Nationals agree to terms with right-hander Erick Fedde
By Byron Kerr
The Nationals announced today that the club agreed to terms with right-hander Erick Fedde, the No. 18 overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.
The 21-year-old Fedde is a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior out of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He was the Mountain West pitcher of the year and underwent Tommy John surgery in early June. He went 8-2 with a 1.76 ERA (15 earned runs in 76 2/3 innings) and 82 strikeouts in 11 starts for the Rebels.
UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers told me that Fedde has a "live arm" and believes there will be no issues in his recovery from ligament-replacement surgery. Fedde had said that after he was drafted by the Nationals, he was excited about the opportunity and was ready to get to work. The Nationals have a lot of experience dealing with pitchers coming off of Tommy John.
Fedde will have to look no further than another first-round selection, right-hander Lucas Giolito, who is in his first full season with low Single-A Hagerstown. He has done well, even pitching in the Futures Game, but the team has also measured his innings by not pitching him in games from May 11 to early June.
The 21-year-old Fedde is a 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior out of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He was the Mountain West pitcher of the year and underwent Tommy John surgery in early June. He went 8-2 with a 1.76 ERA (15 earned runs in 76 2/3 innings) and 82 strikeouts in 11 starts for the Rebels.
UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers told me that Fedde has a "live arm" and believes there will be no issues in his recovery from ligament-replacement surgery. Fedde had said that after he was drafted by the Nationals, he was excited about the opportunity and was ready to get to work. The Nationals have a lot of experience dealing with pitchers coming off of Tommy John.
Fedde will have to look no further than another first-round selection, right-hander Lucas Giolito, who is in his first full season with low Single-A Hagerstown. He has done well, even pitching in the Futures Game, but the team has also measured his innings by not pitching him in games from May 11 to early June.
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