COLLEGE: University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
HIGH SCHOOL: Summerfield Waldorf, Santa Rosa, CA
CAREER NOTES
- Didn’t play high school baseball because his school didn’t field a team.
- Had not started a game as a professional until joining the Rockers’ in 2021.
- Had his most productive and successful season as a pro with the Rockers in 2021.
2022
• Pitched in only two games before suffering an injury that required surgery
• Started the second game of the season at home against the Kentucky Wild Health Genomes (4/22/22)
• Had a no-decision despite going six innings and allowing five hits and one run with zero walks and six strikeouts
• Threw 83 pitches, 60 of them strikes
• Second start was at home vs. Lancaster on 4/28
• Picked up the win with 5.0 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts
• Threw 89 pitches, 53 for strikes
2021
- Started the season in the bullpen for the Rockers but quickly became a fixture in the starting rotation
- Finished the year with the team’s top ERA among starting pitchers at 4.73
- Made 19 starts, second-only to Craig Stem’s 24
- Posted a 7-4 record and was second to Tommy Lawrence in innings pitched with 123.2
- Struckout 91 batters, the second-most on the club
- Posted two wins against Southern Maryland (6/19 & 7/25) and one win apiece against Long Island (7/8), Gastonia (7/14), Charleston (7/31), Lexington and Lancaster • Named the Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month in July after going 4-0 in six starts with a 2.89 ERA
- Struck out 31 in 37.1 innings in July with just 10 walks
- Finished the year seventh in the Atlantic League in ERA, seventh in innings pitched (123.2), fifth in opponent’s batting average (.269), fourth in WHIP (1.32) and sixth in winning percentage (.636).
2020
- Released 5/28/20 with hundreds of other minor league players due to Covid-19.
2019
- Pitched at four different levels in the Giants organization, combining to go 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA and 29 strikeouts in 39 innings with just eight walks and 13 ER.
- Made 15 appearances at A- Salem-Keizer (Northwest) where he was 1-1 with a 3.86 in 15 appearances, all in relief.
- Made one relief appearance at A Augusta (South Atlantic), two appearances at A+ San Jose (California) and one scoreless outing at AA Richmond (Eastern).
2018 (Pacific/San Francisco Giants)
- Posted a 3-6 record with a 3.93 mark as a senior at Pacific, making 18 appearances and 10 starts.
- Was second on the team with 73.1 innings and third on the club with 46 strikeouts.
- Threw a complete game in a loss to BYU (5/17/18).
- Earned a save against Utah Valley (2/23/18) with four hitless innings of work and five strikeouts.
- Named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team.
- Undrafted, the San Francisco Giants signed him as a free agent and assigned him to the Arizona League.
- Went 2-1 with a 3.21 ERA and moved to A- Salem-Keizer (Northwest) where he was 0-1 with a 2.84 in three appearances.
2017 (Pacific)
- As a junior at Pacific, made 19 appearances including seven starts, going 2-5 with a 5.49 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 59 innings.
- Threw a complete game in a win against St. Mary’s (4/22/17).
2016 (College of Marin)
- Posted a 9-4 record with a 3.24 ERA over 91.2 innings.
- Made 18 appearances (10 starts) and recorded a team-high 79 strikeouts en route to first team all-conference recognition.
2015 (College of Marin)
- As a junior college freshman, posted a 3.26 ERA over 49.2 innings at College of Marin in Kentfield, Calif.
- Went 3-0 with one save in 24 appearances in earning honorable mention all-conference honors.
2014 (Healdsburg)
- Did not play baseball at Summerfield Waldorf, a small private school, because it didn’t field a team.
- Played for a number of travel ball teams including the Healdsburg Prune Packers, a summer collegiate league team.
PERSONAL
- Cooper Casad
