Adam Kolarek
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Adam John Kolarek (born January 14, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher currently in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He is 6' 3" and 215 pounds.[1]
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Catonsville High School. He later attended University of Maryland, where he played from 2008 to 2010. In 2008, he was 2-1 with a 4.26 ERA in 21 appearances. In 2009, he was 2-1 with a 4.68 ERA in 26 games and in 2010, he was 1-4 with a 6.06 ERA in 13 games (five starts).[2] Ranked as one of the top 50 lefthanders in the country,[3] Kolarek was drafted by the Mets in the 11th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, ahead of future major league All-Star outfielder Joc Pederson.[4][5]
He pitched for the Kingsport Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones in 2010 and went 2-1 with a 3.13 ERA in 22 games between them. In 37 1/3 innings, he allowed 19 hits and had 45 strikeouts. Had he qualified, he would have led Kingsport in WHIP with a mark of 0.643. He pitched for the Savannah Sand Gnats and St. Lucie Mets in 2011, going 7-1 with a 2.85 ERA in 26 games. His 1.000 winning percentage for Savannah tied for the team and league lead, In 2012, he went 1-3 with 18 saves, 70 strikeouts and a 2.37 ERA in 44 games (57 innings) for St. Lucie, earning a spot on the Florida State League All-Star team. He also pitched 6 games for the Binghamton Mets and posted a 2-0 record with a 5.68 ERA. He was a MiLB.com Organization All-Star and a FSL Post-Season All-Star that year.[6] He led St. Lucie in games and games finished that year. He led the entire league in saves. In the Arizona Fall League, he had a 2.92 ERA in nine games for the Surprise Saguaros. In 2013, he was 3-3 with a 1.71 ERA in 44 games for Binghamton. In his first taste of Triple-A, he had a 11.25 ERA in 2 appearances for the Las Vegas 51s as well. He spent some time with the big league club during 2014 spring training. Back with Binghamton for that year's regular season, his ERA was 6.07 in 48 appearances, though he had a 1.12 mark in six games for the Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League. He began 2015 with Binghamton.[7]
he has been ranked among the Mets' top prospects and is projected as a future LOOGY.[8]
His father, Frank Kolarek, played in the minor leagues in the 1970s and 1980s.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Baseball: Catonsville natives armed for pro career
- ↑ The Baseball Cube
- ↑ An Interview with Mets 2010 11th rounder LHP Adam Kolarek
- ↑ 11th round, 2010 draft
- ↑ Farm report: Kolarek in control for St. Lucie
- ↑ MiLB.com
- ↑ Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ The Mets Minors Review Top 50 Mets Prospect List for 2013: 50-41
- ↑ Catonsville's Kolarek makes the most of relief appearance against Bowie Baysox
- ↑ Reliever Adam Kolarek Could Make A Good Impression