Grant Dayton

Grant Dayton
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 75
Pitcher
Born: (1987-11-25) November 25, 1987
Huntsville, Alabama
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
July 22, 2016, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Win–loss record 0–1
Earned run average 2.05
Strikeouts 39
Teams

Grant A. Dayton (born November 25, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB)

Dayton was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 11th round of the 2010 MLB draft out of Auburn University. He was traded to the Dodgers on July 15, 2015, in exchange for Chris Reed.

Career

Amateur career

Dayton attended Bob Jones High School in Madison, Alabama. He pitched two no-hitters in high school, in 2005 and 2006 and as a senior was 7–3 with a 2.39 ERA and struck out 115, earning him first team all-state honors.[1]

As a redshirt freshman for the Auburn Tigers he was 7–2 with a 3.89 ERA and became the staff ace. He was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball.[1] As a sophomore he was 2–6 with a 5.92 ERA in 13 starts and led the team in strikeouts with 69.[1] In 2010, he was 8–3 with a 4.36 ERA as a Junior and led Auburn into the NCAA Regionals.[2]

Professional career

Miami Marlins

Dayton was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 11th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft.[3] After one game with the Gulf Coast Marlins, he was assigned to the Jamestown Jammers of the New York–Penn League, where he was 1–1 with a 1.88 ERA in 17 appearances.[4] In 2011 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League, he appeared in 49 games with a 3.15 ERA and a 7–1 record.[4] In 2012 he began the season with the Jupiter Hammerheads of the Florida State League where he was 2–5 with a 2.85 ERA in 31 appearances (including six starts) with 71 strikeouts.[4] He credited his success that season to pitching coach Joe Coleman and on August 13 he was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League.[2] He appeared in seven games for the Suns at the end of the season and then played for the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.[4]

Dayton received an invitation to major league spring training with the Marlins in 2013 but suffered a stress fracture in his pitching elbow and underwent surgery in February which kept him out of action until May 20.[5] He was 4–4 with a 2.37 ERA in 30 games for the Suns that season.[4]

Dayton was added to the Marlins 40 man roster after the 2013 season.[6] He split the 2014 season between the Suns and the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League. In 50 games he had a 3.12 ERA and a 2–3 record and 79 strikeouts.[4] He was designated for assignment by the Marlins on April 24, 2015[7] but remained in the organization and pitched in 25 games for New Orleans, with a 2–1 record and 2.83 ERA.[4]

Los Angeles Dodgers

Dayton was traded by the Marlins to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 15, 2015, in exchange for former first-round pick Chris Reed. The Dodgers assigned him to the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers.[8] He struggled with Oklahoma City (9.26 ERA in nine games) and was demoted to the AA Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League where he had a 2.53 ERA in eight games.[4]

Dayton had his contract purchased by the Dodgers and he was called up to the majors on July 21, 2016.[9] He made his major league debut the following day against the St. Louis Cardinals by pitching two scoreless innings of relief in extra innings.[10] In 25 games, he pitched 26  1⁄3 innings with a 2.05 ERA.[11] He pitched in four games of the 2016 National League Division Series, allowing three earned runs in 1  2⁄3 innings[12] and pitched another 1  2⁄3 innings over three games in the 2016 National League Championship Series, allowing no earned runs.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Grant Dayton Auburn Tigers bio". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "AUBURN BASEBALL WHERE ARE THEY NOW: GRANT DAYTON". Auburn Tigers. February 14, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "11th Round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Grant Dayton Register Statistics & History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ Green, Andrew (June 1, 2013). "AFTER LONG WAIT, GRANT DAYTON RELIEVED TO BE BACK ON THE MOUND". Suns Baseball Network. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Frisaro, Joe. "Marlins add six, including four arms, to 40-man roster". MLB.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ Adams, Steve (April 24, 2015). "Marlins Designate Grant Dayton For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  8. ↑ Stephen, Eric (July 15, 2016). "Dodgers acquire Grant Dayton from Marlins for Chris Reed". SB Nation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Stephen, Eric (July 21, 2016). "Dodgers call up Grant Dayton, option Zach Walters to Triple-A". SB Nation. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ Stephen, Eric (July 22, 2016). "Dodgers waste opportunities in 16-inning loss to Cardinals". SB Nation. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  11. ↑ "2016 Los Angeles Dodgers Batting, Pitching & Fielding Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ "2016 NL Division Series (3-2): Los Angeles Dodgers over Washington Nationals". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ "2016 NLCS (4-2): Chicago Cubs (103-58) over Los Angeles Dodgers (91-71)". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
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