Clayton Beeter #56

Clayton Howard Beeter...Graduated from Birdville High School outside of Fort Worth, Texas...Attended Texas Tech University...Was Texas Tech's closer in 2019 before being the Friday night starter in 2020...Was a consensus Freshman All-American in 2019.

2025

Pitched to a 2.49 ERA (6 ER/21.1 IP) with 32 strikeouts and just one home run allowed in 24 games with the Nationals after being acquired at the Trade Deadline...Tossed scoreless relief in 17 of his last 18 games: 1.08 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP ) with 25 strikeouts...Pitched scoreless relief in 20 of his 24 games with Washington...His 10-game hitless streak from Aug. 15-Sept. 6 was tied for second-longest streak in MLB in 2025...His nine innings without allowing a hit matched Cole Henry for the longest by a Nationals reliever in 2025...Earned first career save on Sept. 14 vs. Pittsburgh (1.0 IP, H, BB, 3 SO)...His slider held opponents to just an .098 batting average (5-for-56, 2 HR)...Struck out 46 batters in 27.2 Minor League innings across both organizations...From May 23 to June 27, he pitched to a 0.73 ERA (1 ER/12.1 IP) with 22 strikeouts and a .143 opponents’ average in 11 outings with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Pitch Mix: Four Seamer (54.0%) Slider (46.0%).

2024

Saw his first Major League action, posting a 4.91 ERA (3.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 1BB, 5K, 0HR) in three appearances with the Yankees over two stints (3/28-30 and 9/22-29)...Made the Opening Day roster and made his Major League debut on 3/29 at Houston, tossing a scoreless ninth inning (1.0IP, 1H)…threw just three pitches, becoming the fifth Yankees pitcher since 2000 to face three batters in an inning and record three outs on three pitches, joining Paul Quantrill (3/30/04 at TB), Jorge DePaula (9/15/03 at BAL), Mariano Rivera (6/15/03 vs. STL) and Ramiro Mendoza (7/16/01 at PHI) - credit: Elias....Allowed 2ER over 1.1IP on 9/25 vs. Baltimore (3H, 1BB, 2K)...Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief on 9/28 vs. Pittsburgh (3K) and struck out three of his four batters faced...Combined to make 12 appearances (seven starts) with Double-A Somerset (2G) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (10G/7GS), going 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA (39.0IP, 19H, 9R/ER, 21BB, 56K, 1HR)…was named the International League “Pitcher of the Week” from 4/8-14 with the RailRiders after allowing just 1H over five scoreless innings in his start on 4/13 at Norfolk (W, 0BB, 8K)...Did not allow a run over seven innings (2H, 12K) over his last five relief appearances in the minors with Somerset (2G) and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (3G) from 9/7-19.

2023

Split the 2023 season with Double-A Somerset (12GS) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (15G/14GS), combining to go 9-7 with a 3.62 ERA (131.2IP, 105H, 54R/53ER, 75BB, 165K, 18HR) in 27 games (26 starts)… among Yankees farmhands, ranked second in strikeouts, third in starts and fourth in wins, innings pitched and opponents’ batting average (.216)…his 165K also ranked eighth among all Minor League pitchers...Began the season with Double-A Somerset, going 6-2 with a 2.08 ERA (60.2IP, 44H, 14R/ER, 31BB, 76K, 3HR) in 12 starts…was named the Eastern League’s “Pitcher of the Week” from 6/5-11 after going 2-0 and tossing a combined 11.0 scoreless innings over two starts at Hartford on 6/6 and 6/11 (6H, 4BB, 17K, 3HP)...Was selected to the 2023 SiriusXM Futures Game…retired both batters faced (1K)...Was promoted to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 6/23 and went 3-5 with a 4.94 ERA (71.0IP, 61H, 40R/39ER, 44BB, 89K, 15HR) in 15 games (14 starts)...Was named an Eastern League Postseason All-Star…at the time of his promotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was tied for first in wins and fourth in strikeouts among Eastern League pitchers...Was added to the 40-man roster on 11/14.

2022

In 25 combined appearances (23 starts) with Double-A Tulsa and Double-A Somerset, went 0-3 with a 4.56 ERA (77.0IP, 64H, 43R/39ER, 46BB, 129K, 11HR)...Began the season in the Dodgers organization with Double-A Tulsa, going 0-3 with a 5.75 ERA (51.2IP, 48H, 37R/33ER, 35BB, 88K, 10HR) in 18 games (16 starts)...Was acquired by the Yankees from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for OF Joey Gallo on 8/2…spent the remainder of the season with Double-A Somerset, posting a 2.13 ERA (25.1IP, 16H, 6ER, 11BB, 41K, 1HR) in seven starts…did not allow a run in his first three starts with Double-A Somerset from 8/10-21 (7.1IP, 2H, 4BB, 11K)…finished the month of August with a 0.77 ERA over four starts (11.2IP, 3H, 1ER, 5BB, 20K, 1HR).

2021

In his first professional season, went 0-6 with a 3.44 ERA (52.1IP, 38H, 24R/20ER, 22BB, 78K, 5HR) in 28 combined appearances (27 starts) with High-A Great Lakes and Double-A Tulsa...Made his professional debut with High-A Great Lakes, going 0-4 with a 3.13 ERA (37.1IP, 28H, 16R/13ER, 15BB, 55K, 3HR) in 23 appearances (22 starts)...Was promoted to Double-A Tulsa on 8/20 and finished 0-2 with a 4.20 ERA in five starts (15.0IP, 10H, 8R/7ER, 7BB, 23K, 2HR)…recorded a season-high 8K in 3.1IP on 8/27 at Double-A Wichita (0H, 0R, 2BB)...Was named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com...Following the season, was labeled by Baseball America as having the “Best Curveball” in the Dodgers system.

2020

Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.