![]() Only two RockHounds batters reached base against Pounders: one on an error, and one via a hit by pitch. On June 27, he threw a no-hitter for the Naturals against the Midland RockHounds. In 2013, Pounders played for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, a team in the Double A Texas League. He also was named the Carolina League pitcher of the week for the week of August 20. Over a career-high 134 innings, he won nine games, lost six, and had a 3.96 ERA. Between the two teams, Pounders pitched in 28 games and started 23 of them. During the 2012 season, he played for both the Blue Rocks and the Kane County Cougars, another Class A team. Kansas City Royals Īfter reporting to the Royals, Pounders was assigned to the Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Class A team. Pounders later stated that he felt that Pittsburgh had given up on him, but that his transition to Kansas City was easy. On December 7, the Pirates traded Pounders and Diego Goris, an infielder, to the Kansas City Royals for Yamaico Navarro, another infielder. Over 66 innings, he recorded a 3.68 ERA and struck out 72 batters. He started only one of the 36 games he appeared in, although he did record a 5–5 win–loss record with three saves. Pounders spent 2011 pitching for the West Virginia Power of the South Atlantic League. He was reported to be focusing on the "physical aspect of the game" that season. Team management also stated that they believed that Pounders needed to gain muscle mass, and noted that he had been working out since being drafted. Mike Steele, Pounders' pitching coach at State College, reported that he was a "warrior-makeup guy" and that "his mind and his makeup are ahead of what his body will allow him to do". That season, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that coaches had been working with Pounders about fixing problems in his pitching mechanics, and reported success in the effort. He won three games, lost three, and recorded a save. In 2010, Pounders pitched in 16 games, four of them starts, with an ERA of 4.46 in 42 + 1⁄ 3 innings. The next season, Pounders was assigned to the State College Spikes, a short-season team at the Single A level. Over that span, Pounders struck out 20 batters and had a 3.04 ERA and 2–2 win–loss record. In 2009, he appeared in nine games, starting four of them, pitching in a total of 23 + 2⁄ 3 innings. The Pirates assigned Pounders to the Gulf Coast League Pirates, a rookie-level team. He received a $670,000 signing bonus from the Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates then drafted Pounders in the second round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, so he did not attend USC. As a high school senior, Pounders had a 9–2 win–loss record with a 1.96 earned run average (ERA) and 91 strikeouts in 64 + 1⁄ 3 innings pitched. When he was a junior at Temecula Valley, he committed to the University of Southern California (USC) baseball team. Pounders attended Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, where he played baseball. His father, who had been an infielder in Minor League Baseball, wanted to give Pounders the first and middle names Brooks Robinson after the Baltimore Orioles player of the same name, but Mary Pounders objected. ![]() He was part of the United States national baseball team in the 20 WBSC Premier12 tournaments.īrooks Casey Pounders was born on September 26, 1990, in Riverside, California, to Brad and Mary Pounders. Pounders has not played in the major leagues since, despite briefly being in the Tampa Bay Rays system in 2020. He played briefly with the team before being sent back down to the minor league Syracuse Mets. On June 15, he was traded to the New York Mets and immediately became part of the Mets' major league team. Again a free agent after the 2018 season, Pounders signed with the Cleveland Indians, but never played a major league game with the team. Before the 2018 season, Pounders signed a contract with the Colorado Rockies and played for both the Rockies and their Triple A-level affiliate. Pounders spent 2017 alternating between the Angels' major league club and the minor leagues, before becoming a free agent at the end of the season. He made his major league debut with the Royals in 2016, and he was traded to the Los Angeles Angels after the season ended. While in the Royals' minor league system, Pounders threw a no-hitter for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in 2013. ![]() After playing in the minor leagues for the Pirates, he was traded to the Kansas City Royals after the 2011 season. He attended Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, California, and chose not to attend college after he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2009. Brooks Casey Pounders (born September 26, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
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