Nick Mikolajchak #38

Full name NICHOLAS AUSTIN MIKOLAJCHAK...Played basketball and baseball at Klein Collins High School in Spring, Texas...Went 5-4 with a 3.90 ERA (28ER/64.2IP), 17 walks and 76 strikeouts in 23 appearances and seven starts in 2019 at Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas)...Matched single-season saves record for the Bearkats as a freshman in 2017 (13), earning two saves in the Lubbock Regional…Finished college career with 22 saves, second-most in school history... Named to SLC All-Academic Second Team in 2018...Pitched for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in summer of 2018, posting an ERA of 1.84 in 8 outings (14.2IP, 16H, 3ER, 20SO)...Favorite teams growing up: Houston Astros/Texans/Rockets... Favorite players growing up: Jeff Bagwell, Billy Wagner...Interests outside of baseball: hunting, basketball, tennis.

2022

Spent entire season at AAA Columbus, posting a 3.04 ERA in 50.1 innings and 47 games…Was third in the org. with 47 appearances and tied for sixth in saves...Allowed only three homers in 50.1IP... Posted a 1.64 ERA over his last 10 outings after Aug. 26 (2ER/11.0IP)…Did not allow an ER over his first nine outings, covering 10.2IP…Posted a monthly ERA of 2.35-or-lower in April, May, July and September…Allowed six ER over 2.0IP in back-to-back outings, June 23 and 26, at Omaha…Season ERA minus those outings was 2.05 (11ER/48.1IP)…Lefties hit .157 (11-for-70) on the year with one HR allowed).

2021

Spent entire season at AA Akron after opening the campaign at the Columbus Alternate Site...Did not allow a run over his first nine outings of the season (12.0IP, 18SO)...Season-high innings pitched came on June 9 at Altoona (3.0IP)... Recorded four-or-more outs in 12 of his 30 outings...For the year right-handed hitters hit .169 (13-for-77) off him...Recorded a strikeouts/9 IP mark of 12.9 and a walks/9 IP ratio of 2.0...Missed nearly all of July with a right shoulder strain (July 9-Aug. 5)...Tossed 2.0 IP scoreless innings in championship series vs. Bowie...Was a member of the Minor League Depth Camp in Spring Training, appearing in two Cactus League contests and multiple "B" games.