Graduated from Bishop Hendricken (R.I.) High School, where he was named the 2013 Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior…Was also a Louisville Slugger First-Team All-American and the Rhode Island Baseball Coaches Association Player of the Year...Grew up a Yankees fan in Rhode Island, eventually playing for his childhood team...In three seasons with Boston College (2014-16), went 11-11 with four saves and a 3.14 ERA (73 ER, 209.1 IP) in 47 games (27 starts)…His 3.14 career ERA ranks second all-time at BC...His father, Jim, started GaGa brand ice cream back in Rhode Island...His sister, Olivia, is a songwriter and performer, and in his junior year at Boston College, she gave him a Christmas present by writing a song called "Messin' With The King"...She wrote it and sings the chorus, and Michael used it with the Yankees as his warm-up song prior to his outings. Said Michael: "Since my junior year, I've had it every year and I try to make sure that every home stadium plays it for me because one, it's really cool, gets me pumped up and I'm just trying to get my sister as much publicity as possible because she's so talented"...Married his fiancée, Sheila, 10 days after he was traded to to the Padres from the Yankees at the Pierre Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. “It was like our going away party,” King told MLB.com's AJ Cassavell. “And we had a freaking blast."
2025
The Padres' Opening Day starter was limited to 15 starts in 2025 dealing with a pinched nerve in his right shoulder from May-August, followed by left knee inflammation in August/September...His Opening Day nod marked King's sixth consecutive Opening Day roster, also making the Yankees' Opening Day roster each season from 2020-23…The Padres started a right-hander in 22 of the last 25 seasons on Opening Day since 2001...In his fourth start of the season on April 13 at Petco Park vs. COL, King (9 IP, two H, BB, eight K) twirled his first career complete game, facing just two batters above the minimum…He retired the first 13 batters he faced and 23 of the first 24...He tossed a career-high 110 pitches, one more than his previous high of 109 on April 17, 2024 @ MIL…It was one of just five nine-inning CGSO's by a Padre since 2021 (two of which were no-hitters by Joe Musgrove and Dylan Cease)…With Stephen Kolek's CGSO May 10, 2025 at COL, it marked the first time the Padres have had two CGSO's in the same season since 2021, when Joe Musgrove did it twice...Through his first 10 starts from March 27-May 18, King posted just the eighth instance in Padres history with at least four wins, an ERA under 2.60 and at least 60 strikeouts through their first 10 starts of a season...Jake Peavy (2007 and '09) and Joe Musgrove (2021-22) did so twice, along with Drew Pomeranz (2016), Chris Paddack (2019) and Yu Darvish (2021)...King was scratched from his May 24 start vs. ATL and subsequently placed on the 15-day IL the next day with right shoulder inflammation...He was later diagnosed with a pinched nerve in his right shoulder, affecting the long thoracic nerve, before being transferred to the 60-day IL on July 7…At the time of his IL placement on May 25, he ranked fifth in the National League in ERA (2.59) and strikeouts per nine innings (10.35) and sixth in WHIP (1.02)...He was reinstated from the 60-day IL on Aug. 9 and made one start that night vs. BOS before landing back on the 15-day IL with left knee inflammation on Aug. 15…He was reinstated on Sept. 9 and made four appearances (all starts) to finish the regular season...In his second start after returning from the 15-day IL with left knee inflammation Sept. 16 at Citi Field, King allowed a career-high eight earned runs…Even after that outing, King owned the lowest road ERA (2.75) since the start of 2022 (min. 200.0 road IP as a starter), ahead of Blake Snell (2.82), Kevin Gausman (2.85), Max Fried (2.88), Chris Sale (2.91) and Corbin Burnes (2.91)...Among all Major League pitchers who recorded at least 275.0 IP as a starter from 2023-25, King's 2.92 ERA was the fifth-lowest behind Paul Skenes (1.96), Tarik Skubal (2.39), Blake Snell (2.53) and Gerrit Cole (2.87)...His 2.91 ERA (130 ER, 402.2 IP) from 2022-25 was sixth-lowest in the Majors (min. 350.0 IP as starter or reliever), trailing only Tarik Skubal (2.61), Snell (2.76), Drew Rasmussen (2.78), Clayton Kershaw (2.81) and Max Fried (2.82)...Despite his time missed in '25, King’s 19 Interleague starts tied for seventh-most among all NL pitchers since joining the Padres in ’24…Among all NL starters who made at least 15 starts vs. the AL from ’24-25, his 2.38 ERA trailed only Paul Skenes (1.64), and his .198 opponents’ AVG trailed only Skenes (.190) and Freddy Peralta (.193)...King's 47 starts from ’24-25 (regular and postseason) were the second-most starts by a Padre pitcher, trailing only Dylan Cease's 68 and ahead of Randy Vasquez's 46.
