Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Shane Baz was born June 17, 1999, in Cypress, Texas. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Baz spent 2017 with the Gulf Coast League Pirates, posting an 0–3 record with a 3.80 ERA in 23.2 innings pitched. MLB.com ranked Baz as Pittsburgh's third-best prospect going into the 2018 season. He pitched for the Bristol Pirates of the Rookie-level Appalachian League.

On August 14, Baz was acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays as a player to be named later from an earlier trade in which the Pirates also sent Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows to the Rays for Chris Archer. The Rays assigned him to the Princeton Rays of the Appalachian League. Over 12 starts between Bristol and Princeton, Baz went 4-5 with a 4.47 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP. Baz began the 2019 season in extended spring training before reporting to the Bowling Green Hot Rods in early May. Over 17 starts with Bowling Green, Baz went 3-2 with a 2.99 ERA, striking out 87 batters over 81+1⁄3 innings. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the season. In June 2021, Baz was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.

On July 2, 2021, Baz was named to the roster for the United States national baseball team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 in Tokyo. The team won the silver medal, losing to Japan in the gold-medal game.