Colby White

BIOGRAPHY

Colby White was born July 4, 1998, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

White graduated from West Marion High School in Foxworth, Mississippi in 2016, and then played two seasons of college baseball at Pearl River Community College. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After his sophomore year at Pearl City, he transferred to Mississippi State University. In 2019, his only year at Mississippi State, he went 3–1 with a 3.12 ERA and 48 strikeouts over 26 innings. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth round with the 188th overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

White signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League, going 1–0 with a 2.79 ERA over 15 relief appearances. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He began the 2021 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Low-A East and earned promotions to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the High-A East, the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double-A South, and the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A East during the season. Over 43 appearances between the four clubs, White went 4–3 with a 1.44 ERA and 104 strikeouts over 62+1⁄3 innings. He was named Tampa Bay's Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Year.

White underwent Tommy John surgery immediately after participating in 2022 spring training, forcing him to miss the whole season. On November 15, 2022, the Rays selected his contract and added him to the 40-man roster. White was optioned to Triple-A Durham to begin the 2023 season.