POSTSEASON: Including his final two starts of the regular season, finished the campaign on an 8.2 scoreless-inning streak after striking out the side with one hit allowed in the fourth inning of SD’s 3-1 defeat in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card series at Wrigley Field...It was his fourth career postseason appearance (second in relief), as the Wild Card starts for Games 1-3 went to Nick Pivetta, Dylan Cease and Yu Darvish, respectively.
2024
Made his 5th consecutive Opening Day roster, making the Yankees Opening Day roster each season from 2020-23...His 2.85 starter ERA led all SD starting pitchers, while he also set career highs and ranked 2nd on the SD staff behind only Dylan Cease in games started (30), IP (173.2), wins (13), quality starts (14), strikeouts (201), opponents' OPS (.642), SO/9 IP (10.4), total pitches (2,895), pitches per game (93.4) and whiff rate (29.2%)...His 16 outings allowing 1 ER-or-fewer across at least 5.0 IP led the SD staff and were second-most in the NL, trailing only Zack Wheeler (17)...King's seven 100+ pitch outings this season were second-most on the SD staff, trailing Dylan Cease's 18 100+ pitch outings…he had just one 100+ pitching outing prior to ’24 with SD...His 93.4 pitches per game were 10th-most among all qualifying NL hurlers...Cease (224 strikeouts) and King (201) ranked T-2nd and 5th in the NL, respectively, in total strikeouts, combining as the only NL duo in the same rotation to post 200+ strikeouts in 2024…they also became just the second Padres duo to eclipse the 200-strikeout plateau in the same season (also: Tyson Ross and James Shields in 2015), accounting for two of the 12 200-plus strikeout campaigns in franchise history...Among all pitchers who recorded at least 200 IP as a starter from 2023-24, King's 2.73 starter ERA (64 ER, 210.2 IP) was third-lowest in the Majors behind only Tarik Skubal (2.51 ERA) and Blake Snell (2.57)...Earned the winning decision in his Padre debut as the “bulk guy” in relief of starter Joe Musgrove in Game 2 of the Seoul Series in SD's 15-11 victory over LAD on March 21…he allowed three ER on four hits, three walks and five strikeouts across 3.1 IP…he went on to make 30 consecutive starts...Improved to 2-0 in his third start on April 6 at SF, completing seven innings for the second time in his career but first time tossing seven scoreless...He took two no-hit bids into the seventh inning during the regular season, with the first coming on April 17 in Milwaukee.. he was hitless across his first 6.2 IP before giving up a two-out single to Willy Adames, and he still had a shutout intact into the eighth before the Brewers finally broke through for a run and went on to post a 1-0 win in the series finale…it was the Padres first shutout of the season in their 21st game, and the first time any Padre pitcher went 7.2 innings-or-deeper in a game with two-or-fewer hits allowed along with double-digit strikeouts (11) since Joe Musgrove threw his no-hitter on April 9, 2021 @ Texas…later in the season on July 21 @ CLE, King gave up a bloop single to center to Angel Martinez to lead off the seventh inning in SD's eventual 2-1 victory...Across parts of his three starts from May 4-15, King posted a career-high 14 consecutive innings, surpassing his previous career-best 13.2 straight scoreless frames from April 11-May 4, 2022 with NYY...included in the streak was back-to-back scoreless starts (May 4 @ ARI and May 10 vs. LAD)...In the Friday May 10 start vs. LAD, a 2-1 SD victory, King posted the second of four consecutive outings by SD starting pitchers allowing 2 hits-or-fewer across at least five IP... the Padres became the first team to string together four consecutive such starts since at least 1893 (the first season the current mound distance was established)...Also in the May 10 outing vs. LAD, King coupled with Dodgers SP Tyler Glasnow to become the first starting pitcher duo since at least 1893 (the first season the current mound distance was established) to go 7.0+ IP with 10+ strikeouts and two-or-fewer hits allowed...At the end of May, King had allowed 13 home runs in 12 appearances/11 starts (1.77 HR/9, 66.0 IP), which were the most homers allowed in the NL and tied for most HR allowed in the Majors at the time with TB's Tyler Alexander...In June, King was 1 of just 5 Major League pitchers to allow one home run-or-fewer across at least 30.0 IP (also: Cristopher Sanchez, Chris Bassitt, Sonny Gray and Garrett Crochet... from June 1 on, King was the only ML hurler to allow just 4 HR across at least 100.0 IP (0.33 HR/9, 107.2 IP)...King went at least 5.0 IP in 22 of his 24 starts from May 4-Sept 24, allowing 2 ER-or-fewer in 20 of the 24, including 1 ER-or-fewer in 15 of the 24 and 0 ER five times...among all qualifying NL hurlers from May 4 thru season’s end, he ranked 2nd and trailed only eventual NL Cy Young award winner Chris Sale in ERA (2.42), opponent OPS (.597), and HR/9 IP clip (0.46), while also ranking 4th in SO/9 IP ratio (10.53), fifth in WHIP (1.12), sixth in total