- #
- 28
- Name
- Ryan Weiss
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- Pitcher
- Opening Day Age
- 26
- Birthplace
- South Elgin, Ill.
- Birthdate
- 12/10/1996
- Draft
- 4th rd, 2019, Arizona
- B/T
- R/R
- Ht
- 6-4
- Wt
- 210
- Current Team
- Rockers
STATUS
• Signed by the Rockers in June 2023
• Released by Kansas City AAA club Omaha on 5/20/23
CAREER NOTES
• First appearance with a non-affiliated league club
• Spent five years in affiliated baseball, four with Arizona and one with Kansas City
• Has a career 17-14 professional record with a 4.88 ERA and 294 strikeouts in 313.1 innings
2023
• Made 12 appearances at AAA Omaha, going 0-1 with a 7.07 ERA
• Struck out 15 in 14 innings of work while allowing 14 hits and 14 walks
2022
• Pitched at AA Amarillo and AAA Reno for Arizona, making 17 appearances
• Designed for assignment 7/1/22 and signed with the Kansas City Royals
• Went 2-2 in 30 appearances, all in relief, with a 7.82 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 25.2 innings
2021
• Went 2-2 at AA Amarillo and 4-1 at Class AAA Reno
• Was a combined 6-3 with a 4.67 ERA
2020
• Did not play due to Covid-19 pandemic
2019
• Split time between A Kane County (Geneva, IL) and A+ Visalia (California League)
• Combined to go 8-7 with 26 starts and 103 strikeouts in 128.1 innings with just 34 walks
2018 (Wright State/Diamondbacks)
• Posted a 9-2 record and 3.40 ERA in 98 innings over 17 appearances and 16 starts while striking out 92
• Named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on 3/19/18
• First team All-Horizon League selection as a starting pitcher
• Named to the Horizon League all-tournament team
• Second team ABCA All-Region pick
• Finished his career at Wright state with a 2.80 ERA in 186.2 innings
• Fourth round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the MLB Draft
• Started his pro career with Hillsboro, OR of the A- Northwest League
• Started 12 games for Hillsboro and was 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 29.1 innings
• Pitched in the Arizona Fall League
2017 (Wright State)
• Led Wright State with a 2.13 ERA over 88.2 innings of work over 15 appearances and 14 starts
• Struck out 80
• Named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on 5/22/17
• Named the Horizon League Freshman of the Year at Wright State
• First team All-Horizon League selection as a starting pitcher
• Earned Freshman All-America honors
• Second team ABCA All-Region pick
• Was 2-0 with a 2.52 for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League, striking out 27 in 25 innings
2016
• Did not play
2015 (South Elgin HS)
• Considered a “late bloomer” who did not pitch extensively until his senior year of high school
• Fanned 66 in 59.1 innings and led South Elgin to a sectional title game with a 90 MPH fastball
• Was committed to Elgin Community College until Wright State saw him throw for a travel team and offered a scholarship
• Threw a perfect game against Glenbard East in April, 2015, retiring all 21 batters faced with 10 strikeouts
• Tossed a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over West Aurora
• Led Elgin American Legion Post 57 to the Illinois State championship
• Pitched 10 innings (141 pitches) to lead Post 57 to a win over Plover, Wisc. in the American Legion Great Lakes Regional opener
• Received a Kane County Chronicle Achievement Award
• Also participated in football and basketball
• Member of the National Honor Society