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Steven Kyle Waldrop (born October 27, 1985) is an American former
professional baseball
pitcher . He played in
Major League Baseball (MLB) for the
Minnesota Twins .
Career
Kyle Waldrop was the Twins' third pick in the first round of the
2004 Major League Baseball draft , when the Twins had five first-round picks.
[1] He was the 25th player drafted that year.
[2]
A native of
Knoxville, Tennessee and a 2004 graduate of
Farragut High School in
Farragut, Tennessee , Waldrop has played for Twins minor-league teams in
Elizabethton, Tennessee ,
Beloit, Wisconsin ,
Fort Myers, Florida ,
New Britain, Connecticut , and
Rochester, New York .
[3]
Waldrop missed the entire 2008 season due to a shoulder injury.
[3]
In 2011, he was one of six pitchers not on the Twins' major league roster to be invited to the team's
spring training camp in Fort Myers.
[2]
On September 5, 2011, Waldrop was called up from Rochester with
Brian Dinkelman .
[4]
In January 2013, Waldrop signed with the
Pittsburgh Pirates .
[5]
[6]
References
^
The Emergence of Kyle Waldrop , TwinkieTown.com, June 24, 2011
^
a
b
Minnesota Twins announce Spring Training invites , TwinsBaseball.com, January 11, 2011
^
a
b
Kyle Waldrop , MLB.com, accessed February 18, 2011
^ Bollinger, Rhett (2011-09-04).
"Twins beef up roster with doubleheader on tap" . twinsbaseball.com . Retrieved 2011-09-05 .
^
"Pirates sign Waldrop to minor league deal" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022 .
^
"Pirates sign RHP Waldrop to minor league deal" . Sportsnet. Associated Press. January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2022 .
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