strikeouts (161) and eighth in BR/9 IP (10.53)...Made the first start of his career vs. the A's on June 12 and struck out a season-high 12 batters, one shy of his career-high 13 back on Sept. 20, 2023 vs. TOR w/ NYY...The Boston College alumn made his 3rd career start and 13th appearance vs. the Red Sox at Fenway Park June 29, picking up his fifth win and seventh quality start of the campaign in SD's 11-1 victory...King was the recipient of three of the six instances a Padre pitcher got double digit runs of support (12 on March 31 vs. SF, 11 on May 4 @ AZ and 10 on June 29 @ BOS)...With his 5.1 innings of one-run ball July 4 @ TEX, he reached a new career-high single-season innings total (105.0 IP), surpassing his 104.2 IP w/ NYY in 2023...he went on to throw 68.2 additional innings from July 10-Sept. 24 for a new career-high innings total of 173.2...From June 29-July 27, became the first SD hurler since Yu Darvish in Aug/Sept 2022 to earn a win in 4 straight road starts, going 4-0 with 1.82 ERA, .157 opp. AVG, 0.77 WHIP over the stretch…in his nine road starts from May 4-Aug 7, he went 6-0 with a 2.17 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and .204 opp. AVG...July 27 @ BAL, took a line drive to the left calf off to first batter he faced (Gunnar Henderson…remained in game and worked into the 7th inning on 101 pitches, his 5th of 7 100+ pitch outings…had his start skipped during the Rockies series (Aug 2-4) while recovering from the comebacker, resulting in 10 calendar days in between starts...Aug 13 vs. PIT, became the 9th Padres' pitcher in club history to have fan 10 without allowing a walk in 6+ scoreless innings (Blake Snell did so twice in 2023 in his Cy Young season)...Was the starter Sept 24 at Dodger Stadium Padres as the punched their ticket to the Postseason on a game that ended on a triple play…allowed 1 UER and 3 hits across five IP in SD's 4-2 victory, his final regular season start...five of his six outings with 0 ER came vs. the NL West, who he managed a 5-2 record and 2.83 ERA (17 ER, 54.0 IP) against, with the Padres going 8-2 in his 10 starts vs. the division...Across his first 15 starts from March 31-June 18, he walked 3+ in 1/3 of his starts (5/15) for a 3.63 BB/9 IP…in his 15 starts from June 23 on, he walked 2-or-fewer in 12 of the 15 (2.72 BB/9), including 1-or-fewer in nearly half (7 of the 15)...Among all ML starters on the road (min. 15 starts), he ranked T-1st in wins (9) and 4th in ERA (2.65), Among all ML hurlers who faced at least 145 batters with RISP, he ranked 3rd in opponent AVG (.188) and SLG (.297), and T-5th in OBP (.276)...Opposing bats went 31-82 (.378 AVG) on first pitches of an at-bat that get put in play, but he owned a 66 first-strike percentage that ranked 7th-highest in the NL...Limited opponents to a 250 clip the 1st time thru, .206 the 2nd time thru, and .250 the third time thru…he's limiting opponents to a .203/.292/.405 slash line and the third time thru they are hitting .216/.310/.314...the .206 opponent clip the 2nd time thru ranked 15th among all qualifying NL starters...Led all Padres starters and ranked in the 99th percentile league-wide in avg exit velocity (85.7 mph) and 97th in hard-hit rate (30.3%)...Per Statcast, he relied on five pitches: sinker (27.9%), changeup (24.6%), four seamer (24.1%) sweeper (17.8%) and slider (5.6%) • King's changeup usage rate was up in 2024 with the Padres (24.6%) compared to his time with the Yankees (13.1%) and it has registered a 36.2% whiff rate that ranked T9th in the Majors (min. 500 total change ups thrown)...his .207 AVG (45-217) against his changeup ranked 14th among all ML changeups (min. 500 thrown). POSTSEASON: Got the ball for Game 1 of the Wild Card series vs. ATL, and became the 1st pitcher in MLB history to have 12 strikeouts with no runs and no walks allowed in a Postseason debut in SD's 4-0 shutout win...he joined Kevin Brown (2x) and Sterling Hitchcock as the only three SD pitchers to post a double-digit strikeout game in Postseason franchise history, and the 12 punchouts trail only Brown’s 16 (NLDS G1 @ HOU - Sept. 29, 1998) for second-most in a Postseason game...King became the 3rd pitcher in Padres franchise history (fourth instance) to throw 7+ scoreless innings in a Postseason start, along with two of Brown's starts in 1998 and Joe Musgrove's decisive Wild Card G3 victory at NYM on Oct. 9, 2022 at NYM...In had been four Postseasons since the most recent 7+ inning shutout performances with 12+ strikeouts leaguewide, with two coming in 2020 (Clayton Kershaw, Oct 1 vs. MIL and Trevor Bauer, Sept 30, 2020 @ ATL)...Earned the win in SD’s 6-5 NLDS Game 3 victory vs. LAD…two of his five hits allowed were HRs - a solo shot to Mookie Betts in the first and a grand slam to Teoscar Hernández in the third following a Padres’ six-run B-2nd…in the victory, the Padres allowed a grand slam, only scored in one inning, and didn't score after the second inning...no other team in MLB history did all of that and yet still won the game (regular season or Postseason), h/t @OptaStats.
