JOE PARSONS
RIGHT HANDED PITCHER
Born: May 29, 1989
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 201
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Signed as free agent, 2011
How Acquired: Non-drafted free agent
College: Virginia Tech
Agent:  N/A

WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
The Pirates signed Parsons near the beginning of the GCL season in 2011 after he went undrafted out of Virginia Tech.  He started his collegiate career at the University of Hawaii, but pitched only a third of an inning as a freshman.  He transferred to Cuesta College, a community college in California, and was Western State Conference Pitcher of the Year, then went to Virginia Tech.  He pitched sparingly as a junior and began his senior season as a mid-week starter, but ended up as the team’s ace.  He’s not a big guy but his fastball gets into the low 90s, although it sits lower than that.

2011
R:  1-3-2, 5.33 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 25.1 IP, 2.8 BB/9, 6.8 K/9 

Pitched out of the bullpen in the GCL, where the younger hitters batted .294 against him.

Parsons figures to be an organizational pitcher and typically would move up to State College or West Virginia, but he wasn’t very effective in the GCL.
STATS
Baseball Reference–Minors
Fangraphs
MiLB.com
College
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
HR
BB
K
WHIP
OAVG
ERA
2008 NCAA 0-0-0 1 0 0.1 3 0 3 0 18.02 1.000 108.00
2009 NJCAA 9-1-1 18 15 107.2 105 6 37 84 1.32 3.43
2010 NCAA 1-0-0 6 1 5.1 6 1 5 4 2.06 .316 10.13
2011 NCAA 7-3-1 15 13 81.0 82 3 29 54 1.37 .263 3.21
CONTRACT INFORMATION
2012: Minor league salary.
PLAYER INFORMATION
Signing Bonus: N/A.
MiLB Debut: 2011
MLB Debut:
MiLB FA Eligible: 2017.
MLB FA Eligible:
Rule 5 Eligible: 2014.
Added to 40-Man:
Options Remaining: 3
MLB Service Time: 0.000
TRANSACTIONS
June 17, 2011: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a non-drafted free agent.
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