Michael Kelly #16

Michael Joseph Kelly… Married, wife’s name is Kimberly (11/1/19)… 2011 graduate of West Boca Raton Community High School (FL)… Hobbies: Golfing and fishing… Signed by: Willie Bosque.

2021

Signed by HOU as a minor league free agent on 5/8 and assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)...Promoted to Sugar Land (AAA) on 6/1 for the remainder of the season...Worked strictly in relief, going 5-4 with a 2.70 ERA (15 ER, 50.0 IP) between both levels...Averaged 11.16 SO/9.0 IP (62 SO, 50.0 IP) across both levels.

2020

Did not pitch.

2019

Spent season with Southern Maryland in the independent Atlantic League.

2018

Signed by BAL as a free agent on 3/1, designated for assignment on 3/29 and outrighted to Bowie (AA) on 4/5...Spent majority of the season with Bowie, except for a stint with Norfolk (AAA), 7/27-8/13.

2017

Split the season between San Diego's Triple-A El Paso and Double-A San Antonio... Went a combined 10-4 with a 4.19 ERA (59 ER/126.2 IP) in 28 appearances (22 starts) between the two levels...Made 15 starts for San Antonio, going 7-2 with a 2.98 ERA (28 ER/84.2 IP)…Ranked fourth on the team in innings pitched...Posted single-season career bests in wins (10) and strikeouts (128)...Named a Texas League Mid-Season All-Star while with San Antonio...Worked a career-high 8.0 innings on 5/15 vs. Corpus Christi (1 H, 3 BB, 9 K)...Struck out a career-high 11 batters on 6/21, also against Corpus Christi, earned the win (6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 HB, 1 BB)...Went 3-0 with a 1.95 ERA (8 ER/37.0 IP) in six starts in the month of May...Held right-handers to a .195 average at Double-A.

2016

Began season with Lake Elsinore (A)...Made six starts and was promoted to San Antonio on 5/13...Promoted again to El Paso on 6/18...In six starts with El Paso from 6/19-7/10, went 5-0 with a 3.23 ERA (11 ER, 30.2 IP)...Was on the IL, 8/23-9/20 (right elbow contusion)...In 25 starts between the three levels, was 9-8 with a 4.34 ERA (62 ER, 128.2 IP) and 115 strikeouts.

2015

Began season with Fort Wayne (A)...Was on the IL from 4/9-5/23 (right shoulder impingement)...Went 4-1 with a 3.50 ERA (14 ER, 36.0 IP) over his first seven starts of the season, surrendering zero earned runs in four of them...Promoted to Lake Elsinore on 8/5 for the remainder of the season.

2014

Spent season with Eugene (A)...Made 14 starts and one relief appearance...Allowed one earned run or none in seven of his 14 starts, including zero in five of those outings.

2013

Split season between Fort Wayne and Eugene...Worked exclusively out of the bullpen and combined to go 3-2 in 33 relief appearances...Over his first seven appearances in May, went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (2 ER, 8.0 IP), but then posted a 6.33 ERA (34 ER, 48.1 IP) over his next 26 outings

2012

Began pro career with Fort Wayne...Was transferred to Arizona League Padres (R) on 5/4 for the remainder of the season.