2023
In 49 games (nine starts) with the Yankees, went 4-8 with six saves, a 2.75 ERA (32 ER, 104.2 IP) and 127 strikeouts against 32 walks (3.97 SO/BB ratio). Was the only pitcher in the Majors in 2023 to record at least five saves and make at least five starts … became the second pitcher in Yankees' history to accomplish the feat (since saves became an official stat in 1969), joining Dick Tidrow in 1977, who recorded five saves and made seven starts that season. Opponents slashed .226/.292/.346...lefties hit .179 (29-for-162) while righties hit .259 (59-for-228). As a reliever, went 3-4 with six saves and a 3.08 ERA (22 ER, 64.1 IP) in 40 appearances … recorded at least four outs in 27 of those 40 games, the fifth-most such appearances among all ML relievers...his 20 relief appearances of at least five outs were T-7th in the Majors. Tossed at least 2.0 innings in 15 games as a reliever … his 12 relief appearances of at least 2.0 scoreless innings were T-2nd most in the Majors. Recorded at least 1.1 IP in four of his saves, matching the second-most such saves by a reliever in the Majors. In nine starts, went 1-4 with a 2.23 ERA (10 ER, 40.1 IP) and 51 strikeouts…allowed two runs-or-fewer in eight of those nine starts…allowed one ER-or-fewer in seven of those starts. Made his season debut on April 1 vs. SF, taking the loss after allowing two ER over 1.2 IP … marked his first appearance since July 22, 2022 @ BAL. Did not allow a run in 16 of his first 19 games (from April 1 to June 3), posting a 1.65 ERA (6 ER, 32.2 IP). Recorded at least four outs in each of his first 10 appearances from April 1 to May 5…at the time, was T-3rdlongest streak by a Yankees reliever to start a season in franchise history, trailing only his own 15-game season-opening streak in 2021 and Ron Davis’ 14-game streak in 1980…Stubby Overmire (1951) and Joe Page (1950) also recorded 10-game streaks … was later surpassed by Jhony Brito, who recorded at least four outs in each of his first 12 relief outings in 2023. Posted a 10.2 scoreless inning streak from April 4-23...posted a season-high 11.1 scoreless inning streak from May 15 to June 3…was the third-longest such streak of his career, trailing only a 13.2 scoreless inning streak from April 11 to May 4, 2022 and a 12.2 scoreless inning streak from April 4 to May 13, 2021…his seven-game scoreless streak from May 15 to June 3 was the second-longest such streak of his career (recorded an eight-game streak from June 4-22, 2022). Walked two batters on May 17 @ TOR (1.0 IP), marking his most walks in a relief appearance since May 13, 2021 @ TB (also 2 BB)…had gone 58 consecutive relief appearances allowing one BB-or-fewer (May 16, 2021-May 15, 2023)…was just the third Yankees reliever since 2014 to record such a streak of 58 games-or-longer (Chad Green: 61 G from 2017- 18 and Adam Warren: 58 G from 2014-16). Recorded multiple strikeouts in six consecutive relief outings from May 20 to June 8 (G1)…was T-2nd longest such streak of his career (7 G from May 25 to September 25, 2021). Recorded his fifth save of the year on June 25 vs. TEX, tossing a scoreless ninth inning ... struck out Marcus Semien in the ninth for his 200th career strikeout. Made his 100th career appearance on July 26 vs. NYM and retired his only batter faced. Made his first start of the season on Aug. 12 @ MIA and took the loss...marked his first start since June 28, 2021 vs. LAA. Started nine of his final 11 app. of the season from Aug. 12 to Oct. 1. Allowed one-or-zero earned runs in seven straight starts from Aug. 24 to Sept. 26, going 1-2 with a 1.05 ERA (4 ER, 34.1 IP) over that span…his 1.05 ERA was the lowest in the AL and the second-lowest in the Majors over that span, trailing only SD's Blake Snell (0.47). Recorded the loss on September 20 vs. TOR despite allowing just one ER over a career-high 7.0 IP...punched out 13 for a career high and the most by a Yankee in 2023 (most by a Yankees pitcher since Gerrit Cole struck out 14 batters on Sept. 7, 2022 vs. MIN (Game 2)…became the 11th Yankee (15th time) in franchise history to strike out at least 13 batters and not allow a walk in a game…was the first to do so since Cole on Sept. 1, 2021 at LAA. Posted a 2.19 ERA (13 ER, 53.1 IP) over his final 18 games (nine starts) of the year from July 21- to Oct. 1.
