Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Stephen Villines was born July 15, 1995, in Irvine, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Villines spent his first professional season with the Kingsport Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones, going 3–2 with a 1.95 ERA over 19 relief appearances. He pitched 2018 with the Columbia Fireflies, St. Lucie Mets, and Binghamton Rumble Ponies, pitching to a 5–4 record and 3.11 ERA, striking out 96 batters over 66+2⁄3 innings. He started 2019 with Binghamton before being promoted to the Syracuse Chiefs. Over 41 relief appearances with the two teams, Villines went 2–1 with a 2.66 ERA, striking out 54 over 61 innings. Villines did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 20, 2020, Villines was traded to the Texas Rangers as the PTBNL in the Ariel Jurado trade. He opened the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central league.