Austin Maddox
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Position:
RHP
Born:
05/13/91
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
220
B/T:
R/R
Acquired:
Drafted in the third round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft (BOS).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 1-1 with a 1.33 ERA in 18 games between Portland (Double-A) and Pawtucket (Triple-A), going 3-for-3 in save opportunities, striking out 20 and walking 11 while allowing 17 hits in 27 innings for a .185 BAA. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Pawtucket on June 15 when RHP Brian Johnson went on the 10-day DL and RHP Roenis Elias was transferred to the 60-day DL to clear a spot on the 40-man roster. MLB Debut Date: 06/17/17 |
Debut Details
| June 17, in a 7-1 loss to the Astros. The second of three pitchers, he threw one perfect inning. Of 10 pitches, six were for strikes. Coming on for right-handed starter Rick Porcello to begin the bottom of the seventh inning, he got Marwin Gonzalez to fly out to right, Jose Altuve to ground out to third and Carlos Correa to pop out to shortstop. |
Player Notes
| Drafted out of the University of Florida, Maddox the plast to be cut from the 25-man roster in a competition for the last bullpen spot. He did a good job of convincing the Sox to bring him back in his first two-plus months throwing for both Portland (Double-A) and Pawtucket (Triple-A). Armed with a fastball in the low 90s, a slider and a changeup, he comes off of a 2016 season where he combined between Salem (High A), Portland and Pawtucket to go 5-3 with 3.59 ERA in 39 games, striking out 64 in 67 2/3 innings while walking 25 and allowing 62 hits. He missed much of both the 2014 and 2015 seasons at Salem due to off-the-field issues, with his last full season coming at Greenville (Class A) in 2013 when he went 4-6 with a 5.63 ERA in 33 games, striking out 65 while walking 22 and allowing 109 hits in 88 innings. |