Connor Overton #71

Played shortstop and pitched at Atlee High School in Mechanicsville, VA...played three seasons at Old Dominion University...missed out on a fourth collegiate season because of a right shoulder injury...his father, Dee, was selected by the Yankees in the seventh round of the 1982 secondary draft.

2022

From 5/23-9/22 missed 110 games while on the 60-day injured list with a stress reaction in his lower back...Went 1-0, 1.82 in four starts before the injury...twice was the victim of blown saves...Made 2 appearances after he was reinstated from the 60-day IL on 9/23 (8.1ip, 6h, 5er, 4bb, 4k, 1hr)...both times pitched in relief of starter Graham Ashcraft...Was a non-roster invitee to 2022 Major League spring training camp...Began the season at Louisville, where in two starts and two relief appearances he went 2-1, 2.84 before he was promoted to make his season and Reds debut in a start on 4/30 at Col...left that 4-3 loss with a 2-0 lead and was the victim of a blown save...In the 4-0 win on 5/12 at Pit, earned his first Major League victory...in the team’s 32nd game, became the first Reds pitcher this season to throw at least 6.0 innings...the Reds’ 31 games to begin a season in which the starting pitcher failed to pitch at least 6.0 innings are the most in the Major Leagues since 1893, when the mound was moved to its current distance...Made his last appearance before the injury in the 10-inning, 5-4 win on 5/17 at Cle...threw 7.2 innings, the most by a Reds pitcher to that point in the season, and left with a 2-1 lead...was the victim of a blown save when Owen Miller’s two-run HR in the ninth off Art Warren tied it at 4-4...retired 17 of his last 19 batters, including 15 straight heading into the eighth inning...Was scratched from a scheduled start on 5/22 at Tor...the next day went on the 60-day injured list with the lower back injury...Didn't pitch again for the Reds until a relief outing on 9/24 vs Mil, following rehab appearances on 9/13 & 9/18 for Louisville...With two outs in the third inning of the 6-1 loss on 9/30 at Wrigley Field, in his final appearance of the season, entered the game for starter Graham Ashcraft and threw 5.1 scoreless innings in the longest relief appearance of his career...walked his first batter but then retired 13 consecutive batters until Ian Happ singled to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning...Was the longest relief appearance by a Reds pitcher since Jake Buchanan threw 5.1 innings on 6/4/17 vs Atl and the longest scoreless relief appearance by a Reds pitcher since David Holmberg threw 5.2 scoreless innings on 9/8/14 vs St. Louis.

2021

In his Major League debut made three starts and six relief appearances for the Blue Jays and Pirates...From 8/12-8/24 made four scoreless relief appearances for the Blue Jays before he was designated for assignment on 9/3...Three days later was claimed off waivers by the Pirates, for whom he made two relief appearances and all three of his starts...For the season, didn't allow a run in six relief appearances (8.2ip, 4h, 2bb, 6k, .143baa)...Posted an ERA of 10.80 in his three starts (6.2ip, 10h, 8er, 3bb, 9k, 2hr, .357baa)...Made his Major League debut on 8/12/21 for the Blue Jays in a 6-3 loss at LAA...entered the game with two outs in the seventh inning, trailing 6-3, and retired all four batters faced...Jo Adell grounded out to end the seventh inning and retired all three batters in the eighth (Brandon Marsh L7, Kurt Suzuki 6-3, Jack Mayfield FP3)...Didn't allow a run in his first seven Major League appearances (11.2ip, 6h, 3bb, 9k, .154baa)...While pitching for the Pirates made two appearances vs the Reds, both at Great American Ball Park...pitched in relief in a 9-5 loss on 9/20 (1ip, 1k) and started the 13-1 loss on 9/27 (1ip, 6h, 4er, 0bb, 2k, Joey Votto 2-run HR)...Following the season was declared a minor league free agent...On 11/26 was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2022 Major League Spring Training camp.