Cubs select righty from Orioles in MLB Rule 5 Draft |
Tony Crumpton
· · Thursday, December 10 2020
The Chicago Cubs have selected righty Gray Fenter from the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB Rule 5 Draft on Thursday afternoon.
In 2019, Fenter had an 8-2 record (22 games, 17 starts) with a sparkling 1.81 ERA in the South Atlantic League (Class-A). The 24-year-old had an impressive 123 strikeouts in 94 1/3 innings pitched (11.7 per 9 innings) and held batters to a .185 batting average. The Orioles selected him in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB draft out of Arkansas. In other Cubs-related MLB Rule 5 draft news, the Cubs lost righty minor league pitchers Yunior Perez and Jeffrey Passantino. The Cubs selected Gray Fenter from the Orioles Triple-A roster.
The #Cubs today selected RHP Gray Fenter from the Orioles in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft. pic.twitter.com/Ya1cC44IgK
Fenter had a 13 K playoff performance in Single-A Delmarva in 2019.pic.twitter.com/1urYrB9XPl
