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ALEX WINKELMAN LHP
BORN February 8, 1994 in Crystal City, MO
OPENING DAY AGE 24
HEIGHT 6’2 WEIGHT 192
BATS Left THROWS Left
HOMETOWN Crystal City, MO
COLLEGE Southeast Missouri
ACQUIRED Selected in the 21st round of the June 2015 draft
Career Highlights: 2017 – Went 4-7 with a 3.21 ERA in 103 2/3 innings between Buies Creek and Corpus Christi. Allowed 107 hits, 35 walks, and
struck out 110 batters in 26 appearances (15 starts). Ranked 3rd among Houston minor league pitchers in ERA and 5th in strikeouts per-9 innings
(9.5). Also ranked 5th in strikeouts-per-walk (3.14). Began season with 3 straight scoreless outings (14 1/3 IP, 4 H, 21 K, 1 BB). Registered a
career-high 10 strikeouts in 6 scoreless innings on April 18 at Myrtle Beach. Named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week on April 23. Went 2/3
IP and allowed 5 ER (6 H) on April 26 at Winston-Salem. Finished time at Buies Creek with 4 consecutive outings without allowing an earned run
from May 1-May 17 (17 1/3 IP, 12 H, 25 K, 4 BB). Made Corpus Christi debut on May 24 vs. Springfield, allowing 1 earned run and 10 hits in 6
innings. Struggled during June, posting a 6.43 ERA in 14 innings (10 ER, 21 H, .323 BAA). Rebounded in July with a 3.07 ERA in 29 1/3 innings
(10 ER, 28 H, 21 K, 10 BB). Made longest no-hit bid in Corpus Christi franchise history on July 19 vs. Frisco, tossing 8 2/3 no-hit frames (6 K, 2
BB) until Andy Ibanez hit a single to break up the effort. Named Texas League Pitcher of the Week on July 23. In August, posted a 5.51 ERA in
5 appearances (2 GS, 16 1/3 IP, 19 K, 9 BB). Finished campaign with 3 straight scoreless relief outings from August 28-September 2 (7 1/3 IP, 6
H, 8 K, 3 BB). Went 3 2/3 scoreless frames (3 H, 4 K, 2 BB) in final outing on September 2 vs. San Antonio.
2016 – Went 6-7 with a 5.45 ERA in 26 games (9 starts) between Quad Cities, GCL Astros, Tri-City and Lancaster. Threw 76 innings while posting
77 strikeouts and 41 walks. Roughed up in season debut on April 7 at Cedar Rapids, allowing 6 earned runs in 2 /3 innings. Bounced back on
April 12 at Peoria, tossing 5 scoreless innings (2 H, 3 K, 2 BB). Went 5 scoreless innings (6 H, 3 K, 1 BB) on April 24 at Kane County. On May 15
at Beloit, threw season-high 6 scoreless innings (1 H, 7 K, 1 BB). Promoted to Lancaster in late May. Allowed 6 earned runs over 3 innings during
Lancaster debut on May 26 vs. Stockton. Placed on 7-day disabled list on June 1. Made 2 rehab appearances with GCL Astros on July 2 and
July 8 (7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 9 K, 1 BB). Made another rehab appearance on July 13 with Tri-City, tossing 4 innings (3 ER, 6 H, 5 K, 0 BB). Returned to
Lancaster on with start on July 22 vs. High Desert, going 2 2/3 IP and allowing 6 earned runs with 6 walks. Appeared exclusively out of bullpen
for rest of campaign. Had 3 consecutive scoreless appearances from August 12-August 19 (4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 5 K, 1 BB). Allowed 4 earned runs in 2
innings on August 25 vs. High Desert. Made longest outing after injury with 3 1/3 innings (2 ER, 3 H, 8 K, 1 BB) to finish season on September
4 vs. Inland Empire.
2015 – Began pro career with Greeneville, making debut on June 23 at Bristol (2 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB). Promoted to Tri-City in July. Posted a 1.72
ERA in 4 appearances (2 starts) with Tri-City during July. Named Tri-City Pitcher of the Month for July (15 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 11 H, 19 K, 2 BB). Named
a New York-Penn League Midseason All-Star.
College Notes: Helped Southeast Missouri to consecutive Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles in 2014 and 2015.
YEAR CLUB
2015
Greeneville (R)

Tri-City (A)
2016 Quad Cities (A)

GCL Astros (R)

Tri-City (A)

Lancaster (A)
2017 Buies Creek (A)

Corpus Christi (AA)

Career Totals
W-L ERA G GS CG SO SV
2-1 4.35 4 1 0 0 0
5-1
3.83
11
7
0
0
0
5-1
3.72
8
5
0
0
0
0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0
0-1
6.75
1
1
0
0
0
1-5
8.79
15
2
0
0
0
2-0
1.39
8
5
0
0
0
2-7
4.04
18
10
0
0
0
17-16 4.11 67 32 0 0 0
IP
H R ER BB
10.1
12 6 5 5
42.1
43
20 18
8
36.1
31
16 15
15
7.0 4 0 0 1
4.0
6
3
3
0
28.2
40
32 28
25
32.1
22
7
5
6
71.1
85
54 32
29
232.1
243 138
106 89
K
14
45
37
9
5
26
46
64
246
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