Chad Robert Bettis … son of Cody and Nadine, has a sister, Larhee … resides in Gilbert, Ariz. with his wife, Kristina, and their daughter, Everleigh...Hosted a golf tournament, the Chad Bettis Charity Classic, in Scottsdale in January 2018 to benefit the Testicular Cancer Society...Has participated as a coach in the past two Rockies Fantasy Camps at Salt River Fields...Native of Lubbock, Texas … played collegiately at Texas Tech where he was majoring in human development and family studies prior to being drafted...Graduated from Lubbock Monterey High School in 2007 as one of the top high school pitchers in Texas...Twitter handle is @cbettis35.
2017
Made nine starts after recovering from a testicular cancer diagnosis received in the offseason, going 2-4 with a 5.05 ERA (46.1 IP, 26 ER)...Underwent surgery in November 2016 and continued cancer treatments throughout the spring and into the 2017 season … was placed on the 60-day disabled list on March 26...Made his first rehab appearance with Double-A Hartford on July 13 … made five total rehab appearances, two with Hartford and three with Triple-A Albuquerque … was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and optioned to Albuquerque on Aug. 4 … made one more start with Albuquerque before being recalled on Aug. 14 … in six Minor League appearances, went 0-3 with a 4.24 ERA (23.1 IP, 11 ER), seven walks and 17 strikeouts...Made his first Major League start of the season on Aug. 14 vs. the Atlanta Braves and Julio Teheran … pitched seven shutout innings, allowing six hits with no walks and two strikeouts in a 3-0 Rockies win … also made his Major League debut against the Braves and Teheran on Aug. 1, 2013 at Turner Field...Pitched seven innings again in his second start of the season, Aug. 19 vs. Milwaukee … it was the first time in his career that he pitched at least seven innings in consecutive home starts...Received an average of 4.08 runs of support per game across his nine starts … received no runs of support four times … the Rockies scored nine runs behind him in his last start of the season...Was 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA (31.1 IP, 12 ER), four walks and 19 strikeouts in five starts at Coors Field.
2016
Established career highs in wins (14), starts (32), innings pitched (186.0) and strikeouts (138)...Went 7-6 the first half of the season, posting a 5.65 ERA (102.0 IP, 64 ER) … over the second half, went 7-2 with a 3.75 ERA (84.0 IP, 35 ER) in 14 starts...Rockies were 21-11 over his 32 games...Pitched his first career complete-game shutout Sept. 5 vs. San Francisco at Coors Field … allowed two hits with no walks and seven strikeouts … became the seventh Rockie in franchise history to throw a nine-inning shutout and allow two hits or fewer … first to do so since Ubaldo Jimenez' 2010 no-hitter vs. Atlanta … is only the second Colorado pitcher to accomplish the feat at home, joining Jeff Francis on July 24, 2006 vs. St. Louis...Rockies won 16 of his final 20 starts, including his final 10 outings at Coors Field … was 10-3 with a 4.32 ERA (116.2 IP, 56 ER) over that span, allowing 11 home runs with 40 walks and 89 strikeouts … Colorado averaged 6.63 runs of support over those 20 starts...The Rockies did not lose two consecutive games when he started over his final 20 outings, going 16-4...Worked six or more innings in seven consecutive starts July 2-Aug. 6.
2015
Returned to the starting rotation in 2015, making 20 starts for the Rockies and going 8-6 with a 4.23 ERA (115.0 IP, 54 ER) in 20 starts. Worked six or more innings 12 times, going 6-1 with a 2.66 ERA (77.2 IP, 19 ER) in those starts. Led the Rockies to a 12-8 record in games he started. Retired 18 straight batters and took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in a 4-1 win at Philadelphia May 29 … had his no-hit bid spoiled with one out in the eighth inning. Longest start of his career came May 24 vs. San Francisco, pitching 8.1 innings and allowing two runs on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts … entered the ninth inning having allowed no runs on two hits. Was placed on the 15-day disabled list July 19 with right elbow inflammation … was sent to the Minors on a rehab stint Aug. 15 and was reinstated from the disabled list Aug. 24. In seven starts following his return from the disabled list, went 3-2 with a 2.97 ERA (39.1 IP, 13 ER). • Snapped a career-high 0-for-34 skid with his first Major League hit Aug. 25 at Atlanta … followed that with his second hit Sept. 5 vs. San Francisco. Started six games for Triple-A Albuquerque, going 2-2 with a 3.97 ERA (34.0 IP, 15 ER).
2014
Was a member of the Rockies Opening Day roster, his first career Opening Day in the Majors...Began the season in the Majors and was optioned to Triple-A four times and recalled four times...originally optioned to Triple-A on April 25, recalled on April 30...optioned again on May 3, recalled on June 3...optioned on June 11 and recalled on June 30...optioned on July 29 and recalled after the final game of the season...At Triple-A, went 3-4 with a 3.09 ERA (55.1 IP, 19 ER) in 20 games/five starts...Was moved to the starting rotation for his final five games at Triple-A and went 1-2 with a 4.88 ERA (24.0 IP, 13 ER)...went 2-2 with a 1.72 ERA (31.1 IP, 6 ER) in 15 relief appearances for the Sky Sox.
