Graduated from Central (Ind.) High School. Also attended Cathedral (Ind.) High School...Originally selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 36th round of the 2006 MLB Draft, but did not sign...Drafted in the first round (22nd overall) in 2009 by the Minnesota Twins out of the University of Missouri...Played college baseball at the University of Missouri where he was teammates with former Royals pitcher Aaron Crow...Set the Missouri single-season strikeout record with 131 in 2009...Named Baseball America Second Team All-American and First Team All- Big XII...Joins Mike Shannon and David Freese among notable Univ. of Missouri athletes to play for the Cardinals...Pitched for USA Baseball collegiate national team in 2008, leading the team with five wins...Pitched a 1-0 win over Japan in the Gold Medal game of the 2007 FISU World Championship game...Serves as the Vice President of Big League Impact, started by former Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright...Roberto Clemente Award nominee in 2019, 2022 and 2023...While with the Twins, was recipient of the 2017 Carl R. Pohlad Community Service Award, 2018 Charles O. Johnson Award for "Most Improved" and the Mike Augustin Media "Good Guy" Award...Married to Elizabeth, the couple has three daughters: Hayden, Rossilyn and Novilee, and a son Mills...Resides in Villa Ridge, Mo.
2023
AL Ranks: wins (15, T-third), games started (33, T-first), innings pitched (192.0, sixth), hits (198, first), runs (101, fourth), earned runs (101, second), HR/9 IP (1.08, 10th), GIDP (24, first), GIDP/9 IP (1.13, first), ground ball percentage (49.2, fourth)...Pitched the entire season in his first and only stint with the Baltimore Orioles...Established career-highs in wins (15), games started (33), hits allowed (198), runs (101) and earned runs (101)...Tied for the American League lead setting a career-high with 33 games started...Led the A.L. with 24 ground into double plays induced and a 1.13 GIDP/9 IP...Marked his sixth career season with 20 or more GIDP and first since 2018 with the Twins...Leads all active pitchers with six seasons of 20 or more GIDP...Recorded seven games with multiple ground into double plays with a season-high three at LAA (9/6)...Posted two double-digit strikeout games, matching his career-high of 11 in both (4/22 vs. DET & 7/9 at MIN)...Orioles were 5-0 in games which he struck out eight or more batters...Had two four-game win streaks (3/30-4/22 & 5/19-6/11)...Issued one walk or less in 14-of-33 starts.
2022
Named the Phillies’ 2022 nominee for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award...Made 31 starts for the National League champion Phillies, the fifth time in his career making at least 30 starts in a season...Had a career-best 3.00 K/BB ratio (144 K/48 BB)...Went 7-4 with a 4.57 ERA (52 ER/102.1 IP) and 80 strikeouts in 18 home starts, compared to 3-4 with a 5.79 ERA (42 ER/65.1 IP) and 64 strikeouts in 13 road starts...Made his fifth career Postseason roster; in two relief appearances during the 2022 Postseason, he worked 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits with one walk and two strikeouts...Made his World Series debut in Game 3 at Citizens Bank Park, working one scoreless inning out of the bullpen with one hit and one strikeout in Philadelphia’s 7-0 loss to the Houston Astros.
