Jackson Wolf
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1999)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Jackson Wolf
|image =
|team = San Diego Padres
|number =
|position = Pitcher
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|22}}
|birth_place = Gahanna, Ohio, U.S.
|bats = Left
|throws = Left
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = July 22
|debutyear = 2023
|debutteam = San Diego Padres
|statyear = 2023 season
|stat1label = Win–loss record
|stat1value = 1–0
|stat2label = Earned run average
|stat2value = 5.40
|stat3label = Strikeouts
|stat3value = 1
|teams =
- San Diego Padres ({{mlby|2023}})
}}
Jackson David Wolf (born April 22, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.
Amateur career
Wolf attended Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio, where he played baseball.{{cite web | url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/gahanna-news/2017/04/18/gahanna-lincoln-roundup-wolf-standing/21351167007/ | title=Gahanna Lincoln Roundup: Wolf standing tall among pitchers }} He went unselected in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at West Virginia University where he played college baseball.
During the summer of 2019, Wolf played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Cotuit Kettleers.{{cite web|url=http://baseball.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=1320168&seasonid=31871 |title=#49 Jackson Wolf |publisher=pointstreak.com |accessdate=September 6, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.kettleers.org/2019/06/sidebar-a-wolf-emerges-helps-cotuit-beat-harwich-7-5/ | title=Sidebar: A Wolf Emerges, Helps Cotuit Beat Harwich 7-5 - Cotuit Kettleers Baseball | date=June 16, 2019 }} As a senior at West Virginia in 2021, he started 14 games and went 6-5 with a 3.03 ERA and 104 strikeouts over 89 innings.{{cite web | url=https://www.wvnews.com/sports/wvu/jackson-wolf-living-a-life-long-dream/article_86901f2a-e996-11eb-a4a0-6b47ce53ca1a.html | title=Jackson Wolf living a life-long dream | date=July 19, 2021 }} Following the end of the season, he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round with the 129th overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web | url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/gahanna/2021/07/14/baseball-gahanna-lincoln-graduate-jackson-wolf-drafted-san-diego-padres/7972170002/ | title=Baseball: Gahanna Lincoln graduate Jackson Wolf drafted by San Diego Padres }}{{cite web | url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/padres-jackson-wolf-goes-to-san-diego-in-fourth-round/ | title=Padres' Jackson Wolf: Goes to San Diego in fourth round | date=July 12, 2021 }} He signed with the team for $300,000.{{cite web | url=https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/wolf-bergert-ink-deals-with-padres/ | title=Wolf, Bergert ink deals with Padres | date=July 21, 2021 }}
Professional career
=San Diego Padres=
Wolf split his first professional season in 2021 between the Arizona Complex League Padres and the Lake Elsinore Storm, posting a 3.00 ERA and 24 strikeouts over 15 innings.{{cite web | url=https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/Article/How-every-Mountaineer-in-professional-baseball-fared-this-season-173056021/ | title=How every Mountaineer in professional baseball fared this season }} He opened the 2022 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, starting 22 games and going 7-8 with a 4.01 ERA and 134 strikeouts over 119 innings.{{cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/player/jackson-wolf-680232 | title=Jackson Wolf Stats, Fantasy & News }} He was later promoted to the San Antonio Missions near the season's end with whom he made two starts.{{cite web | url=https://www.wane.com/sports/tincaps/tincaps-wolf-piles-up-10-strikeouts-in-loss-at-lake-county/ | title=TinCaps' Wolf piles up 10 strikeouts in loss at Lake County | date=August 13, 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/story/2022-04-17/padres-minor-league-report-jackson-wolf-robert-hassell-jorge-ona | title=Minors: Wolf strong for TinCaps; Hassell steals 3 bags; Oña homers | date=April 17, 2022 }}
He returned to San Antonio to begin the 2023 season.{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/where-padres-top-prospects-are-starting-2023-season | title=Where the Padres' Top 30 prospects are starting season | website=MLB.com }} In 17 starts, Wolf logged an 8–8 record and 3.39 ERA with 104 strikeouts in 85.0 innings of work. On July 22, 2023, Wolf was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.{{Cite web|title=Padres' Jackson Wolf: Called up for debut start|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/padres-jackson-wolf-called-up-for-debut-start/amp/|access-date=July 22, 2023|website=cbssports.com|language=en}} He started and won that day's game, pitching 5 innings and giving up 3 runs in a 14-3 Padres rout of the Detroit Tigers in Detroit. Despite his reasonably successful outing, Wolf was immediately sent back down to the minors the next day.
=Pittsburgh Pirates=
On August 1, 2023, the Padres traded Wolf, Alfonso Rivas, and Estuar Suero to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ji-man Choi and Rich Hill.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-padres-acquire-lefty-rich-hill-first-baseman-ji-man-choi-in-five-player-swap-with-pirates/|first=R. J.|last=Anderson|title=MLB trade deadline: Padres acquire lefty Rich Hill, first baseman Ji-Man Choi in five-player swap with Pirates|website=CBSSports.com|date=August 2023 }} He made 8 starts for the Double–A Altoona Curve, logging an 0–4 record and 4.25 ERA with 30 strikeouts across 36.0 innings pitched. Wolf was optioned to Double–A Altoona to begin the 2024 season.{{Cite web|title=Pirates' Jackson Wolf: Sent down to Double-A|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/pirates-jackson-wolf-sent-down-to-double-a/amp/|date=March 8, 2024|website=cbssports.com|language=en}} However, he was designated for assignment following multiple roster moves on March 28, 2024.{{Cite web|title=Pirates Designate Canaan Smith-Njigba, Jackson Wolf, Ali Sánchez For Assignment|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/03/pirates-designate-canaan-smith-njigba-jackson-wolf-ali-sanchez-for-assignment.html|access-date=March 28, 2024|website=mlbtraderumors.com|date=March 28, 2024 |language=en}}
=San Diego Padres (second stint)=
On April 2, 2024, Wolf was traded back to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Kervin Pichardo.{{Cite web|title=Padres Acquire Jackson Wolf From Pirates|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/padres-acquire-jackson-wolf-from-pirates.html|access-date=April 2, 2024|website=mlbtraderumors.com|date=April 2, 2024 |language=en}} In 23 games (18 starts) for the Triple–A El Paso Chihuahuas, he struggled to a 3–9 record and 7.21 ERA with 71 strikeouts across {{fraction|83|2|3}} innings pitched. On August 8, Wolf was designated for assignment by the Padres.{{Cite web|title=Padres Designate Jackson Wolf For Assignment|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/padres-designate-jackson-wolf-for-assignment.html|access-date=August 8, 2024|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}} He cleared waivers and was sent outright to El Paso on August 10.{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/transactions/2024/08/10 | title=Transactions | website=MLB.com }}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{baseballstats|mlb=680232|espn=5007623|br=w/wolfja01|fangraphs=29832|brm=wolf--002jac|retro=W/Pwolfj001}}
- [https://wvusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jackson-wolf/14408 West Virginia Mountaineers bio]
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Category:Altoona Curve players
Category:Arizona Complex League Padres players
Category:Baseball players from Ohio
Category:Cotuit Kettleers players
Category:El Paso Chihuahuas players
Category:Fort Wayne TinCaps players
Category:Lake Elsinore Storm players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:San Antonio Missions players