Jacob Bosiokovic #98

Played college baseball at The Ohio State University where he was a four-time OSU Scholar Athlete...Batted .268 with 16 HR and 94 RBI over 164 games for the Buckeyes over three years...Took a medical redshirt during his junior season in 2015 to have Tommy John surgery. Returned in 2016 to be named National Player of the Week in his first week of the season with a two-home run game including a two-run game-tying and three-run walk-off home run against Niagara...Played five games for Battle Creek (Mich.) of the Northwoods Summer League in 2014...Graduated from Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio. Named Ohio High School Division 1 Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. Batted .529 with eight home runs as a senior and .500 with 10 home runs and 22 stolen bases as a junior...Resides in Columbus, Ohio.

2021

Made 38 relief appearances between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA) striking out 82 batters over 56.2 innings, fanning 34% of all batters faced...Began the season at Springfield, previously never pitching above Low-A, where he made his pitching debut for the Rockies with Asheville in 2019...Ranked among Cardinals minor league leaders in games (38, 7th), wins (7, T-2nd), saves (7, T-2nd), opponent BA (.198, 8th) and strikeouts/9 IP (13.0, 5th)…Of his 38 appearances, 21 were four outs or more with 16 of 2.0 innings or more, and a season-high 3.0 innings twice vs. Wichita (5/8) and Frisco (7/14)…Struck out a season-high seven batters over 3.0 innings at Frisco (7/14)…Ran off a scoreless streak of 9.1 innings (7/21-8/17)…Locked down three save appearances in his three save opportunities upon his promotion to Memphis, in which he did not allow a baserunner.

2020

Selected by the Cardinals after he was left unprotected in the 2019 Minor League Rule 5 draft...Did not play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

2019

Was converted from a first baseman to a pitcher in 2019...Played in 245 games as a position player from 2016-19, appearing at first base (96), left field (48) and right field (27). Posted career marks of .239 with 23 HR and 98 RBI with 39 stolen bases.