Chris Dwyer

Dwyer lived in Swampscott, Massachusetts. He played American Legion baseball for the local Swampscott team. He attended St. Mary's High School in Lynn, Massachusetts, and Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut.{{cite web |url=http://www.salemnews.com/sports/x1150871315/Travel-time-equals-baseball-exposure-for-Dwyer |title=Travel time equals baseball exposure for Dwyer » Sports » SalemNews.com, Salem, MA |publisher=Salemnews.com |access-date=April 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630064238/http://www.salemnews.com/sports/x1150871315/Travel-time-equals-baseball-exposure-for-Dwyer |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/405050295 |title=Salisbury stops Andover |last=McGuirk|first=John|newspaper=Boston Globe|page=C.19|date=November 19, 2006 |access-date=September 23, 2013|id={{ProQuest|405050295}} }} {{subscription required|date=February 2014}} He stayed with Salisbury for a postgraduate year in 2008. The New York Yankees selected Dwyer in the 36th round of the 2008 MLB Draft, but did not sign.{{cite web |last=Boyd |first=Joshua |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/swampscott/sports/adult_leagues/x737335459/Swampscotts-Dwyer-drafted-by-baseballs-Kansas-City-Royals-includes-all-time-Swampscott-MLB-draft-list |title=Swampscott's Dwyer drafted by baseball's Kansas City Royals – includes all-time Swampscott MLB draft list – Swampscott, MA – The Swampscott Reporter |publisher=Wickedlocal.com |date=June 19, 2009 |access-date=September 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060254/http://www.wickedlocal.com/swampscott/sports/adult_leagues/x737335459/Swampscotts-Dwyer-drafted-by-baseballs-Kansas-City-Royals-includes-all-time-Swampscott-MLB-draft-list |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} Instead, he attended Clemson University, where he played for the Clemson Tigers baseball team of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |access-date=September 25, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2009&T=Cotuit_Kettleers |title=2009 Cotuit Kettleers |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}} As Dwyer turned 21 in 2009, he was eligible to be selected in the 2009 MLB Draft.

The Kansas City Royals chose Dwyer in the fourth round, and he signed with Kansas City, receiving a $1.45 million signing bonus.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/2009/08/13/901095/dwyer-signs-deal-with-royals.html |title=Dwyer signs deal with Royals | Clemson Tigers |publisher=The State |date= |access-date=April 16, 2013}}

In 2010, Dwyer pitched for the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the High-A Carolina League.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20100620/dwyer-finishes-what-he-started |title=Dwyer finishes what he started |publisher=Nhregister.com |date= June 20, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2013}} Dwyer was rated the 83rd best prospect in baseball by Baseball America prior to the 2011 season, and was invited to Royals' spring training in 2012. Dwyer played for the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 2013. After Omaha won the PCL championship, Dwyer pitched to victory in the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game. He retired the first twenty batters he faced without allowing a baserunner,{{cite web|last=Seiner |first=Jake |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-60934832 |title=Dwyer deals Chasers to Triple-A title | MiLB.com News |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=September 17, 2013 |access-date=September 23, 2013}} and won the game's most valuable player award. The Royals promoted Dwyer to the major leagues following the game.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2013/09/18/4491512/after-pitching-omaha-to-title.html |title=After pitching Omaha to title, Chris Dwyer's day ends with trip to KC |publisher=KansasCity.com |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=September 23, 2013}} Dwyer saw two innings as a relief pitcher without earning any runs.

Dwyer was designated for assignment by the Royals on September 1, 2014.{{cite news|title=Royals activate Hosmer amid series of moves|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=11448370|access-date=September 1, 2014|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|date=September 1, 2014}} Part of the reason for the demotion was for Dwyer to gain more experience as a relief pitcher since he had previously been a starting pitcher.

In 2015, Dwyer spent the entire season with the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers, posting a 3-3 record and 4.01 ERA with 63 strikeouts in 92.0 innings pitched across 33 games (10 starts). He elected free agency following the season on November 6, 2015.{{Cite web|title=Dusty Coleman heads list of Royals minor league free agents|url=https://www.royalsreview.com/2015/11/9/9696574/dusty-coleman-heads-list-of-royals-minor-league-free-agents|access-date=2023-04-23|website=royalsreview.com|date=November 9, 2015 |language=en}}

On February 2, 2016, Dwyer signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

Dwyer's sister, Lindsay, played soccer at Williams College.

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