BIOGRAPHY
Scott Alain Alexander was born on July 10, 1989, in Santa Rosa, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Alexander played Little League Baseball and attended Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, California, where he was named the North Bay League player of the year as a senior. He set the school records for strikeouts in a season and a career and led them to the league championship in 2007. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 37th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign and instead attended Pepperdine University to play college baseball. He was selected to the all-West Coast Conference Freshman team in 2008 when he was 7–4 with a 4.95 ERA and struck out 106 batters. He was 4–5 with a 4.11 ERA as a sophomore, when he was used as both a starter and a reliever. Between his two seasons at Pepperdine he played for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League.
Alexander was then selected by the Kansas City Royals in the sixth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and signed with them on June 11, 2010 for a $130,000 signing bonus. He made his professional debut that season with the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer Baseball League, where he was 1–6 with a 5.73 ERA in 12 games (11 starts). He subsequently missed the entire 2011 season due to left shoulder surgery and returned in 2012 to pitch in 10 games (six starts) for the Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League where he had a 2.55 ERA.
Alexander moved between three levels in the Royals farm system in 2013, with five games for the Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League, 12 for the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League and 24 for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Texas League. The Royals selected him as their Triple-A Pitcher of the Year.
On January 4, 2018, Alexander was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three team trade that also sent Jake Peter to the Dodgers, Luis Avilán and Joakim Soria to the Chicago White Sox and Trevor Oaks and Erick Mejia to the Royals. The Dodgers used Alexander as an opener on June 1 due to an injury to Clayton Kershaw. In his first season in L.A, Alexander appeared in 73 games, allowing 27 earned runs in 66 innings for a 3.68 ERA. He appeared in four games in the postseason for the Dodgers, one in the 2018 NLDS and three in the 2018 World Series, allowing two runs to score on one hit and two walks in 2 1⁄3 innings pitched.
On February 14, 2024, Alexander signed a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.
