Dusten Knight #61

DUSTEN DEVOIL KNIGHT.. Wife, Taite... Selected by SF in the 28th round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of the University of Texas Pan-American...Attended Tahlequah High School and attended Connors State College for two years before transferring to UTPA in Edinburg, Texas for two years... Favorite players growing up were Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter, Ichiro, Greg Maddox, Jim Edmonds... Has always been able to do a backflip back to his wrestling days... In baseball, it started when Will Clark saw him doing it in the outfield in Richmond and told him he should do it after a save... Went unsigned in 2020 and was going to coach a 12U travel team before COVID had other plans...While off the field, likes to hike with his wife and two German shepherds.

2022

Spent four stints at the Major League level with Tampa Bay after signing an NRI, Minor League contract in the offseason…First stint came on April 13 with the final stint coming Sept. 21-22…Was selected and later designated three times by the Rays…Had six outings with the Rays, four of which covered at least 2.0 IP…At the ML level, lefties were 1-for-11 and batters were 3-for-20 (.150) with runners on... At Triple-A, lefties hit .129 (12-for-93) with 0 HR allowed… Had seven outings of at least 2.0 IP at AAA…Appeared in two games in the LIDOM (DR) after the season.

2021

Selected from Triple-A Norfolk on Aug. 4 and made his major league debut that night at NYY, allowing a two-run double to DJ LeMahieu in the 8th inning…totaled seven apps over three stints with the Orioles: Aug. 4-14, Sept. 1-5 and Sept. 17-18… made 35 apps for Norfolk, where his seven saves ranked ninth in Triple-A East and fifth among Orioles minor leaguers…made five apps for the Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League.

2020

Did not play during the regular season, because of the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Started the season with the Minnesota Twins Double-A affiliate Pensacola, making seven appearances for the Blue Wahoos...Was released on 5/3 and joined the Diablos Rojos of the Mexican League...Was released on 7/15 from the Rojos and joined the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Independent Atlantic League.