Nick Tepesch

Nick Tepesch
240px Tepesch with the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers – No. 23
Pitcher
Born: (1988-10-12) October 12, 1988 Kansas City, Missouri
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 2013, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics (through 2014 season)
Win–loss record	9-17
Earned run average	4.56
Strikeouts	132
Teams
Texas Rangers (2013–2014)

Nicholas James "Nick" Tepesch (born October 12, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently in the Texas Rangers organization.

Professional career

Minor leagues

Tepesch was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 28th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of the Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Missouri but he did not sign and attended the University of Missouri, where he played college baseball for the Missouri Tigers baseball team. He was then drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and signed for $400,000.

In 2012, while pitching for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, Tepesch and Jimmy Reyes combined to throw the second no-hitter in Pelicans history.

Texas Rangers

Invited to spring training in 2013, Tepesch won the Rangers fifth starter job. On April 9, Tepesch went ​7 ¹⁄₃ innings and gave up four hits, three walks, one run, and struck out five while getting the win in his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tepesch missed the entire 2015 season with inflammation in his throwing elbow. He also underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.

He was non-tendered at the end of the 2015 season, and had previously rejected a minor league deal. However, on January 27, 2016, Tepesch re-signed with the Rangers on a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Missouri Tigers bio