A. J. Cole

EN Texto en inglés Aún no hay artículo en tu idioma: extracto en inglés.

Andrew Jordan Cole (born January 5, 1992) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Toronto Blue Jays, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Cole attended Oviedo High School in Oviedo, Florida. He played for the school's baseball team, and committed to attend the University of Miami on a college baseball scholarship. Considered a potential first-round pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, Cole fell in the draft due to his commitment to Miami and reportedly due to a high signing bonus demand. The Washington Nationals selected Cole in the fourth round of the draft. He received a $2 million signing bonus to forgo his commitment to Miami, a record bonus for a fourth-round pick. Cole pitched for the Vermont Lake Monsters of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League after he signed with the Nationals in 2010, and for the Hagerstown Suns of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2011. In those two seasons, Cole recorded 109 strikeouts in 90 innings pitched. On December 23, 2011, Cole was traded with Derek Norris, Tommy Milone, and Brad Peacock to the Oakland Athletics for Gio González and Robert Gilliam.