2021
Made his first career All-Star team, pitching a scoreless third inning for the AL at Coors Field...Ranked 8th in the majors in HR/9.0 IP (0.84) and T-9th in quality starts (19)...Began the season with TEX...Made 30 starts for the fourth time in his career...Set a TEX franchise record for the most starts (16) to start a season without a loss (6-0)...Was on the 10-day IL, 5/22-6/3, with a right groin strain...Went 6-1 with a 2.29 ERA (26 ER, 102.0 IP) prior to the All-Star break, the 3rd-lowest ever by a TEX pitcher before the break, trailing Jim Kern in 1979 (1.48) and Rick Honeycutt in 1983 (1.52)...Acquired from TEX in a six-player trade on 7/30...Recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in his first start as a Phillie on 8/1 at PIT...Had a streak of 24 straight starts with at least 5.0 IP, 4/7-9/3, which at the time was the 3rd-longest active such streak in MLB...In his first five starts with the Phillies (excluding his relief app. on 8/11), went 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA (7 ER, 32.2 IP), 1.03 WHIP, HR and five quality starts...Prior to him, the last two Phillies starters acquired via trade in-season with an ERA that low (1.93 or lower) through five starts were Cliff Lee in 2009 (0.68) and Dick Barrett in 1943 (0.94)....On 9/24 vs PIT, clubbed his first ML home run (Miguel Yajure), which was also his first extra-base hit ...Among all pitchers to face 360 or more RHH, ranked 4th in OPP SLG and 6th in OPP AVG, holding 361 RHH to a .206/.283/.309 slash line...Was 7-3 with a 2.81 ERA (26 ER, 83.1 IP) in 14 games at home and 3-6 with a 4.47 ERA (49 ER, 98.2 IP) in 17 games on the road...Ranked 6th among all qualifying pitchers in ground ball rate (51.7%)
2020
In his Texas debut, finished with a 2-6 record and 5.35 ERA (40 ER/67.1 IP) in 12 G/GS, fewest wins and highest ERA since his rookie campaign in 2013…had A.L.’s 2nd-highest qualifying ERA (6.71 by DET’s Matthew Boyd), but still ranked among TEX staff leaders in innings (2nd, 67.1), SO (2nd, 58), quality starts (2nd, 4) and wins (T3rd, 2)…career-high 4.0 BB/9 and 1.6 HR/9 (3rd-highest in A.L.), and 7.8 SO/9 was lowest in past 3 seasons…his 1.530 WHIP figure was the highest in A.L., 2nd-highest in MLB to WAS’s Patrick Corbin (1.569)…joined Lance Lynn as only pitchers in TEX rotation for entirety of the abbreviated season.
2019
In final season with Minnesota ranked 3rd on the staff in wins (13), innings (160.0), strikeouts (160) and starts (29-tied)… set career bests for wins (tied), strikeouts per 9.0 IP (9.00), strikeouts per walk (2.86) and swing-and-miss percentage (29.5%)…his 52.9 groundball percentage ranked 6th in MLB among pitchers with at least 150.0 innings pitched, trailing only OAK's Brett Anderson (55.5%) in the A.L....had the league's 14th best winning percentage at career-best .650…was 13-7, 4.89 (84 ER/154.2 IP) in 29 starts with a 3.38 ERA (2 ER/5.1 IP) in 1st 5 MLB relief appearances…his 1st 174 big league outings were starts before working in relief on 6/25/19 vs. TB, pitching the 17th inning of an 18-inning Twins loss.
2018
Made Twins Opening Day roster for fifth time in career and was club's number three starter March 31 at Baltimore....Started Twins Home Opener for second time (2016) in career on April 5 vs. Seattle, allowing two runs (1 earned) on seven hits in 4.1 innings pitched...Set single-game career-high with 10 strikeouts April 26 at New York-AL, pitching 6.0 shutout innings with one hit allowed. Earned the win July 7 vs. Baltimore, his 21st career win at Target Field, passing Brian Duensing (20), becoming the winningest pitcher at Target Field at that time...Set season-high with 8.0 innings pitched twice: July 12 vs. Tampa Bay (W) and July 26 at Boston (W), throwing career-high 120 pitches vs. Red Sox...Won 50th career game August 11 at Detroit, allowing one run on seven hits in 7.0 innings pitched...Allowed three home runs August 22 at Chicago-AL (Engel, Anderson, Delmonico), tying a singlegame career-high (June 5, 2015 vs. MIL)...Surpassed 900.0 career innings pitched September 3 at Houston...Went 3-2, 2.76 ERA (32.2 IP, 10 ER) with 11 walks and 26 strikeouts in five September starts...2.76 ERA ranked ninth best in AL...Held right-handed hitters to a .215 average and left-handers to a .270 average...Set career-highs in innings pitched (196.2), strikeouts (179), ERA (3.62), quality starts (18) and strikeouts-per-9.0 IP (8.19)...Ranked first on Twins innings pitched, ERA, and quality starts, tied for first in starts (32), and second in strikeouts...Was supported with 90 runs on the season for a run support average of 4.12, fourth lowest in the AL...Ranked tied for second in the AL in opponent ground into doubleplays (23)...Finished with 32 starts; along with José Berríos (32) and Jake Odorizzi (32), they became the first trio of Twins with 30-plus starts in the same season since 2007 (Johan Santana - 33, Carlos Silva - 33, and Boof Bonser - 30)...Given the Charles O. Johnson Award for Most Improved Twin and the Mike Augustin "Media Good Guy" Award, both voted on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA.
