Dylan File

BIOGRAPHY

Dylan File was born June 4, 1996, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

File attended Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah, where he played baseball. In 2014, his senior year, he went 7-2 with a 0.63 ERA along with batting .400. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Dixie State University where he played college baseball.

In 2015, File's freshman season at Dixie State, he appeared in 12 games (ten starts) in which he went 6-1 with a 2.63 ERA, striking out 44 over 61 2⁄3 innings. He was named the Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2016, he started 14 games, going 6-1 with a 2.99 ERA.That summer, he played in the Northwoods League with the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. In 2017, his junior year, File went 8-2 with a 3.58 ERA over 15 games (14 starts), striking out 75 over 93 games, earning Pacific West Co-Pitcher of the Year. Following the season, he was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 21st round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.

File signed with Milwaukee and made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers. Over 12 games (seven starts), he went 1-2 with a 4.02 ERA. In 2018, he spent the season with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, with whom he was named a Midwest League All-Star, and compiled an 8-10 record with a 3.96 ERA, striking out 114 over 136 1⁄3 innings and 25 starts. In 2019, he began the year with the Carolina Mudcats (earning Carolina League All-Star honors) before being promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers in June, with whom he finished the year. Over 26 starts between both teams, File pitched to a 15-6 record with a 3.24 ERA, collecting 136 strikeouts over 147 innings.