AJ Blubaugh
{{short description|American baseball player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = AJ Blubaugh
| image =
| caption =
| team = Houston Astros
| number = 69
| position = Pitcher
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|7|4}}
| birth_place = Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = April 30
| debutyear = 2025
| debutteam = Houston Astros
| statleague = MLB
| statyear = April 30, 2025
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 0–1
| stat2label = Earned run average
| stat2value = 4.50
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 6
| teams =
- Houston Astros ({{mlby|2025}}–present)
}}
Alan Joseph Blubaugh (born July 4, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Career
=Amateur career=
Blubaugh attended Clear Fork High School in Bellville, Ohio, and played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.{{cite web | url=https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/2022/04/07/campus-tour-aj-blubaugh-leah-boggs-kylie-ringler-autumn-bailey-ben-vore-jarrett-miller-zane-harris/9494669002/ | title=Campus Tour: Clear Fork grad AJ Blubaugh impressing on the mound at Wisconsin-Milwaukee }}{{cite web | url=https://www.richlandsource.com/2022/07/20/dream-big-clear-fork-grad-blubaugh-drafted-by-astros/ | title=Dream Big: Clear Fork grad Blubaugh drafted by Astros | date=20 July 2022 }} In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|url=https://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1596818&seasonid=33239 |title=AJ Blubaugh - Profile |publisher=pointstreak.com |accessdate=May 18, 2024}} He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the seventh round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web | url=https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/07/28/aj-blubaugh-houston-astros-colts-major-league-baseball-draft-dreams/10167215002/ | title=Big dreamer: Blubaugh's never-give-up attitude leads to dream-come-true draft day }}
=Professional career=
Blubaugh spent his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Astros and Fayetteville Woodpeckers. He started 2023 with the Asheville Tourists before his promotion to the Corpus Christi Hooks. After the season, Blubaugh pitched in the Arizona Fall League.{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/arizona-fall-league-stars-18471521.php | title=Next wave of Astros' talent coming up big in Arizona Fall League | newspaper=Chron | last1=Shapiro | first1=Michael }}
On April 30, 2025, Blubaugh was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.{{Cite web|title=Astros Select AJ Blubaugh|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/astros-to-select-aj-blubaugh.html|access-date=April 30, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}} He made his Major League debut that day against the Detroit Tigers. But he had a rough outing where he pitched 4 innings, allowing five hits and two runs while walking a batter, and struck out six batters in his debut.{{Cite web | title=Báez's power surge in full effect as Tigers beat Astros in finale | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/javier-baez-hits-grand-slam-in-tigers-win-vs-astros | date=April 30, 2025 | website=MLB.com |last=Beck |first=Jason}}
References
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External links
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Category:Asheville Tourists players
Category:Baseball players from Ohio
Category:Corpus Christi Hooks players
Category:Fayetteville Woodpeckers players
Category:Florida Complex League Astros players
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