2017
Made Twins Opening Day roster for fourth time in career and was club's number three starter...Went 0-4, 8.20 ERA (26.1 IP, 24 ER) in first six starts and was optioned to Triple-A Rochester May 4...Made two starts for the Red Wings, going 0-2, 2.92 ERA (12.1 IP, 4 ER) and was recalled from Rochester May 22 (Phil Hughes, disabled list)...Upon return from Rochester, went 12-6, 4.44 ERA (131.2 IP, 65 ER) in 23 starts from May 22 through the end of the season...Optioned to Rochester for second time July 24 when the Twins acquired left-handed pitcher Jaime Garcia...recalled August 5...Went 6-0, 2.92 ERA (49.1 IP, 16 ER) with 10 walks and 46 strikeouts in eight starts from August 22 through the end of the season, establishing a career high with an active six-game winning streak...Ranked second on Twins staff in innings pitched (158.0) and starts (29), and third in wins (12) and strikeouts (121)...Was supported with 138 runs, tied with Carlos Carrasco for the most in baseball...his 7.86 run support average led baseball (minimum 150.0 IP)...Induced 26 ground ball double plays, third-most in AL and fifth-most in baseball...Given 2017 Carl R. Pohlad Community Service Award, voted on by the Twins Community Fund Board of Directors.
2016
Made third career Opening Day roster and was club's number two starter...Placed on 15-day disabled list April 26 with a right shoulder strain; made three starts between Single-A Ft. Myers and Triple-A Rochester and was returned from rehab assignment and reinstated June 10...Recorded first win of season June 28 at Chicago-AL, pitching 7.0 shutout innings, snapping five-game losing streak to start season...Set season-high and tied career-high with 8.0 innings pitched July 22 at Boston, allowing just one run on two hits and earned the win; only run allaowed was Mookie Betts' leadoff homer...Pitched second career complete game August 17 at Atlanta, allowing three runs on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts; made five plate appearances (0-for-4, walk, run), tying a Twins record and most for a Twins pitcher since Johan Santana June 19, 2007 at New York-NL...Set season-high with eight strikeouts (6.1 IP) in final start September 29 at Kansas City...Pitched 5.0-plus innings in 23 starts, 6.0-plus in 12 starts and 7.0-plus in five starts...Held right-handed batters to a .273 (84-for-308) batting average and left-handed batters to a .326 (91-for-279) average...Induced 21 ground ball double plays, tied for fifth most in the AL...Ranked second on Twins staff in innings pitched (147.1), and third in starts (25) and strikeouts (104), and tied for third in wins (6).
2015
Made second career Opening Day roster and was club's third starter....Posted a 20.0-inning scoreless streak April 26-May 12, tied for 10th longest in AL in 2015...posted a 19.2-scoreless inning streak September 8-19, the 14th longest in the AL...was only pitcher in baseball to post multiple scoreless inning streaks of 19.2-or-longer....Set season-high and tied career-high with 8.0 innings pitched May 1 vs. Chicago-AL, allowing just four hits in a Twins 1-0 victory...tied season-high 8.0 innings pitched three more times: May 24 at Chicago-AL, July 2 at Kansas City and a complete game September 8 at Kansas City....Went 3-1, 1.36 ERA (39.2 IP, 6 ER) with nine walks and 24 strikeouts in six May starts...the 1.36 ERA led the AL and ranked fifth best in baseball...39.2 innings pitched were tied for seventh most in the AL....Set career-high with nine strikeouts June 5 vs. Milwaukee (7.0 IP)....Set career-high with four straight wins June 27-July 12, posting an ERA of 1.30 (27.2 IP, 4 ER) in that span....Posted a 2.85 ERA (113.2 IP, 36 ER) in 18 starts pre-All-Star break, the fourth lowest ERA for a Twins starter since 1992 (minimum 80.0 innings pitched), trailing Francisco Liriano (1.83 in 2006), Johan Santana (2.75 in 2007) and Brad Radke (2.77 in 1998)....Pitched first career complete game September 8 at Kansas City, but was dealt the loss, allowing four runs on six hits in 8.0 innings pitched....Earned 10th win September 13 at Chicago-AL, pitching 7.2 scoreless innings, marking his second straight double-digit win season....Set single-season career-high with 32nd start September 29 at Cleveland, earning his 11th and final win with 6.0 shutout innings, while tying his season/career-high of nine strikeouts....Ranked fourth in baseball in groundball double plays induced (27) and ranked second on club, trailing Mike Pelfrey (29)...also ranked fourth in baseball in groundball-doubleplays-per-9.0 IP (1.25) and 10th in ground ball-per-fly ball ratio (2.37)....Led Twins in innings pitched (194.2), starts (32), strikeouts (145), quality starts (17) and tied with Phil Hughes for most wins (11)....Pitched 6.0-plus innings in 20 starts and 7.0-plus in 10 starts....Given Joseph W. Haynes Award for Twins Pitcher of the Year voted on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the BBWAA.
