Bradley Blalock #31

Son of Chris and Tysha (TEE-sha), graduated from Grayson HS (Grayson, Ga.)...Committed to Kennesaw State prior to being selected by Boston in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft...His favorite music artist is Luke Combs...Was high school teammates with Detroit Tigers outfielder Parker Meadows.

2025

 Made 14 appearances (12 starts) over five stints with the Colorado Rockies, going 2-6 with a 9.36 ERA (61 ER/58.2 IP), 85 hits (17 home runs), 23 walks and 27 strikeouts...Made first career Opening Day roster, opening the season in the Rockies' bullpen. Allowed two runs on five hits in three innings over two relief outings to begin the season...Started each of his other 12 outings on the year, going 2-6 with a 9.54 ERA (59 ER/55.2 IP) as a starter...Also made 15 starts for Triple-A Albuquerque, going 1-5 with an 8.60 ERA (58 ER/60.2 IP), 35 walks and 52 strikeouts...Held a 12.27 ERA (40 ER/29.1 IP) at Coors Field and a 6.44 ER A(21 ER/29.1 IP) on the road...Tossed the first quality start of his career (6 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, career-high seven strikeouts) on July 28 at Cleveland...Became the second Rockies rookie all-time to pitch at least six scoreless innings with no walks and seven-or-more strikeouts (also, Jon Gray, Sept. 17, 2016 vs. San Diego)...At 24-years-and-215-days old, became the youngest Rockies starter since Germán Márquez on July 31, 2019 (24-159) to toss at least six shutout innings with no walks and seven strikeouts...In his start on May 10 vs. San Diego, allowed 12 runs on 13 hits in 3.2 innings in a 21-0 Rockies loss...Tied the franchise record for most runs allowed in a game and became the sixth starting pitcher since 1901 to pitch 3.2-or-fewer innings and allow 12-or-more earned runs...Allowed 10 home runs in a five-game span from Aug. 3-Sept. 19.

2024

Made his Major League debut with Milwaukee on June 20...traded from Milwaukee to Colorado in exchange for RHP Nick Mears on July 27...Made 20 appearances (18 starts) between Double-A Biloxi, Double-A Hartford and Triple-A Albuquerque, combining to go 5-3 for a 4.22 ERA (89.2 IP, 42 ER) with 80 strikeouts...Contract selected by Milwaukee from Double-A Biloxi on June 19 for his first stint on a Major League roster...made his debut on the next day for the Brewers, a scoreless relief appearance at San Diego...optioned back to Biloxi on May 20...Was named the Southern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 1-7 after allowing one hit through seven scoreless frames against Mississippi while fanning seven...Made his first Major League start and appearance as a Rockie on Aug. 12 at Arizona...became the first Rockies pitcher to make a start without ever appearing in Triple-A since Ryan Feltner on Sept. 5, 2021...His 3.24 ERA (16.2 IP, 6 ER) through his first three starts with the franchise was the fifth-lowest ERA for a Rockie under the age of 24 in franchise history (min. 15 IP)...Earned his first Major League win in his start on Aug. 24 at Yankee Stadium...became the youngest Rockies starter (23-243d) to earn a win since Peter Lambert on Sept. 14, 2019 vs. San Diego (22-149d)...Became the first pitcher in Rockies history to make a start at Yankee Stadium within his first four career games...Posted a 5.87 ERA (30.2 IP, 20 ER) with 20 walks and 20 strikeouts in seven outings (six starts) in the Majors between Colorado and Milwaukee.

2023

Went 6-1 with a 2.82 ERA in 15 starts between Class-A Salem (4gs) and Class-A Greenville (7gs) in the Red Sox organization and Class-A Wisconsin (4gs) in the Brewers organization...Was traded by Boston to Milwaukee in exchange for INF Luis Urías on 8/1...Held opponents to a .220 batting average with 75 strikeouts in 67.0 innings...Missed time while on the injured list from 4/6-5/23 as he recovered from “Tommy John” surgery...Was also on the injured list from 8/28-9/10 with a left oblique strain...Was added to the 40-man roster on 11/13.

2022

Underwent “Tommy John” surgery on 3/17 and missed the entire season...surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews.

2021

Went 3-6 with a 4.27 ERA in 23 starts at Class-A Salem...tied for the Carolina League lead in starts.

2020

Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

In his first professional season went 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in four games (three starts) with the Rookie GCL Red Sox.