Julian Merryweather

Full name JULIAN CHRISTOPHER MERRYWEATHER...Single...Attended Serra High School in San Mateo, CA, where he graduated in 2010...Played two years at Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and two years at Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee, OK)...In senior season of 2014 he was named first-team NAIA All-America, First-Team All-Sooner Athletic Conference and named to the 2014 Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series All-Tournament team...On the year was 12-3 w/a 1.07 ERA (12ER/100.2IP) and was 2nd in the NAIA in strikeouts (132) and 3rd in ERA...Grew up a SF Giants and Oakland Athletics fan, enjoyed watching Barry Bonds...Enjoys playing guitar in his spare time.

2017

Split season between AAA Columbus and AA Akron, going a combined 7-9 with a 5.32 ERA in 25 starts (128.2IP, 142H, 76ER, 16HR, 35BB, 128SO)...Started the year at Akron and was promoted to Columbus on May 29...Was on the Triple-A D.L from June 23-July 7 with lower back tightness...In his Columbus debut he posted 8.0 shutout innings(3 hits)with 0 walks and 8 strikeouts...Was tied for fourth in the organization with 128 strikeouts...Fanned career-high 10 batters in 6.0 IP on May 12 at Binghamton.