Jake Reed (baseball)
Jacob Hubert Reed is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played college baseball for the Oregon Ducks.Career
Reed attended Helix High School in La Mesa, California, where he played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher and the American football team as a quarterback. For the baseball team as a sophomore, Reed had a 5-4 win–loss record with a 1.54 earned run average and 70 strikeouts in innings pitched, winning the Grossmont South League Pitcher of the Year. After graduating in 2011, the Chicago White Sox selected Reed in the 40th round, with the 1,221th overall selection, of the 2011 MLB Draft. He did not sign with the White Sox, opting instead to attend college.
Reed enrolled at the University of Oregon to play college baseball for the Oregon Ducks baseball team. As a freshman, Reed set a Ducks' record for innings pitched by a freshman in a season. In his junior year at Oregon, the Ducks transitioned Reed into a relief pitcher. Serving as the Ducks' closer, Reed had a 4-1 win–loss record, a 1.93 ERA, and 13 saves. He was named to the All-Pac-12 Conference's first team. The Minnesota Twins selected Reed in the fifth round, with the 140th overall selection, in the 2014 MLB Draft. He signed with the Twins, receiving a $350,000 signing bonus.
Reed began the 2014 season with the Elizabethton Twins of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, and was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A Midwest League during the season. He finished the 2014 season with a 3-0 win–loss record, an 0.30 ERA, seven saves, and 39 strikeouts to three walks and 11 hits allowed in 30 innings pitched between the two levels. After the 2014 regular season, the Twins assigned Reed to the Arizona Fall League. In week one of the AFL season, he was named the Pitcher of the Week.
The Twins assigned Reed to the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League to start the 2015 season, but he struggled, and was demoted to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He returned to the Arizona Fall League after the season. He has since returned to Chattanooga and pitched for the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League.
