| Nick Tepesch | |||
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Tepesch with the Texas Rangers in 2014 spring training
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| Minnesota Twins – No. 23 | |||
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Born: October 12, 1988 Kansas City, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 9, 2013, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 9-18 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.68 | ||
| Strikeouts | 135 | ||
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Nicholas James "Nick" Tepesch (born October 12, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently in the Minnesota Twins organization. He previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tepesch was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 28th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of the Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Missouri but he did not sign and attended the University of Missouri, where he played college baseball for the Missouri Tigers baseball team. He was then drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and signed for $400,000.
In 2012, while pitching for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, Tepesch and Jimmy Reyes combined to throw the second no-hitter in Pelicans history.
Invited to spring training in 2013, Tepesch won the Rangers fifth starter job. On April 9, Tepesch went 7 1⁄3 innings and gave up four hits, three walks, one run, and struck out five while getting the win in his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tepesch missed the entire 2015 season with inflammation in his throwing elbow. He also underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.