2014
Made first career Opening Day as the club's fifth starter...Won each of first three starts becoming the first Twin since Livan Hernandez (2008) to make theTwins starting rotation and start the season with three straight victories...Pitched 8.0 shutout innings April 17 vs. Toronto (Game 1), which lowered his ERA to 0.93... according to Elias Sports Bureau, since the original Washington Senators relocated to Minnesota in 1961, the only other Twins pitchers to win their first three starts of a season while posting an ERA below 1.00 were Bill Krueger in 1992 (0.75 ERA) and Francisco Liriano in 2006 (0.56 ERA)...Went 37.0 innings without allowing a home run to start the season, his streak was snapped May 10 vs. Detroit by Miguel Cabrera...Recorded first major league hit in fourth career at-bat June 2 at Milwaukee, singling off Matt Garza...Went 4-1, 1.54 ERA (41.0 IP, 7 ER) with opponents hitting .213 (33-for-155) in first six home starts April 11-June 7...Posted a 22.0 scoreless inning streak June 2-18, the fifth longest in club history for a starter (Elias); fifth longest for an AL starter in 2014...Struck out season-high and set new single-game career-high with eight strikeouts June 18 at Boston; struck out eight again September 23 vs. Arizona...Went 3-2, 3.16 ERA (37.0 IP, 13 ER) in six June starts...Earned 10th win August 3 at Chicago-AL, allowing three runs on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched...Ranked second on Twins staff in wins (13), starts (31), innings pitched (179.1) and third in strikeouts (107)...Allowed just 12 home runs, tied for third fewest in the AL (minimum 170.0 innings pitched) and tied for sixth fewest in baseball...Posted a 0.60 home run-per-9.0 innings pitched ratio, the seventh lowest in the AL...Posted a ground ball percentage of 55.8%, the fifth highest in the AL...posted a 2.32 groundball-per-flyball ratio, the fourth highest in the AL...Posted an ERA of 1.31 (96.0 IP, 14 ER) in his 13 wins and 8.10 ERA (83.1 IP, 75 ER) in his 12 losses...Pitched 6.0-plus innings in 20 of his 31 starts and 7.0-plus in 13 starts.
