Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Mike Wright was born January 3, 1990, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. During his first professional season, he went 3-2 with a 5.72 earned run average with 42 strikeouts in 45+2⁄3 innings. Pitching for the Frederick Keys and Bowie Baysox in 2012 he went 10-5 with a 4.06 ERA.

Wright started the 2013 season with Baysox. He finished the season with the Norfolk Tides. He was the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award after going 11–3 with a 3.11 ERA and 138 strikeouts. He returned to Norfolk to start the 2014 season.

Wright throws 5 pitches: a four-seam fastball that averages around 96 MPH, a sinker at around 93, a changeup at around 82, a slider at about 86, and a curveball at around 75.