Became the first Israeli drafted by a Major League team in 2016...Created a food Instagram account this offseason @offseason_bites...Was the youngest player (20) on Team Israel's 2017 World Baseball Classic roster...Attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, San Joaquin Delta College (CA) and Lincoln (CA) HS...His favorite sport other than baseball is tennis, and his favorite athlete is Roger Federer...Has had long hair since high school, is from California and says he has to look the part.
2021
Made a career-high 13 starts in 2021; recorded a career-high two quality starts...Named to the Opening Day roster for the first time in his career; made three different stints on the big league team...Finished the season with 47 strikeouts; the fourth-most among Oriole rookies...Recorded the 50th strikeout of his career when he punched out Luke Voit swinging in the third inning on 5/14 vs. NYY; became the eighth Oriole to record 50-plus strikeouts in his first 11 career games, and the first since Wei-Yin Chen in 2012...Allowed at least one home run in 11 of his 13 starts and multiple homers in five of those...28 of his 46 total runs allowed (60.9%) came via home run...Held left-handed batters to a .261 average (23-for-88) with 10 extra-base hits (4-2B, 6 HR), compared to right-handed batters hitting .313 (40-for-128) with 20 extra-base hits (9-2B, 11 HR); allowed just one hit to lefties over his last three starts (1-for-10)…Made eight starts against the AL East, pitching to an 0-5 record with a 9.10 ERA (31 ER/30.2 IP), .318 opponents’ average (42-for-132), 18 walks, 27 strikeouts and 14 home runs; the Orioles went 0-8 in Kremer’s starts against the division...Went 0-7 in 13 starts, he is one of four Orioles starters in club history to go winless through their first 13 starts of a season and the first since Gabriel Ynoa went 0-9 over 13 starts in the 2019 season...Appeared in 17 games (13 starts) over three stints with Triple-A Norfolk, pitching to a 1-5 record with a 4.91 ERA (34 ER/62.1 IP), .252 opponents’ average, 20 walks, 69 strikeouts and nine home runs...Made five starts in Spring Training, pitching to an 0-1 record with a 6.32 ERA (11 ER/15.2 IP).
2020
Made his Major league debut on 9/6 vs. NYY…Earned his first career win after tossing 6.0 innings, allowing just one run on one hit and three walks with seven strikeouts...Struck out the first batter he faced, DJ LeMahieu (looking), for his first career strikeout...Became the fourth pitcher in Orioles history to work at least 6.0 innings while allowing one-or-fewer hits in his Major League debut (Chris Waters in 2008, Anthony Telford in 1990, and Bib Milacki in 1988)...Became the sixth pitcher in Orioles history to strike out at least seven batters in his Major League debut...Over his first three Major League starts, he went 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA (3 ER/16.0 IP); in each of these starts, he tossed 5.0 innings-or-more, allowed one run-or-fewer, recorded at least six strikeouts, and did not allow more than four hits...Did not allow a home run in his 18.2 innings worked...Issued three walks in each of his four starts... Participated in his first big league Spring Training, making three relief outings while not allowing an earned run with two walks and five strikeouts over 5.1 innings.
2019
Went a combined 9-6 with a 3.72 ERA (47 ER/113.2 IP) and 122 strikeouts in 21 starts across three different levels (Class A-Advanced Frederick, Double-A Bowie, and Triple-A Norfolk)...Pitched in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros following the season; went 1-1 with a 2.37 ERA (5 ER/19.0 IP) and 23 strikeouts in five starts (six appearances)...Named an Arizona Fall League Rising Star...Received an invite to Spring Training as a non-roster invitee; did not make an appearance after suffering an oblique strain prior to camp starting...Won eight-straight decisions from 6/22-8/10, over a 10 start span with Double-A Bowie; went 8-0 with a 1.93 ERA (12 ER/56.0 IP) and 57 strikeouts during this stretch...Went 4-1 with a 1.36 ERA (5 ER/33.0 IP) in six road starts for Double-A Bowie...Matched his career-high with 7.0-scoreless innings three different times during the season (6/11 vs. New Hampshire, 7/2 at Hartford, and 7/18 vs. Altoona)...Entered the season ranked as the No. 9 Orioles prospect, according to Baseball America...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk on 11/20, and was added to the 40-man roster
2018
Led all of minor league baseball in strikeouts with 178 (114 - Class A-Advanced Rancho Cucamonga, 53 - Double-A Bowie, 11 - Double-A Tulsa)... Named a California League Mid-Season All-Star... Named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on 7/8; 1-0, 0.00 ERA (7 IP), 11 K, 1 GS... Tossed his first career complete game and shutout in his only appearance for Double-A Tulsa on 7/5 vs. Midland... Recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts twice during the season (6/25 at Lake Elsinore and 7/5 vs. Midland); has four career double digit strikeout games... Made eight starts for Double-A Bowie after coming over from the Dodgers, and went 4-2 with a 2.58 ERA (13 ER/45.1 IP) and 53 strikeouts... Earned the win in his Baysox debut on 7/22 vs. Erie, working 6.0 innings, allowing one run on four hits with three walks and six strikeouts.
2017
Spent the entire season pitching for Class A-Advanced Rancho Cucamonga...Made 33 appearances for the Quakes, six starts...Went 1-4 with a 5.18 ERA (46 ER/80.0 IP) and 96 strikeouts...Totaled three saves, including the first of his career on 7/8 at Inland Empire...All three of his saves were multi-inning...Worked 2.0-or-more innings in 25 of his 33 games.
2016
Made his professional debut with Rookie-level Ogden...Made six starts for the Raptors before being promoted to Class-A Great Lakes...Went 2-0 with a 0.59 ERA (1 ER/15.1 IP) for the Loons...Recorded a strikeout in 11 of his 12 games and multiple strikeouts in nine of 12...Pitched in Team Israel's World Baseball Classic qualifier game against Great Britain, closing out a 9-1 Team Israel victory, tossing a scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout.
