as a pitcher, and was named to the All-State third-team by the Texas Sports Writers Association.[2] He committed to attend Texas Tech University and play college baseball and college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.[1][3]

Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles selected Bridwell in the ninth round of the 2010 MLB draft.[4] The Orioles offered Bridwell a $750,000 signing bonus. When MLB refused to approve it, he signed with Baltimore for a $625,000 bonus.[3] In 2011, Bridwell played for the Aberdeen Ironbirds of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, and was named their Opening Day starting pitcher.[5] Bridwell spent two seasons with the Delmarva Shorebirds of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2014, he pitched for the Frederick Keys of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League.[4] On May 19, he was named the Carolina League's pitcher of the week.[6] The Orioles assigned Bridwell to the Arizona Fall League after the 2014 season.[7] Bridwell played for the Bowie Baysox of the Class AA Eastern League in 2015, and was added to the Orioles' 40-man roster after the season.[8]

Bridwell began the 2016 season with the Norfolk Tides of the Class AAA International League. The Orioles promoted him to the major leagues on August 21.[9] He pitched in two games for Baltimore. In the second, he allowed a grand slam, and he was optioned to the minor leagues after the game.[3]

Los Angeles Angels

The Orioles traded Bridwell to the Los Angeles Angels for cash considerations on April 17, 2017.[3][10] He earned a spot in the Angels' starting rotation.[3] Bridwell got his first extended look in the majors, pitching in 21 games, 20 starts, 73 strikeouts in 121 innings.[11] He finished with a 10–3 record with a 3.64 ERA.[11] His nine straight road wins to begin a career was tied with Brooklyn Dodgers' Clem Labine for second-longest such streak all-time, behind that of Whitey Ford.[12]

Bridwell did not pitch in most of the 2018 season due to right elbow inflammation.[13] He was 1–0 in 6+2⁄3 innings.[11] On November 20, 2018, he was designated for assignment.[14]

The New York Yankees claimed Bridwell off waivers on November 26, 2018.[15] The Yankees designated Bridwell for assignment on December 17.[16]

Bridwell was re-claimed by the Angels on December 21.[17] He was once again designated for assignment on January 15, 2019.[18] On January 22, 2019, Bridwell was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics. Bridwell was outrighted off the roster on January 25. He was released on April 6. On April 9, 2019, Bridwell signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[19]

Minnesota Twins

On January 28, 2020, Bridwell signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. Bridwell did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] He became a free agent on November 2.

References
  1. Lee Passmore. "Texas Tech recruit Bridwell a three-sport star for Herd". amarillo.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. "Class 4A high school baseball all-state team – WacoTrib.com: High Schools". WacoTrib.com. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  3. Moura, Pedro (July 20, 2017). "After years of toil, the Angels' Parker Bridwell is seeing things break his way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  4. "Parker Bridwell's improvement in Frederick driven by focus, rediscovered changeup – Baltimore Sun". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  5. "Steve Melewski: Bridwell will be Aberdeen's opening night starter". MASNsports. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  6. "Bowie's Christian Walker, Frederick's Parker Bridwell receive weekly honor". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  7. "Orioles announce Arizona Fall League 2014 prospects, including Parker Bridwell, Zach Davies". Yahoo! Sports. August 26, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  8. Baltimore Sun (November 20, 2015). "Chris Lee, Andrew Triggs and Parker Bridwell added to Orioles' 40-man roster". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  9. Kubatko, Roch. "Orioles call up Parker Bridwell". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  10. Encina, Eduardo A. "Orioles trade Parker Bridwell to Angels, outright Jason Garcia back to Double-A Bowie". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  11. "Parker Bridwell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  12. "Parker Bridwell Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  13. "Yanks claim Bridwell from Angels, DFA Torreyes". ESPN.com. November 26, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  14. Guardado, Maria (May 24, 2018). "Suarez, Rengifo added to Angels 40-man roster". MLB.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  15. Fischer, Mark. "Yankees drop fan favorite to make room for pitcher Parker Bridwell – NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  16. "J.A. Happ signs two-year deal with Yankees". MLB.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  17. Bollinger, Rhett (December 21, 2018). "Angels re-claim Bridwell on waivers from Yanks". MLB.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  18. @mlbrostermoves (January 16, 2019). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. (subscription required)
  19. Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  20. "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
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