2022
Made 34 relief appearances for the Yankees, going 6-3 with one save and a 2.29 ERA (51.0IP, 35H, 15R/13ER, 16BB, 66K, 3HR) before missing the final two months of the season on the injured list…posted the lowest ERA of his career and posted career highs in wins, appearances and strikeouts…opponents batted .192 (35- for-182, 3HR); LH .179 (12-for-67, 2HR); RH .200 (23-for-115)…posted a 11.65 K/9.0IP ratio (66K, 51.0IP)...Despite missing the final 67 games of the season, led all Yankees relievers in strikeouts and WAR (1.7, FanGraphs)....Recorded at least 2K in 19-of-34 appearances, including nine of his final 18 games (6/5-7/22)…recorded at least 3K in 10 of his relief appearances in 2022....Allowed just 3-of-20 inherited runners to score (15.0%). ..Recorded four-or-more outs in 16-of-34 appearances…tossed at least 2.0IP in 11 appearances and did not allow a run in seven of those games…tossed at least 3.0IP in three games....Recorded a 1.48 ERA (24.1IP, 4ER) with 30K and a .174 (15-for-86) opponents' batting average in 14 relief appearances on the road....Retired all 9BF in an appearance twice in 2022 (5/17 at Baltimore and 5/4 at Toronto)…was just the fourth Yankees reliever (fifth time) in franchise history and the first since 1993 to face at least nine batters and not allow a baserunner in two outings in a single season (Rich Monteleone in 1992 and ‘93, Lindy McDaniel in 1968 and Johnny Murphy in 1937)....Over his first eight appearances of the season from 4/8-5/4, went 2-0 with one save and a 0.51 ERA (17.2IP, 1ER) and a .167 (10-for-60) opponents’ batting average.....Made his season debut on Opening Day vs. Boston and earned the win after allowing just 1R/0ER over 2.0IP of relief (1H, 1IBB, 3K)....Posted a career-long 13.2 scoreless inning streak from 4/11-5/4 (previous: 12.2 innings from 4/4-5/13/21)....In 10 appearances from 4/14-5/17, went 1-1 with one save and a 1.29 ERA (21.0IP, 3ER), 31K and a .157 (11-for70) opponents’ batting average....Earned his first career save on 4/14 vs. Toronto (1.0IP, 1K)…entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs in the ninth and stranded all three runners...Struck out 8-of-10BF over 3.0 scoreless innings in relief (1H) on 4/22 vs. Cleveland…struck out seven consecutive batters, becoming the first Yankees pitcher to strike out seven-or-more straight batters in a game since CC Sabathia on 7/26/11 vs. Seattle (also seven straight) - credit: Elias…was the first Yankees reliever to accomplish the feat since Ron Davis struck out eight straight on 5/4/81 at California…became just the third Yankees pitcher in franchise history to notch at least 8K in 3.0IP-or-fewer, joining Ron Davis (8K in 3.0IP on 5/4/81 at California) and Ryne Duren (8K in 3.0IP on 6/26/59 at Chicago-AL)…marked just the third time since 1991 that a Yankees reliever recorded at least 8K in a game (also King - 9K in 4.0IP on 7/3/21 vs. the Mets; David Phelps - 9K in 4.0IP on 4/26/13 vs. Toronto)…his 8K were the second-highest single-game total of his career (9K on 7/3/21 vs. the Mets)…was just the fifth Yankees reliever to record at least 8K in multiple relief appearances, joining Joe Page (both in 1947), Jack Warhop (both in 1912), Ray Fisher (1910-11) and Bill Hogg (both in 1905)…struck out Franmil Reyes looking in the sixth to record his 100th career strikeout....On 5/4 at Toronto, retired all 9BF in relief (3.0IP, 3K)…was the first Yankees reliever to not allow a baserunner with at least 9BF in an outing since Chad Green on 7/4/21-G2 vs. the Mets (3.0IP, 6K)…marked just the seventh time a Yankees reliever has done so since 2012…also accomplished the feat on 5/17 at Baltimore (9BF)....On 5/24 vs. Baltimore, allowed a season-high 3ER in 0.2IP (2H, 1BB, 1HR)…allowed a go-ahead three-run HR to Rougned Odor in the seventh inning…were his most runs allowed in a game since 10/2/21 vs. Tampa Bay (also 3R)....Did not allow a run in a career-long eight straight outings from 6/4-22, holding opponents to a .034 BA (1- for-29) over that stretch....Did not allow a run in 15 of his final 19 appearances from 6/4-7/22, going 4-2 with a 1.23 ERA (22.0IP, 3ER) and 28K in that span…held opponents to a .132 (10-for-76) BA over that stretch....Did not allow a hit in six consecutive appearances from 6/4-16, retiring 19-of-22BF in that span with 10K (0R, 3BB)…was the longest streak of hitless appearances of his career (previous: three games from 9/14-21/21)… tossed at least 1.0 inning in each of those six outings....On 6/5 vs. Detroit, earned the third win of the year after striking out all three batters he faced in the 10th inning, stranding the automatic runner at second base (1.0IP, 3K)....Recorded his fifth win of the year on 6/26 vs. Houston, tossing a scoreless 10th inning (1.0IP, 1BB, 1K) and stranding the bases loaded. ...Earned his sixth win of the season on 7/13 vs. Cincinnati after tossing a scoreless 10th inning in relief (1.0IP, 1H, 1K)....Suffered back-to-back losses from 7/15-21 (G1) for the second time in his career (also 5/30-6/4/21)…on 7/15 vs. Boston, took the loss after allowing the automatic runner to score the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the 11th inning (1.0IP,v0H, 1R/0ER, 0BB, 1WP)…in Game 1 on 7/21 at Houston, took the loss after allowing a “walk-off” RBI single to J.J. Matijevic in the ninth inning (0.