Sean Sullivan #79

Sean William Sullivan...Is a 2018 graduate of Chaminade College (Calif.) Preparatory, where he was a four-year letter winner and went 9-3 with a 1.52 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 52.0innings as a senior....Pitched in the quarterfinals and finals of the USA Baseball National High School Invitational in Cary, N.C., in 2016....Went 4-5 with a 3.68 ERA (78.1ip/32er) and 75 strikeouts in 15 starts as a junior in 2021 at the University of California....Was a 2021 All-Pac 12 honorable mention....Posted a 2.08 ERA with 48 strikeouts in 43.1 innings for the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2019; also posted a 2-0 record in the Cape Cod League playoffs....Was rated as the 138th-best player by Baseball America and 212th by MLB Pipeline in the 2021 draft....Signed by Pirates scout Mike Sansoe.

2023

Spent the entire season with Double-A Altoona, where he finished with the fourth-lowest ERA (3.88) among Pirates Minor Leaguers with at least 90.0 innings pitched...Ranked sixth in the Eastern League in ERA, eighth in batting average against (.245), 12th in innings pitched (113.2) and sixth in WHIP (1.27)… Allowed two runs or fewer in 13 of his 21 starts…Made his Double-A debut on 4/15 at Erie, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings before hitting his pitch limit…Tossed 14.1 scoreless innings to begin his Double-A career, the longest by a Curve pitcher since Roansy Contreras threw 18.2 innings to start the 2021 season…Was placed on the seven-day injured list on 6/9 (retro to 6/8) with a calf injury (was activated o 6/16)… Made his first appearance after the All-Star break in a 1.0 inning relief appearance on 7/18 vs. Reading…Tossed his first career complete game of his professional career in a 7.0 inning game against Erie on 8/9 in the first game of a doubleheader (was the first complete game by a Curve pitcher since Trey McGough in 2021 and first 7.0 inning complete game since Domingo Robles in 2019…Went 6-0 with a 2.82 ERA in his final eight games (six starts).