Shane Drohan #88

Single...Pitched at Florida State University from 2018-20…Finished the 2020 season as the No. 42 college draft prospect according to D1 Baseball...Was selected by Philadelphia in the 23rd round of the 2017 draft but did not sign...Pitched for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in 2019...Is a 2017 graduate of Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Fla...His father Bill pitched in the Royals system from 1987-90.

2023

Combined to go 10-7 with a 5.05 ERA (69 ER/123.0 IP), 129 strikeouts over 27 appearances (25 starts) with Class AA Portland and Class AAA Worcester...Began the season at Portland, where he went 5-0 with a 1.32 ERA (5 ER/34.0 IP), 36 strikeouts, a .161 (19-118) opponents average and just one home run allowed over six starts...Won his first five starts with the Sea Dogs from 4/7-5/4, recording a 0.62 ERA (2 ER/29.0 IP) with three scoreless outings...Was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for April and EL Pitcher of the Week for the period of 4/10-16...Was promoted to Worcester on 5/18, where he averaged 6.4 walks per 9.0 IP (63 BB/89.0 IP), up from 2.4 with Portland...Threw 6.0 scoreless IP in his third start on 5/30 at Louisville, allowing just one hit…Won back-to-back starts on 6/4 at Louisville (3 ER/5.0 IP) and 6/10 vs. Rochester (2 ER/5.2 IP)...Was named to the American League All-Star Futures Game roster but was replaced after suffering a calf cramp in his start on 6/25 vs. Lehigh Valley...Struck out a season-high 10 batters over 6.0 scoreless IP on 8/15 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…Earned his final win on 9/12 vs. Syracuse with 3.2 scoreless IP in relief.

2022

Was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star for the second straight season after combining to go 7-8 with a 3.89 ERA (56 ER/129.2 IP) and 157 strikeouts (10.9 per 9.0 IP) in 27 appearances (25 starts) between Class A Greenville and Portland...Led Red Sox Minor Leaguers in strikeouts and ranked among the organizational leaders in starts (T3rd), ERA (4th), IP (4th), opponents average (4th, .227) and WHIP (4th, 1.26)...Worked 5.0-plus IP in 20 of his 25 starts … limited right-handed batters to a .205/.279/.373 (71-346) slash line...Began the season with Greenville, where he averaged 11.6 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (136 SO/105.2 IP)...Allowed one unearned run with eight strikeouts over 6.0 IP in a ND on 4/21 vs. Winston-Salem … earned his first win of the season on 5/3 vs. Rome, giving up one run on three hits with nine strikeouts over 6.0 IP...Went 2-2 with a 1.88 ERA (6 ER/28.2 IP) in six starts from 5/26-6/24 … recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts over 5.2 IP on 6/7 vs. Asheville...Posted a 1.77 ERA (4 ER/20.1 IP) over his final four starts with Greenville before being promoted to Portland on 8/16...Lost his debut with the Sea Dogs on 8/20 at Reading (4 ER/5.0 IP) before posting a 2.37 ERA (5 ER/19.0 IP) over his final four starts of the season.

2021

Was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star after going 7-4 with a 3.96 ERA (39 ER/88.2 IP) and 86 strikeouts over 23 starts with Class A Salem...Went 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA (3 ER/16.0 IP) over his first four starts … made his pro debut on 5/8-2 at Delmarva, allowing one run with seven strikeouts over 3.0 IP … threw 5.0 scoreless IP on 5/14 vs. Lynchburg for his first win...Was named Carolina League Pitcher of the Week for the period of 7/26-8/1 after going 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA (1 ER/10.0 IP) in two starts...Struck out nine batters on 9/2 at Fredericksburg