Chandler Shepherd #99

Married, wife's name is Moriah...Originally selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft...Signed by John Pyle...Attended the University of Kentucky...Graduated from Lawrence County (KY) HS.

2019

Made his Major League debut on 8/13 at NYY, pitching in relief (4.0 IP, 5 H, ER, 3 BB, 2 K); struck out OF Aaron Judge in the sixth inning for his first career strikeout...Made his first career start on 9/17 vs. TOR (4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 HR, BB, 4 K)...• Started the season in the Red Sox organization with Triple-A Pawtucket; claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs and then the Orioles on the same day (5/18)...In 19 minor league starts (22 games) between Pawtucket and Triple-A Norfolk, he went 3-10 with a 6.18 ERA (70 ER/102.0 IP) and 103 strikeouts...Named International League Player of the Month in August; 5 GS, 1 CG, 3-1, 1.62 ERA (6 ER/33.1 IP), and a 0.90 WHIP...Tossed a Quality Start in each of his final five minor league starts (all with Norfolk), going 3-1 and posting a 1.62 ERA (6 ER/33.1 IP) with 30 strikeouts.

2018

Spent the entire season with Triple-A Pawtucket ... Led PawSox pitchers in starts (25), also ranking 2nd in innings (129.2 IP) and T-3rd in strikeouts (107) ... Completed his 1st full season as a starting pitcher after working primarily in relief from 2014-17 ... Attended ML Spring Training with the Sox ... Allowed 15 ER over 18.1 IP in his first 4 starts for the PawSox, but posted a 3.31 ERA (41 ER/111.1 IP) for the remainder of the season ... Surrendered 0 ER in 6.0+ IP in 4 of his starts ... Allowed only 8 HR in his final 22 starts (115.0 IP), after giving up 5 HR in his first 3 (14.2 IP) ... In a 9-start span from 5/5-6/17, posted a 1.93 ERA (11 ER/51.1 IP) with 36 SO, 8 BB, and only 1 HR allowed ... Surrendered 1 or 0 ER in 7 of those 9 starts ... In that time, lowered his ERA from 7.36 to 3.36 ... In his final 6 starts (beginning 7/27), posted a 2.60 ERA (10 ER/34.2 IP) ... In his final 5 starts, recorded 28 SO and only 4 BB.

2017

Posted a 4.07 ERA (27 ER/59.2 IP) with a career-high 68 SO and 18 BB in 34 appearances (1 start) for Triple-A Pawtucket...Attended ML Spring Training as a non-roster invitee, his 1st appearance in big league camp...Posted a 3.10 ERA (10 ER/29.0 IP) in his final 17 appearances of the season (beginning 7/5)...Allowed only 5 HR in 59.2 IP (0.75 HR/9.0 IP)...Recorded 4+ outs in 23 of his 34 appearances... Had 4 outings of 3.0+ IP, all of which were scoreless...Struck out 11 of his first 20 batters faced...Issued 1.78 BB/9.0 IP in 21 games from 6/21 through the end of the season (35.1 IP, 7 BB)...Retired all 10 batters faced on 8/17 at Louisville (3 SO)...On 8/30 at Buffalo, entered a tied game in the 8th and threw 4.0 scoreless innings, earning his only win... Following the season, went 3-2 with a 4.09 ERA (15 ER/33.0 IP) in 7 starts for Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific Winter League...Allowed 6 ER on 11/12 vs. Navojoa, but posted a 2.76 ERA (9 ER/29.1 IP) in his other 6 starts...Added to the Red Sox' 40-man roster on 11/20.

2016

Went 2-3 with 7 saves, a 2.81 ERA (20 ER/64.0 IP), and a .189 opponent AVG in 40 appearances (1 start) between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket. Began the season in Portland and led the club with a 1.80 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP, and 6 saves (min. 10.0 IP). Held opponents scoreless in 18 of his 22 outings with the Sea Dogs...Threw at least 2.0 innings 8 times. For Portland, held RHH to a .122 AVG (5-for-41) and a .486 OPS...Held LHH to a .153 AVG (9-for-59) and a .541 OPS. Surrendered 0 ER in his final 12 appearances with Portland from 5/12-6/17 (13.2 IP)...In that span, held opponents to a .048 AVG (2-for-42, 19 SO, 5 BB)...Allowed 0 hits over 7.1 IP in his final 8 outings with the Sea Dogs. Transferred to Pawtucket on 6/20 and spent the remainder of the season there...Surrendered only 5 runs in 23.2 IP (1.90 ERA) over his first 12 Triple-A outings...For the PawSox, held LHH to a .200 AVG (9-for-45) and 0 XBH. Following the season, made 6 relief appearances for Escogido of the Dominican Winter League, 5 of which were scoreless...Went 0-1 with a 1.42 ERA (1 ER/6.1 IP) and a .160 opponent AVG (4-for-25)...Recorded 6 SO and 0 BB.