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 1BB/1IBB, 2K)....Made his final appearance of the season on 7/22 at Baltimore, retiring his first three batters faced before leaving the game due to a right elbow fracture....Was placed on the 60-day injured list on 7/23 with a right elbow fracture and missed the remainder of the season....At the time he was placed on the injured list, he ranked second among Major League relievers in strikeouts and innings pitched....Underwent an open reduction and internal fixation on his right elbow (ulna fracture) by Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery on 7/27.
2021
Went 2-4 with a 3.55 ERA (63.1IP, 57H, 29R/25ER, 24BB, 62K, 6HR) in 22 games (six starts) in four stints with the Yankees (4/1-6, 4/16, 4/27-28, 5/1-10/3)…opponents hit .236 (57-for-242, 6HR); LH .256 (21-for-82, 4HR); RH .225 (36-for-160, 2HR)…made his second career Opening Day roster...In 16 relief appearances, went 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA (38.2IP, 10ER) and 42K compared to 0-3 with a 5.47 ERA (24.2IP, 15ER) and 20K in six starts...Was the first Yankees pitcher in franchise history to record at least four outs in each of his first 15 relief appearances of a season from 4/4-9/30 (previous record: Ron Davis’ 14G from 4/11-5/27/80)…Held opponents to a .207 average (30-for-145) as a reliever...Tossed at least 1.1 innings in 15 of his 16 relief appearances...Recorded multiple strikeouts in 11 of his 16 relief appearances, including seven straight from 5/25-9/25...His four scoreless relief appearances of at least 3.0 innings were the most by a Yankees reliever since Adam Warren (also four in 2013)...Tossed at least 4.0 scoreless innings of relief twice in 2021…was just the third Yankees reliever since 2006 to record multiple relief outings of at least 4.0 scoreless innings…joined Adam Warren (three in 2013) and Alfredo Aceves (two in 2009)…Did not allow a run in his first four appearances of the season from 4/4-5/9…was only the fourth Yankees reliever in franchise history to toss more than an inning and not allow a run in each of his first four relief appearances of a season, joining Rich Monteleone (first five relief appearances in 1992), Luis Arroyo (first five relief appearances in 1961) and Hal Reniff (first four relief appearances in 1964)...His season-opening 12.2 scoreless inning streak was the longest scoreless inning streak of his career...Made his season debut on 4/...vs. Toronto and tossed 6.0 scoreless innings in relief, retiring his final 16 batters faced (1H, 1BB, 3K)…marked a career high in innings pitched (previous: 4.0IP in a start on 9/4/20 at Baltimore-G1)…matched the longest scoreless appearance by a Yankees reliever since 2006: also Kei Igawa on 4/28/07 vs. Boston (2H, 4BB, 6K) and Adam Warren on 6/13/13 at Oakland (4H, 2BB, 4K)…was the first Yankee to toss at least 6.0 scoreless innings in relief while allowing 1H-or-fewer since Bob Shirley on 9/21/86 at Detroit (6.0IP, 0H, 2BB, 3K)…became the first Yankee to retire at least 16 straight batters in his season debut since Ron Guidry on 4/5/79 vs. Milwaukee (also 16 in-a-row)…was the first Yankee to retire at least 16 consecutive batters in relief since Neil Allen on 5/31/88 vs. Oakland (19 straight)—credit: Elias...Made his second appearance of the season on 4/16 vs. Tampa Bay, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings (2H, 3BB, 4K, 1HP)…became the 17th player in franchise history to toss at least 3.0 scoreless innings in each of his first two appearances of a season and first since Luis Severino in 2019…was just the third Yankee to accomplish the feat as a reliever, joining Al Gettel in 1945 and Al Downing in 1967...Made his third appearance of the season on 4/28 at Baltimore, closing out the game with 2.0 scoreless innings (1H, 2K)…was just the 10th Yankees reliever in franchise history to toss at least 2.0 scoreless innings in each of his first three appearances of a season and the first since Domingo Germán (3G from 4/13-9/18/19)…only Hal Reniff had a longer streak (first four games in 1964)...Made his first start of