Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Hayden Wesneski was born  December 5, 1997, in Houston, Texas. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The Yankees selected Wesneski in the sixth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He received a $217,500 signing bonus and played for the Pulaski Yankees after he signed, going 1–1 with a 4.76 ERA over 28+1⁄3 innings. He began the 2021 season with the Hudson Valley Renegades and was promoted to the Somerset Patriots and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders during the season. Over 25 games (24 starts) between the three teams, he went 11–6 with a 3.25 ERA and 151 strikeouts over 130+1⁄3 innings. Wesnewski returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2022.

On August 1, 2022, the Yankees traded Wesneski to the Chicago Cubs for relief pitcher Scott Effross. The Cubs assigned him to the Iowa Cubs.

The Cubs promoted Wesneski to the major leagues on September 6, 2022. He debuted that day and pitched five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts en route to his first career win. On September 22, Wesneski pitched an immaculate inning versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.