The Indians have acquired right-handed pitching prospect
Damon Casetta-Stubbs from the Mariners, the two teams announced. The move completes the clubs’ June 10 deal that sent first baseman
Jake Bauers to Seattle for a player to be named later.
Casetta-Stubbs was Seattle’s 11th-round draft pick in 2018 out of a Washington high school, signing for an overslot $325K bonus. He has spent the past three years in the low minors, topping out at High-A in 2019 but pitching in Low-A to this point in 2021. While he’s only managed a 6.42 ERA in 40 2/3 innings this year, the 21-year-old has struck out a lofty 31.2% of opposing hitters, far and away a career-best mark. Casetta-Stubbs has issued way too many walks (14.5%), but he’s also keeping the ball on the ground at stellar 56.2% clip.
Damon Casetta-Stubbs worked six no-hit innings in the Modesto Nuts 6-3 win over the Visalia Rawhide on Sunday afternoon at John Thurman Field. Casetta-Stubbs (W, 1-1) allowed just two baserunners in the first three innings. In the fourth, AJ Vukovich roped a line drive up the middle
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