Cody Forsythe
{{short description|American professional baseball pitcher|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|birth_place=Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
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Cody Ryan Forsythe (born September 17, 1990), is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Career
Forsythe attended Marshall County High School in Draffenville, Kentucky,{{Cite web |title=Best MBA College in Delhi {{!}} Top Management College in India {{!}} NDIM Delhi |url=https://www.ndimdelhi.org/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=NDIM |language=en-US}} and the Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he played college baseball for the Southern Illinois Salukis.
The Philadelphia Phillies selected him in the 25th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.{{cite web|url=http://www.kyforward.com/phillies-sign-former-marshall-county-pitcher-cody-forsythe-as-25th-round-mlb-draft-pick/ |title=Phillies sign former Marshall County pitcher Cody Forsythe as 25th-round MLB draft pick |publisher=KyForward.com |date= |accessdate=June 9, 2017}} He played for the Lakewood BlueClaws and Clearwater Threshers in 2014, and spent time with the same teams in 2015.
After the 2015 season, he played for the United States national baseball team in the 2015 WBSC Premier12.{{cite web|author=Todd Hefferman The Southern |url=http://thesouthern.com/sports/former-saluki-forsythe-picked-for-team-usa-select-team/article_cb988a9a-a4e5-5ea5-95ba-a2dc2a23bb95.amp.html |title=Former Saluki Forsythe picked for Team USA select team | Prep, College & Pro Sports |publisher=thesouthern.com |date=October 21, 2015 |accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
On April 2, 2016, the Phillies organization released Forsythe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/cody-forsythe-643309|title = Cody Forsythe Stats, Fantasy & News| website=MLB.com }}
In 2016, Forsythe signed with the Laredo Lemurs of the independent American Association, and was traded to the Sioux City Explorers.{{cite web|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/professional/minor/explorers/pitcher-wordekemper-returns-to-explorers/article_2ccd8d90-2dc7-5677-a8a4-28b21d02da6c.html |title=Pitcher Wordekemper returns to Explorers | Explorers baseball |publisher=siouxcityjournal.com |date=May 2, 2016 |accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
In 2017, he resigned with Sioux City.{{cite web |last=Pautsch |first=Brad |url=http://www.ktiv.com/story/34976071/2017/03/Wednesday/explorers-sign-two-left-handed-pitchers |title=Explorers sign two left-handed pitchers - KTIV News 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and Sports |publisher=Ktiv.com |date=March 22, 2017 |accessdate=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071916/http://www.ktiv.com/story/34976071/2017/03/Wednesday/explorers-sign-two-left-handed-pitchers |archive-date=January 21, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He was released on January 17, 2018.
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Category:Clearwater Threshers players
Category:Florida Complex League Phillies players
Category:Lakewood BlueClaws players
Category:Sioux City Explorers players
Category:Southern Illinois Salukis baseball players
Category:Baseball players from Paducah, Kentucky
Category:United States national baseball team players
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