2013
Participated in Twins major league spring training for the first time in his career and was optioned March 14...started the season with Triple-A Rochester... Named Twins minor league Pitcher of the Week May 12 after pitching a complete game shutout May 8 at Toledo, allowing four hits, with two walks and eight strikeouts, earning the win... Pitched second complete game shutout May 19 at Lehigh Valley, allowing three hits, with two walks and eight strikeouts, earning the win; had a no-hitter broken up with two outs in the eighth inning...became first Red Wings pitcher to toss two complete game shutouts in a season since Nick Blackburn in 2007... Posted a 20.0-inning scoreless streak from May 14-30... Went 5-0, 2.19 ERA (49.1 IP, 12 ER) with opponents batting .199 in seven starts from May 19-June 20 and was recalled by Minnesota June 25... At the time of his promotion, ranked first among International League pitchers in shutouts (2), tied for third in wins (7) and strikeouts (79), fourth in innings pitched (92.2), sixth in WHIP (1.14), and eighth in ERA (3.01)... Made Major League debut June 29 vs. Kansas City, allowing two runs on eight hits in 6.0 innings pitched with no walks and five strikeouts, earning the win...according to Elias, the win and five strikeouts made him just the third Twin to win their major league debut while striking out five-or-more batters, the others being Bert Blyleven in 1970 at RFK Stadium against Washington and Darrell Jackson in 1978 at Metropolitan Stadium against Detroit; they each had seven strikeouts...with the win, he became the 10th Twin to win in their debut as starter, first since Anthony Swarzak May 23, 2009 vs. Milwaukee... Went 2-4, 6.53 ERA (51.0 IP, 37 ER) with 20 walks and 29 strikeouts in 10 starts for Minnesota and was optioned to Triple-A Rochester August 19... Made two starts for the Red Wings, going 0-0, 1.86 ERA (9.2 IP, 2 ER) August 25-30 and was shut down for the season...ended the season with 27 starts and 154.0 innings pitched between Rochester and Minnesota... Named right-handed starter on MiLB.com Twins organizational All-Star team.
2012
Made first start with GCL Twins July 10 vs. GCL Red Sox while on rehab assignment after recovering from "Tommy John" surgery on right elbow...Transferred to Single-A Ft. Myers August 12 and made two starts, allowing two runs on six hits in 7.0 innings pitched...Transferred to Triple-A Rochester August 24 and made two starts, allowing seven runs on 11 hits in 6.2 innings pitched...Combined to go 0-2, 4.13 (28.1 IP, 13 ER) with 26 hits allowed, six walks and 33 strikeouts in 13 games (11 starts) between three levels...Pitched for Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, going 3-2, 5.40 (23.1 IP, 14 ER) with eight walks and 28 strikeouts in six starts...Named Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week for Week 2, going 1-0, allowing six hits and one run with eight strikeouts and no walks in 5.0 innings...named to AFL's Top Prospect team and was ranked fourth best prospect in the AFL by Baseball America...Ranked fourth best prospect and best slider in the Twins system by Baseball America entering the 2013 season...Added to the Twins 40-man roster in November.
2011
Spent season at Triple-A Rochester and started 18 games...named International League Pitcher of the Week May 23-29 after going 2-0, 1.42 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 12.2 innings...selected to All-Star Futures Game in Arizona, going 1.1 innings while giving up two hits and no runs...placed on disabled list Aug. 2 with an injury to right arm, ending his season...had "Tommy John" surgery on right elbow Sept. 7...ranked eighth best prospect and best slider in the Twins minor league system by Baseball America entering the 2012 season.
2010
Began the season with Single-A Ft. Myers, losing his first professional start, April 8 at Bradenton...Won his next four decisions, April 13-May 10, including his first win, April 13 at Charlotte...Tossed a complete game shutout, allowing one hit, April 29 at Jupiter...Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week, May 1, after going 1-0 with one run allowed, five hits, five walks and 10 strikeouts in two starts (14.0 ip)...also earned Florida State League Pitcher of the Week honors, May 3...Promoted to Double-A New Britain, May 11...earned the win while striking out 10 in his first start with the Rock Cats, May 15 at Harrisburg...Won each of his first three starts for the Rock Cats, including a 7.0-inning complete game, May 25 vs. New Hampshire...Named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May, going 5-0, 1.62 (39.0 ip, 7 er) with 10 walks and 35 strikeouts in six starts between Ft. Myers and New Britain...Named to the Eastern League All-Star Team, representing the Eastern Division, pitching 1.0 scoreless inning...Promoted to Triple-A Rochester, August 12 and made three starts for the Red Wings...pitched 5.2 innings, 5.0 and 5.0 innings in those three starts...Disabled for remainder of season with a left ankle sprain, August 26...Recipient of the Jim Rantz Award, given to the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year...the ninth Twins minor leaguer to be given the award...Ranked as top prospect in the Twins' organization as well as best slider and best change-up by Baseball America, entering the 2011 season...Named to Minor League Baseball dot com's 2010 Twins organizational All-Star team.
2009
Ranked third-best prospect and best slider in the Twins' system by Baseball America, entering 2010...also ranked 61st on Baseball America's top 100 pre-2010 rankings.
