TRENTON KYOSHI DENHOLM...Pitched four years at UC Irvine, 2018-21...Finished the 2021 campaign with a 6-2 record and a 4.61 ERA (70 SO, 82.0 IP)...Finished his UC Irvine career with a 3.44 ERA across 50 appearances/49 starts, going 21-16 with 279.2 innings pitched and 236 strikeouts...Left UC Irvine ranked among Irvine's all-time leaders in starts (fifth), strikeouts (ninth)...Earned All-American and Big West Pitcher of the Year honors as a sophomore in 2019 (9-4, 1.81 ERA, 14 GS) and was invited to the USA Collegiate National Team trials...Did not allow an earned run over two summers in the Cape Cod League in 2018 and 2019 over 28.2 innings...2017 graduate of Oak Ridge High School (CA)...Brother, Logan, played at UC Davis...Majored in education sciences at Cal Irvine...Related to Rod Barajas...Irvine bio listed him as a fan of Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, the San Francisco Giants, Golden State and Dallas Cowboys...Enjoys swimming, golfing, hiking, watching sports, going to Lake Tahoe and the musical stylings of Mac Miller...Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Bohemian Rhapsody and would love to visit Southeast Asia...Started throwing knuckleball two-thirds through the 2025 season at the encouragement of the club's pitching coaches after screwing around with it for several years...Threw a month of bullpens before breaking it out in August...The 80-mph (ish) pitch is generally something he uses ahead in counts, 5-to-10 times per game...Nail care is suddenly an interest.
2025
Recorded an 11-8 mark between AAA Columbus and AA Akron, opening the season in Columbus before spending the duration of the campaign in AA Akron...Finished third in the Eastern League in ERA (3.77), third in wins, ninth in SO and fourth in innings (126.2 IP)…Among organizational pitchers, he was tied for second in wins and third in innings (130.0IP)…Over his first 14 games/seven starts in Akron, he fashioned an ERA of 2.24 (16 ER/64.1 IP)...On the year he was 7-0 with a 2.45 ERA in eight games out of the 'pen (9ER/33.0IP)...Following the season, pitched well in the Arizona Fall League, posting a 1-0 mark with a 2.13 ERA in five games/three starts (12.2IP, 19H, 3ER, 16SO) where he dabbled with a knuckleball...Named AFL pitcher of the week, Oct. 30-Nov. 6, tossing two scoreless starts (7.0 IP, eight H, 10 SO)...Allowed just one run over his last three outings (10.0 IP).
2024
Named Pitcher of the Week twice (5/6-12 at LC & 8/19-25 at Akron)...Ranked second in the Guardians system in wins (13) and IP (148.1)... Tossed seven inning, two-hit SHO on 5/10 vs. Dayton (9SO)... eight-inning scoreless start (1H, 6SO) on 8/21 vs. Harrisburg...Went 4-1 with a 1.23 ERA over last six starts at Akron to end the season (5ER/36.2IP).
