Cody Bradford #61

Cody Bradford and his wife, Madi, were married on 12/15/19…played three seasons at Baylor University from 2017-19, posting a 12-11 record and 3.86 ERA (76 ER/177.1 IP) over 32 G/31 GS...earned a spot in the team’s starting rotation as a freshman in 2017 and had his best year as a sophomore in 2018, when he was named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year after going 7-6 with a 2.51 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 96.2 innings over 14 starts…became the first pitcher in Baylor program history to throw back-to-back complete game shutouts, doing so on 4/20/18 vs. TCU and 4/27/18 at Kansas State…was a preseason All-America selection before 2019, but pitched in just 3 G before missing the rest of the campaign due to thoracic outlet syndrome, undergoing surgery in March 2019... was teammates with Davis Wendzel at Baylor…played baseball and ran track at Aledo (Tex.) High School, posting a 0.64 ERA on the mound as a senior…member of the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team…grew up a Rangers fan and idolized pitcher Derek Holland.

2022

Finished 10-7 with a 5.01 ERA (66 ER/118.2 IP) and team-high 124 strikeouts over 26 starts for Double-A Frisco…ranked among Texas organization pitching leaders in innings (second), starts (second), wins (second), and strikeouts (third), registering career bests in each of those categories...went 6-6, 6.26 ERA (54 ER/77.2 IP) over his first 19 GS, but closed by going 4-1, 2.63 ERA (12 ER/41.0 IP) over final seven GS...struck out a season-high 11 batters over 5.1 innings of work against on 6/17 vs, Midland, one of three outings in which he recorded 10+ SO…proved more effective against LHB (.226 BA) than RHB (.302 BA).