the season on 5/30 at Detroit and took the loss (2.1IP, 3H, 4R/2ER, 2BB, 2K, 0HR, 2HP)… marked his first start since 9/21/20 against Toronto in Buffalo...Made six starts for the Yankees from 5/30-6/28, going 0-3 with a 5.47 ERA (24.2IP, 15ER). Tossed an immaculate inning in the fourth inning on 6/...vs. Boston (L, 5.1IP, 6H, 4ER, 0BB, 5K, 1HR)…King was one of two Yankees pitchers to throw an immaculate inning in 2021 as Chad Green threw one later in the season in Game 2 on 7/...vs. the Mets…according to Elias, the Yankees were just the third team in the last 20 seasons to have two immaculate innings in a single season, joining the 2019 Boston Red Sox (Chris Sale threw one on 5/8/19 and 6/5/19) and the 2017 Boston Red Sox (Craig Kimbrel on 5/11/17 and Rick Porcello on 8/9/17)…according to Elias, the Yankees have had six immaculate innings since 2000…King and Green are joined by Dellin Betances (8/2/17 vs. Detroit), Brandon McCarthy (9/17/1...at Tampa Bay), Iván Nova (5/29/13 vs. the Mets) and A.J. Burnett (6/20/09 at Florida)…Baseball Almanac notes that Ron Guidry (8/7/8...vs. Chicago-AL) and Al Downing (8/11/67 at Cleveland) have also thrown immaculate innings…his 5.1 innings marked the longest start of his career...Notched a career-high 9K over 4.0 scoreless innings of relief on 7/3 vs. the Mets (3H, 1BB)…was the 11th Yankees reliever in franchise history to notch 9K in a game and just the fourth since 1955, joining David Phelps (9K in 4.0IP on 4/26/13 vs. Toronto), Jay Howell (9K in 4.2IP on 4/6/83 at Seattle) and Steve Hamilton (11K in 8.1IP on 5/11/63 at Baltimore)…joins Phelps as the only two Yankees relievers who have recorded 9K in 4.0IP-or-fewer… marked his second scoreless relief appearance of at least 4.0 innings (also 6.0IP on 4/4/21 vs. Toronto)…was the first Yankees reliever to notch two such appearances in a season since Adam Warren recorded three in 2013...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 7/8 (retroactive to 7/5) with a right middle finger contusion…was transferred to the 60-day injured list on 7/27…missed 57 team games…in three rehab appearances (one start) with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from 8/31-9/7, was 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA (5.2IP, 3ER) and 11K…was reinstated from the I.L. on 9/10...After being reinstated from the I.L. on 9/10, went 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA (15.0IP, 5ER) and 15K in eight relief appearances...After allowing a one-out single to Javier Báez in the seventh inning on 9/10 at the Mets, did not allow a hitto his next 24...batters faced (1BB, 8K, 2HP) over a four-game span (9/10-21)...Retired nine of his 10BF on 9/1...at Baltimore, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings of relief (1BB, 2K)...On 9/17 vs. Cleveland, retired all six batters he faced in relief (2.0IP, 3K)...Earned his first win of the season on 9/28 at Toronto, allowing 1ER in 2.2 innings of relief (2H, 1BB, 1K)...Earned his second win in as many appearances on 9/30 at Toronto, tossing 1.1 scoreless innings of relief (1H, 1BB, 1K)...Allowed 3ER in 0.1IP on 10/2 vs. Tampa Bay (4H, 1K, 1HR), his shortest relief appearance of the season…allowed a solo HR to Brandon Lowe in the seventh, his first HR allowed since 6/28 vs. Los Angeles-AL.
2020
Went 1-2 with a 7.76 ERA (26.2IP, 23ER) in nine games (four starts) in his only stint with the Yankees (7/23-9/21)...In four starts, went 0-2 with an 8.36 ERA (14.0IP, 13ER)…was 1-0 with a 7.11 ERA (12.2IP, 10ER) in five relief appearances…tossed at least 3.0 innings in six of his nine appearances overall (three starts)...Made his first career Opening Day roster... Made his season debut on 7/25 at Washington, allowing 4ER in 3.1IP (4H, 2K, 1HR)…entered the game in the second inning with the bases loaded and no outs, allowing only one inherited runner to score...Served as the Yankees’ “opener” in Game 2 on 8/8 at Tampa Bay, allowing 3ER in 3.2IP (1H, 5BB, 4K) to record the loss…was his first career game started... Earned his first Major League win on 8/17 vs. Boston (3.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 2K, 1HP)...Tossed a career-high 4.0 innings in Game 1 on 9/4 at Baltimore, allowing 3ER without recording a decision in the start (4H, 2BB, 3K, 2HR, 1HP)...Made his postseason debut—and only playoff appearance—in ALDS Game 3 vs. Tampa Bay at Petco Park, tossing 2.0 perfect innings…struck out Brett Phillips (foul tip) in the eighth for his first career postseasons strikeout… was added to the Yankees’ postseason roster for the ALDS (was not on the AL Wild Card Series roster)...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as having the “Best Control” among Yankees farmhands.
