Keynan Middleton

Graduated from Milwaukie (Ore.) High School in 2012 where he was a two-sport athlete lettering in baseball and basketball...Was a two-sport athlete at Lane Community College (Ore.) playing college baseball and basketball...Averaged 11.0 points and 4.6 rebounds per game as a shooting guard at Lane Community College...He coaches boy's basketball at Milwaukie (OR) High School in the off-season...Was heavily involved in the community while with the Angels...Participated in the 13th Annual Bank of America Challenger Classic on Oct. 27, 2018, assisting more than 800 children with physical and intellectual disabilities from local Challenger Division Little League teams who played at Angel Stadium...Involved in Adopt-a-School with members of the Angels Strike Force visiting students at Lampson Elementary School in Garden Grove, Calif...Married to Nicole...Has three daughters: Kamrynn, Karter and Kollyns...Resides in Milwaukie, Ore.

2023

Began the season in Charlotte (AAA) but was selected to Chicago (AL) 12 days into the season on April 10...Made his season debut at MIN (4/11)...Was traded from the White Sox to the Yankees on Aug. 1, for RHP Juan Carela...His 51 appearances were the second-highest total in his career and most since 64 during his rookie season with the Angels in 2017...Placed on the injured list (9/3-28) with right shoulder inflammation causing him to miss 23 games during the final month of the season...After arriving in New York on Aug. 1, ranked fourth among American League pitchers in lowest opponent BA (.143), 11th in ERA (1.88) and 15th in WHIP (0.98) through the end of the season...Had an outstanding August, posting an 0.68 ERA over 11 appearances with 17 strikeouts over 13.1 innings with an opponent BA of .114...Threw 14 consecutive appearances without allowing a run (5/2-6/9), covering 14.1 innings with six hits, four walks and 15 strikeouts...Ranked as the third-longest consecutive scoreless innings streak by a White Sox pitcher in 2023 (Kendall Graveman 16.1 IP & Michael Kopech 15.0 IP)...Made eight appearances of four outs or more, seven scoreless...Topped out at a season-high 2.0 IP twice (8/6 vs. HOU & 8/9 at CWS)...Pitched on consecutive days seven times and did not allow a run in any of those second appearances...Has not allowed a run pitching on consecutive days over his last 10 appearances dating back to 2021.

2022

Was limited to 18 relief appearances in his first season with Arizona due to three stints on the injured list...Began the season with Class AAA Reno, where he went 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA (1 ER/7.2 IP) and nine strikeouts in April...His contract was selected on 4/29...made his D'Backs debut on 5/1 at St. Louis (2 ER/0.2 IP)...made five straight scoreless appearances from 5/3-16 (4.0 IP) and did not allow an earned run in 11 straight outings from 5/3-7/25 (10.1 IP)...Was placed on the injured list for the first time on 5/17 with right elbow inflammation...was sent to Reno on a rehab assignment on 6/2 and reinstated from the IL and optioned to Reno on 6/3...Was recalled on 7/4...appeared in six games before going on the injured list on 7/27 with a sprained right ankle...made one rehab appearance with the ACL D'Backs (8/20) and three with Reno from 8/23-30 before being reinstated on 9/1...Posted a 12.00 ERA (8 ER/6.0 IP) over six games in September before being placed on the injured list for the third time with a sprained left great toe...missed the rest of the season.

2021

Went 1-2 with four saves, a 4.94 ERA (17 ER in 31.0 IP) in 32 games (1 start) with the Mariners...Boasted a 3.60 ERA (12 ER in 30.0 IP) as a reliever...On the 10-day injured list from May 5-20 with a strained right biceps...Made his first Major League start on July 21 @ Rockies (L; 5 ER in 1.0 IP)...Designated for assignment Aug. 26…did not pitch after Sept. 9 and was placed on Triple-A Tacoma's 60-day injured list on Sept. 17...Signed by the D-backs as a Minor League free agent Dec. 1.

2020

Appeared in 13 games for Los Angeles-AL, going 0-1 with a 5.25 ERA (7 ER, 12.0 IP), 11 strikeouts and six walks.

2019

Missed first 133 games of season on Angels injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery (May 22, 2018)... Made 10 total rehab appearances between AZL Angels, Adv.-A Inland Empire and Triple-A Salt Lake and allowed one run in nine total innings with 16 strikeouts... Made season debut Aug. 28 vs. Rangers…First Major League outing since May 13, 2018 vs. Twins... Did not allow a run in first 10 appearances for Angels (7.1 IP)...Only run allowed came in final appearance of year, Sept. 28 vs. Houston (RBI double by Jose Altuve)... Held opposing batters to a .083 (1/12) average against offspeed pitches...Batters went 0-for-8 against his changeup.

2018

Made Opening Day roster with Angels for first time in career...Pitched to 1.04 ERA (8.2 IP - 1 ER) on the road across eight total appearances... Appeared in 13 games during opening month of season, primarily as Angels closer...Did not allow a run in 10 of 13 contests...
Converted six of seven save opportunities in Mar./Apr. before suffering right elbow inflammation and being placed on disabled list...Made one rehab appearance with Triple-A Salt Lake May 8 at Sacramento and pitched one scoreless inning before returning to Angels May 10... Made three appearances for Angels following reinstatement from disabled list, but exited game May 13 vs. Minnesota after recurrence of right elbow injury...Underwent Tommy John surgery performed May 22 by Dr. Neal ElAttrache and missed remainder of season on disabled list.

2017

Entered year ranked by Baseball America as #9 prospect in Angels system ... Began season with Triple-A Salt Lake for 10 appearances, before being promoted to Angels, May 5...Did not allow an earned run in each of final eight outings for Bees (9.1 IP) ... Made Major League debut May 5 vs. Houston...Became first member of Angels 2013 draft class to reach Major Leagues ... Earned first Major League win June 11 at Houston with one scoreless inning ... Recorded first Major League save Aug. 8 vs. Baltimore ... Six wins tied Cam Bedrosian for most by an Angels reliever for season...Most wins by an Angels rookie reliever since Dane De La Rosa (6) in 2013 ... His 64 appearances tied Jason Bulger (2009) and Jose Alvarez (2015) for third most ever by an Angels rookie...Only Dane De La Rosa (75 games in 2013) and Bill Kelso (67 games in 1967) had more ... Led A.L. rookies with average fastball velocity of 97.2 MPH.

2016

Pitched exclusively out of bullpen for fi rst ti me in career...Began season with Adv.-A Inland Empire and averaged 13.9 strikeouts per nine innings...Worked at least two innings in 11 of 25 outi ngs with 66ers...Promoted to Double-A Arkansas June 30...Did not allow a run in 11 of 13 appearances for Travelers and averaged 10.8 strikeotus per nine innings...Recorded saves in six consecuti ve appearances from July 16-29...Six saves ranked ti ed for second most on season for Travelers...Promoted to Triple-A Salt Lake August 7 and did not allow a run in six of eight outi ngs for Bees...Had streak of eight consecuti ve scoreless innings across four games for Bees from Aug. 15-25.