Chance Adams

Chance Adams (born August 10, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals organization. He previously played for the New York Yankees.

Chance Adams
Kansas City Royals
Pitcher
Born: (1994-08-10) August 10, 1994
Scottsdale, Arizona
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 4, 2018, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win-loss record1–2
Earned run average8.42
Strikeouts33
Teams

Career

Adams attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. He played college baseball at Yavapai College for two years before transferring to Dallas Baptist University. After one year at Dallas Baptist, Adams was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.[1]

New York Yankees

Adams made his professional debut with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League and was later promoted to the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.[2] He posted a combined 3–1 win–loss record, 1.78 earned run average (ERA) and 0.93 walks plus hits per inning pitched in ​35 1⁄3 combined innings between the three teams. Adams was converted into a starting pitcher in 2016 and started the year with Tampa,[3] and after pitching to a 5–0 record and 2.65 ERA in 12 games, was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League in June, where he finished the season with an 8–1 record and 2.07 ERA.[4][5][6] In 2017, Adams pitched for both Trenton and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, posting a combined 15–5 record and 2.45 ERA in ​150 1⁄3 total innings pitched between both teams.[7]

Adams began the 2018 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.[8] He was called up to the major leagues to face the Boston Red Sox in his first career start on August 4.[9]

Adams was designated for assignment on December 18, 2019.[10]

Kansas City Royals

The Yankees traded Adams to the Kansas City Royals for minor league prospect infielder Cristian Perez on December 23, 2019.[11] He made his Royals debut on August 24, 2020 against the St. Louis Cardinals. With the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Adams appeared in 6 games, compiling a 0-0 record with 9.35 ERA and 6 strikeouts in 8.2 innings pitched.[12] Adams underwent Tommy John surgery in October 2020, and would miss the 2021 season.[13] On November 20, 2020, Adams was outrighted off of the 40-man roster.[14]

References
  1. "Mets take a 3B, Yankees an OF on Day 2". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. "The Class of 2015 Has Arrived with Chance Adams – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  3. "New York Yankees righty Chance Adams twirls longest pro start for Tampa Yankees – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. "Miguel Andujar, Chance Adams arrive to bolster Thunder". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  5. "Yankees' prospect Chance Adams' plan for another breakout". NJ.com. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  6. John Harper (January 23, 2017). "The Yankees are hoping they found their very own Corey Kluber in righty prospect Chance Adams". NY Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. "Chance Adams Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. "Yanks' Adams to debut Saturday vs. Red Sox". ESPN.com. August 3, 2018.
  9. King, George A. (August 5, 2018). "Yankees give Chance Adams no help in latest loss to Red Sox". Nypost.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  10. Mike Rosenstein (December 18, 2019). "Here's how Brian Cashman cleared a spot on the 40-man roster for the $324 million man". NJ.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  11. Martin, Dan (January 1, 1970). "Chance Adams traded by Yankees to Royals after being DFA'd". Nypost.com. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  12. https://www.mlb.com/player/chance-adams-664856
  13. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/royals-chance-adams-tommy-john-surgeyr.html
  14. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/royals-desginate-glenn-sparkman-for-assignment.html
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