Gavin Stone #11

Gavin Blaine Stone son of Kerry and Jennifer Stone...went 9-6 with a 2.42 ERA in 36 games across three seasons at Central Arkansas…picked up in the fifth round (159th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft…has three brothers Kollin, Chandler and Maddox Stone...Kollin was a pitcher at Arkansas State University and signed with Billings Mustang in 2021.

2022

Appeared in 26 games across three levels in the Minor Leagues – Advanced-A Great Lakes (six games), Double-A Tulsa (14 G), and Triple-A Oklahoma City (six games)...Wrapped 2022 with a combined 9-6 record, posting a 1.12 WHIP and 1.48 ERA...recorded ERAs below 2.00 at each stop – Advanced-A Great Lakes (1.44), Double-A Tulsa (1.60), and Triple-A Oklahoma City (1.16)...With Advanced-A Great Lakes, achieved a 1-1 record (4 ER/25.0 IP), striking out 28 batters against six walks while holding batters to a .204 average...With Double-A Tulsa, went 6-4 (13 ER/73.1 IP) in 14 games…kept batters at a .219 average and touted a 1.21 WHIP...With Triple-A Oklahoma City, posted a 2-1 record with a 1.16 ERA (3 ER/23.1 IP) and 33 strikeouts across six games…held batters to a .169 average...Tied for ninth in the minors for most strikeouts (168) last season…ranked second on Triple-A Oklahoma City team...Placed 77th on Major League Baseball’s Top 100 Prospects list...a top 10 Los Angeles Dodgers prospect (seventh)...Was named a 2022 MiLB.com Organization All-Star.

2021

Pitched for the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and High-A Great Lakes Loons...promoted to Single-A on May 4 and then to High-A on August 17...Went 2-2 on the season with a 3.76 ERA (38 ER/91.0 IP) across 23 games (22 starts)...struck out 138 batters, giving up 87 hits, 44 runs, and seven homers...Assigned to and made his first professional debut with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on May 4…spun three innings, only giving up one hit, a walk, and whiffing six batters against the Inland Empire 66ers...Produced a 1-2 record and 3.73 ERA (29 ER/70.0 IP) in 18 games (17 starts) with the Single-A Quakes…allowed 69 hits, 25 runs, and five longballs...Made good on his High-A promotion having gone 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA (9 ER/21.0 IP)...Overall held batters to a .234 average…kept righties to .292 average and lefties to a .196.

2020

No minor league season...assigned to Rookie-level AZL Dodgers