2019
Saw his first Major League action, making just one appearance (2.0IP, 2H, 1R/0ER, 1K) in his only stint with the Yankees (9/19-29)...Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees' active roster on 9/19...Made his Major League debut in 9/27 win at Texas, allowing 1R/0ER in 2.0IP (2H, 1K)..collected his first career strikeout (Shin-Soo Choo, swinging) in the eighth...Spent the first four months of the season on the minor league injured list..combined with the GCL Yankees West, short-season Single-A Staten Island, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 3-2 with a 5.48 ERA (46.0IP, 28ER) and 44K in 11 games (eight starts)...Also made two postseason appearances, one with the RailRiders (start at Durham on 9/6, L, 5.0IP, 6H, 4ER, 4BB, 4K, 2HR) and one with the Thunder (relief appearance at Bowie on 9/12, W, 4.0IP, 1H, 2BB, 5K)...Attended spring training as a non-roster invitee with the Yankees, but did not pitch.
2018
Combined to go 11-5 with 2CG and a 1.79 ERA (161.1IP, 118H, 43R/32ER, 29BB, 152K, 8HR) in 25 games (24 starts) with Single-A Tampa (7GS), Double-A Trenton (12G/11GS) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (6GS)… ranked second among all minor leaguers in ERA (min. 50.0IP)… his 5.24 K/BB ratio ranked sixth among all minor leaguers (min. 100.0IP)… was the lowest season ERA recorded by a Yankees farmhand (min. 20GS) since Dietrich Enns in 2016 (1.73 ERA with Trenton and Scranton/WB)… among Yankees farmhands, led in strikeouts and ERA and was second in wins… allowed 2ER-or-fewer in 21-of-24 starts… started the season with Single-A Tampa and was named a Florida State League Mid-Season All-Star after going 1-3 with a 1.79 ERA (40.1IP, 8ER) in seven first-half starts… was promoted to Double-A Trenton on 5/19, where he went 6-2 with a 2.09 ERA (82.0IP, 19ER) with 76K… earned Eastern League "Pitcher of the Week" honors from 6/25-7/1 after throwing his first 9.0-inning complete game shutout win on 6/30 vs. New Hampshire (3H, 0BB, 11K)… went undefeated in his final 4GS with Trenton from 7/14-31, going 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA (28.0IP, 6ER) with 24K… was transferred to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 8/4 and went 4-0 with a 1.15 ERA (39.0IP, 5ER) with 31K with the RailRiders… allowed more than 1R in just one-of-six starts with the RailRiders and recorded a 16.1IP scoreless streak from 8/18-29… earned the International Leauge's August "Pitcher of the Month" honors after going 3-0 with a 1.09 ERA (33.0IP, 4ER) in five Aug. starts with the RailRiders… made two postseason starts for the RailRiders, going 0-1 with a 3.37 ERA (13.1IP, 5ER) with 12K… following the season, was named to Baseball America's Minor League All-Star Second Team… was named an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star… enters the 2019 season tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 5 prospect in the Yankees system and to have the organization's "Best Control".
2017
Went 11-9 with a a 3.14 ERA (149.0IP, 141H, 55R/52ER, 21BB, 106K, 14HR) in 26 games (25 starts) with Single-A Greensboro… was tied for second in the South Atlantic League in wins and ranked third in innings pitched and 10th in ERA… also posted the fifth-highest K/BB ratio (5.05) in the SAL (min. 100.0IP)… ranked third in ERA and wins among all Miami farmhands… posted a 2.08 ERA (60.2IP, 14ER) in 10 starts from 6/8-8/4.
2016
In his professional debut, combined with the GCL Marlins, short-season Single-A Batavia and Single-A Greensboro to go 3-3 with a 4.11 ERA (30.2IP, 37H, 16R/14ER, 9BB, 20K) in 15 games (one start)… made his first four appearances with the GCL Marlins, going 1-1 with a 10.80 ERA (5.0IP, 11H, 6ER, 2BB, 3K) in four relief appearances… was transferred to Batavia on 7/16 and went 2-2 with one save and a 3.38 ERA (21.1IP, 22H, 8ER, 6BB, 15K) in 10 appearances (one start)… made his final appearance of the season with Greensboro on 9/2 (4.1IP, 4H, 2R/0ER,1BB, 2K).
