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TYLER MATZEK
FRONT OFFICE • In 2015, began the season on Colorado’s major • Combined to go 0-2 with an 11.20 ERA
league roster.
(17 ER/13.2 IP), 25 walks and 19 strikeouts
• Started the Rockies home opener against
Single-A Boise and Albuquerque.
the Cubs. in 13 appearances, one start, between
• Made four more starts for Colorado • While with Albuquerque, missed nearly
before getting optioned to Triple-A two months of the season with a right
ankle contusion
MANAGER & STAFF minor league notes • Began the season with Triple-A Colorado Springs
Albuquerque.
in 2014 and made 12 starts for the Sky Sox prior
to his first major league promotion.
• He has gone 29-35 in 161 appearances and 107
starts with a 4.67 ERA throughout eight seasons
made 26 starts.
in the minor leagues. • Spent the 2013 season with Double-A Tulsa and
• Was a 2013 Texas League Mid-Season All-Star, • In 2011, split the campaign between Single-A
a 2013 Arizona Fall League “Rising Star”, a 2012 Asheville and Modesto, going 5-7 with a 6.22 ERA
TYLER MATZEK • Signed a minor-league contract with the starts.
California League All-Star, and tabbed as a South
(67 ER/97.0 IP), 96 walks and 111 strikeouts in 22
Atlantic League Pitcher of Week in 2011.
Diamondbacks in January, 2019…Pitched in three amateur
games for Double-A Jackson and then signed • Matzek led the Capistrano Valley Cougars in
with the Braves. California to a state title after going 3-0 without
allowing an earned run during their postseason
• Appeared with Double-A Mississippi and
SEASON IN REVIEW • Across his three stops, combined to post a run…Also hit the game-winning home run in the
Triple-A Gwinnett with Atlanta.
title game.
• Went 9-1 with a 1.50 ERA in his senior
7.20 ERA (12 ER/15.0 IP) with 10 walks and
season.
21 strikeouts in nine relief appearances.
• In 2018, spent the season with the Texas AirHogs
in the independent American Association. transactions
• Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the first
• Allowed only two home runs in 88.2
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Split the year between Colorado’s Single-A • Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks to a minor-
round (11th overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player
innings.
Draft…Signed by Jon Lukens.
Modesto and Double-A Hartford and went 0-4
league contract on January 16, 2019.
with a 6.75 ERA (20 ER/26.2 IP), 33 walks, 33
strikeouts in 33 games in 2016.
contract on August 15, 2019.
• After making Colorado’s Opening Day • Signed by the Atlanta Braves to a minor-league
Roster in 2015, spent the rest of the
season in the minors after initially being
BRAVES HISTORY optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque.

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