2013
Bettis spent the back-half of the year on the Rockies active roster, making a total of 16 appearances/8 starts...as a starter, he went 0-3 with 5.02 ERA (37.2 ip, 21 er) as the Rockies won 1 of the 8 games he started... His final 8 appearances came from the bullpen where he went 1-0 with a 9.00 ERA (7.0 ip, 7 er) and was credited with 3 holds...5 of his 8 relief appearances were scoreless... Earned his first career win on 9/16 vs. STL (1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 r)...entered the game in the top of the eighth with the Rockies leading 2-1 but allowed the Cardinals to tie it up...the Rox bailed him out in the bottom half then they plated four runs and went on to win 6-2... Made his Major League debut on 8/1 at Atlanta and allowed five runs on six hits over 5.0 innings...he walked five and struck out one as he received the loss in the Rockies 11-2 defeat... Selected to Rockies roster 8/1 from Double-A Tulsa...he made 12 starts and went 3-4 with a 3.71 ERA (63.0 ip, 26 er) with 13 walks and 68 strikeouts with the Drillers...he struck out 11 batters in 6.2 innings on 4/24 vs. Arkansas... In his last start on 7/25 vs. Arkansas, he went a season-high 7.0 scoreless innings, allowed 2 hits and struck out 8...he limited the opposition to a .174 (8-for-46) average with runners in scoring position.
2012
Spent his entire second professional season with Double-A Modesto in the starting rotation, making 27 starts...led the California League in multiple categories, including strikeouts (184), innings pitched (169.2), WHIP (1.10), opponent batting average (.225) and fewest baserunners per 9.0 innings (10.34)...additionally, his 3.34 ERA was the second-best mark in the California League, his 9.76 K/9.0 IP was the fourth-best mark in the CL...Bettis had the ninth-most innings pitched in the entire Minor Leagues and the fifth-most strikeouts in the Minors...named the Rockies organizational Pitcher of the Month in July when he went 4-1 with a 3.07 ERA (44.0 ip, 15 er), 43 strikeouts, 12 walks and held opponents to a .205 (32-for-156) batting average in six starts...pitched much better in the second half of the season, going 8-1 with a 2.41 ERA (86.0 ip, 23 er) in 13 second half starts compared to 4-4 with a 4.30 ERA (83.2 ip, 40 er) in 14 first half starts...finished the season with a six-game win-streak, spanning his last nine starts...over those nine starts, Bettis went 6-0 with a 2.54 ERA (56.2 ip, 16 er) while striking out 64 and walking just 13...earned the California League Pitcher of the Week on two separate occasions, 6/27-7/3 and 8/15-22...was named a California League Mid- and Postseason All-Star and named by Baseball America as a High-A All-Star...following the season, was named by Baseball America as the ninth-best prospect in the California League...the ace of the Nuts' staff, Bettis earned the 2011 California League Pitcher of the Year honor following the season...Bettis and teammate Edwar Cabrera were both named to the All-Minors Second-Team by Baseball America...named by MLB.com as the 66th overall prospect heading into the 2012 season.
2011
Spent his entire second professional season with Double-A Modesto in the starting rotation, making 27 starts...Led the California League in multiple categories, including strikeouts (184), innings pitched (169.2), WHIP (1.10), opponent batting average (.225) and fewest baserunners per 9.0 innings (10.34)...additionally, his 3.34 ERA was the second-best mark in the California League, his 9.76 K/9.0 IP was the fourth-best mark in the CL...Bettis had the ninth-most innings pitched in the entire Minor Leagues and the fifth-most strikeouts in the Minors...Named the Rockies organizational Pitcher of the Month in July when he went 4-1 with a 3.07 ERA (44.0 ip, 15 er), 43 strikeouts, 12 walks and held opponents to a .205 (32-for-156) batting average in six starts...Pitched much better in the second half of the season, going 8-1 with a 2.41 ERA (86.0 ip, 23 er) in 13 second half starts compared to 4-4 with a 4.30 ERA (83.2 ip, 40 er) in 14 first half starts...Finished the season with a six-game win-streak, spanning his last nine starts...over those nine starts, Bettis went 6-0 with a 2.54 ERA (56.2 ip, 16 er) while striking out 64 and walking just 13...Earned the California League Pitcher of the Week on two separate occasions, 6/27-7/3 and 8/15-22...Was named a California League Mid- and Postseason All-Star and named by Baseball America as a High-A All-Star...Following the season, was named by Baseball America as the ninth-best prospect in the California League...The ace of the Nuts' staff, Bettis earned the 2011 California League Pitcher of the Year honor following the season...Bettis and teammate Edwar Cabrera were both named to the All-Minors Second-Team by Baseball America...Named by MLB.com as the 66th overall prospect heading into the 2012 season.
2010
Began his professional career with Short Season Tri-City where he made 10 appearances/9 starts for the Dust Devils...allowed two earned runs just once and did not allow more than one run in any other appearance...won four games in five starts from 7/11-8/3, allowing just one earned run in 27.1 innings (0.33 ERA) in those five starts...held opponents to a .227 average (44-for-194) and had a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.9...was named to the Northwest League All-Star Team after he compiled a 4-1 record and 1.12 ERA in 10 appearances/9 starts...promoted to Low-A Asheville in mid-August and made three starts for the Tourists, earning 2 wins and a 0.96 ERA, allowing just 2 earned runs over 18.2 innings pitched...was rated as the ninth-best prospect in the Rockies system by Baseball America prior to the 2011 season.
