Zach Penrod, a 27-year-old left-hander who spent three years in an impartial league, made his massive league debut on Saturday after being referred to as up by the Boston Pink Sox.
Penrod pitched a scoreless inning of reduction in Boston’s 7-1 win over the New York Yankees, placing out two batters whereas not permitting successful.
The Pink Sox chosen Penrod’s contract from Worcester on Saturday and recalled left-hander Bailey Horn from the Triple-A farm group. Left-hander Cam Booser and right-hander Zack Kelly have been optioned to Worcester after Friday evening’s 5-4 loss to the New York Yankees, and catcher Tyler Heineman was designated for task.
Penrod’s spouse, Kyla, and their week-old daughter, Noa Mae, attended the sport at Yankee Stadium.
Penrod performed for Corban, an NAIA faculty, in 2017 after which for NCAA Division II Northwest Nazarene in Idaho the next 12 months as an outfielder and pitcher. He signed with Texas in August 2018 as an undrafted free agent, missed 2019 following Tommy John surgical procedure and was launched in June 2020, a 12 months the minor league season was canceled due to the pandemic.
He spent elements of 2021 and 2022 at Billings, then began 2023 at fellow Pioneer League membership Missoula. Boston signed him to a minor league contract on Aug. 16 final 12 months and two days later he pitched 5 scoreless innings for Class A Greenville.
Penrod had a 2.18 ERA in 4 begins for the Drive, and Boston despatched him to the Arizona Fall League. He started this season at Double-A Portland, was promoted to Worcester on Might 26 and had a 5.93 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 27â…” innings over 5 begins and 10 reduction appearances at Triple-A, lacking time between June 6 and July 26 due to left shin irritation.
His fastball averaged 94.7 mph this 12 months at Triple-A, and he reached 98.9 mph with a sixth-inning pitch on Aug. 16.