Logan Verrett

BIOGRAPHY

Logan Verett was born on June 19, 1990 in The Woodlands, Texas. He is a pitcher in the MLB. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers in 2015 and has also played for the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles. Prior to playing professionally, he played for Calallen High School and Baylor University.

Verrett spent his early years in The Woodlands, Texas, where he played Little League Baseball as an infielder. Before he began high school, his family moved to Corpus Christi, and he played for Calallen High School's varsity baseball team as a pitcher. In 2008, his senior year, he became the staff's ace pitcher, recording an 18–0 win–loss record, a 0.67 earned run average (ERA), 167 strikeouts, and 12 complete games. He also had a .455 batting average, seven home runs, and 33 runs batted in on the year. With a 42–1 win–loss record, his team went on to win the Texas Class 4A state championship. That year, he was named the All-South Texas Most Valuable Player and the Class 4A Player of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association.

Verrett enrolled at Baylor University to play college baseball for the Baylor Bears baseball team. As a relief pitcher in his freshman year, he recorded seven wins and a save in his first eight appearances, and served as the team's closer. He moved into the team's starting rotation as a sophomore, and finished the year with a 5–3 win–loss record, a 3.28 ERA, and 97 strikeouts in 90+2⁄3 innings pitched. As a junior, Verrett compiled a 7–6 win–loss record, a 2.93 ERA, 96 strikeouts in 101+1⁄3 innings pitched, and had two complete games. In 2009 and 2010, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

The New York Mets selected Verrett in the third round, with the 101st overall selection, of the 2011 MLB Draft.