BIOGRAPHY
Reid Detmers was born July 8, 1999, in Springfield, Illinois. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Detmers was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 32nd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft but opted not to sign a contract and attend Louisville. Detmers went 4-2 with a 4.85 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 55.2 innings pitched as a true freshman. He spent the following summer playing for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he focused on correcting his mechanics. Detmers was named the Cardinals' Friday night starter going into his sophomore year. He finished the season with 2.78 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 113.1 innings and tied the school record for wins in a season with 13 to four losses and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year, first-team All-ACC, a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. In 2019, He was selected for the United States collegiate national team.
Detmers entered his junior season on the watch list for the Golden Spikes Award and as a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. Detmers went 4-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 22 innings pitched before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Detmers was selected tenth overall by the Los Angeles Angels in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. Detmers signed with the Angels on June 28 for a $4.67MM bonus.
During spring training in 2022, Angels manager Joe Maddon announced that Detmers had beat out Jaime Barría for the team's sixth starting rotation spot. His turn in the rotation was moved up to the Angels' second game on April 8 against the Houston Astros when Patrick Sandoval missed his scheduled start. On May 10, 2022, Detmers pitched the 12th no-hitter in Angels history, recording two strikeouts and one walk against the Tampa Bay Rays in his 11th major league start. He went 0–2 with a 5.67 ERA over the next six starts after the no-hitter and was optioned to the Salt Lake Bees on June 22. During his time with Salt Lake, minor league pitching instructor Buddy Carlyle noticed an issue with Detmers's mechanics during a 15-minute film session and helped him correct it. He was recalled by the Angels on July 8. In the four starts following his minor league stint, Detmers pitched to a 1.13 ERA, allowing only three earned runs with 31 strikeouts in 24 innings. On July 31, Detmers pitched an immaculate inning against the Texas Rangers at Angel Stadium. Detmers followed Sandy Koufax and Mike Fiers as the third player in MLB history to throw a no-hitter and an immaculate inning in the same season, and was the first to do so as a rookie. Detmers finished his rookie 2022 season with a 7–6 record, 3.77 ERA, and 122 strikeouts in 129 innings across 25 starts. His 2.4 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) was third-best among Angels starting pitchers.
