Ken Waldichuk

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Kenneth Dieter Waldichuk

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Pitcher Ken Waldichuk was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 2019 amateur draft out of St. Mary's College of California. He began his professional career that same year with the Pulaski Yankees of the Appalachian League, going 0-2, 3.68 in 10 games as a starter.

After sitting out the 2020 season when the minor leagues were sut down by the Coronavirus pandemic, he returned to action in 2021 with the Hudson Valley Renegades, then after 7 games of scoreless ball totaling 30 2/3 innings, earned a promotion to the AA Somerset Patriots. There, he went 4-3, 4.20 in 16 games, with 108 strikeouts in 79 1/3 innings. After the season, he was named an organizational All-Star. He was back at Somerset at the start of 2022, going 4-0, 1.26 in 6 starts to earn a promotion to the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. He continued to pitch well there, going 2-3, 3.59 in 11 starts and being named to play in the 2022 Futures Game with the American League team. In the game played at Dodger Stadium on July 16th, he earned the save by recording the final out in the bottom of the 7th, getting Jackson Chourio to fly out to RF Denzel Clarke. Two weeks later, on August 3rd, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics along with Cooper Bowman, Luis Medina abd JP Sears in return for starting pitcher Frankie Montas. He was assigned to the Las Vegas Aviators of the Pacific Coast League where he went 0-1, 4.38 in 4 starts.

Ken was called up to the majors on September 1, 2022, when teams were allowed to add two players to their major league roster and made his debut that same day as the starting pitcher against the Washington Nationals. He did well, allowing 1 run in 4 2/3 innings before being replaced by Joel Payamps, but was not involved in the decision as Oakland lost, 7-5, in 10 innings.

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