Dylan Coleman #61

Graduated from Potosi (Mo.) High School, where he earned All-State honors as a senior in both baseball and basketball…Coleman, who is listed at 6-foot-5, scored more than 2,300 points on the basketball court, breaking a 45-year-old school record.

2024

Attended Major League Spring Training with Houston and pitched in five Grapefruit League games...Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on March 14...Was recalled on April 2 and made one appearance with Houston before being optioned on April 4...Was designated for assignment on Aug. 6 and released on Aug. 9...Went 2-0 with a 6.50 ERA (26 ER/36.0 IP) on 28 hits (two HR), 42 walks and five hit batters with 42 strikeouts in 36 relief appearances with Triple-A Sugar Land...Made his lone Major League appearance on April 3 vs. Toronto, completing one scoreless inning on one walk with one strikeout...Posted a 2-0 record with a 4.32 ERA (eight ER/16.2 IP) in 16 home games with Triple-A Sugar Land compared to a 8.38 ERA (18 ER/19.1 IP) in 20 away games...Also held opposing hitters to a .127 batting average (7-for-55) at home compared to a .292 (21-for-72) line on the road.

2023

Pitched in 23 games for the Royals across two stints, from Opening Day-April 13 and July 5-Aug. 22, and had career-high 8.84 ERA (18.1IP/18ER) with 21 strikeouts but also 19 walks and a .261/.438/.435 slash line (18x69, .872 OPS)…Broke camp with the club for the second straight season and remained in the bullpen through April 12, but was optioned after allowing six runs and recording just two outs on April 10 at TEX...Made his first Major League start as the opener on Aug. 11 vs. STL, and pitched a scoreless first inning despite three walks and a hit batter...Made 32 appearances in Triple-A, where he went 1-5 with two saves, a 4.70 ERA (16ER/30.2IP), 48 strikeouts and 32 walks.

2022

Coleman made 68 of his 69 appearances in 2022 with the Royals, falling one game shy of Scott Barlow for the team lead in appearances...His 68 appearances ranked second among rookie relievers to Oakland’s Domingo Acevedo (70) and Coleman’s 68.0 innings trailed only Texas’ Brock Burke (82.1 IP)…he also finished eighth among rookie relievers in ERA (2.78) and ninth in strikeouts (71)...On July 7 in Houston, he struck out Yordan Alvarez on a 100.1 mph fastball with two on in the seventh and escaped the frame without allowing a run...Had a stretch of 32 appearances from July 6-Sept. 25 in which he pitched to a 1.36 ERA (5 ER in 33.0 IP)...Finished the season with a career-best 26.0-inning homerless streak dating back to the last HR he allowed on July 1 at Yankee Stadium to Anthony Rizzo. 

2021

Spent most of the season at Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha, where he combined to go 5-1 with seven saves, a 3.28 ERA (21 ER in 57.2 IP), .186 opponent’s average and 93 strikeouts (14.5 K/9) in 45 appearances...His 14.5 K/9 ranked second among Royals minor leaguers (min. 50.0 IP) behind Will Klein (15.5 K/9)...Was selected on Sept. 20 and pitched in five of the Royals’ last 11 games, recording a 1.42 ERA (1 ER in 6.1 IP) and .208 opponent’s average (5-for-24)...He made his big league debut on Sept. 21 in Cleveland, firing a scoreless seventh inning and touching 100.6 mph with his fastball...he averaged 98.2 mph over his 66 fastballs in the Majors, which was the highest average velocity by a Royal in 2021 (min. 50 fastballs)...Stranded all four runners that he inherited, including getting out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in Detroit on Sept. 25, registering two strikeouts...Recorded 2.0 innings with one hit allowed in the season finale vs. Minnesota, setting career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts (3).

2020

Acquired as the PTBNL with Edward Olivares from San Diego for Trevor Rosenthal...the trade was announced on Aug. 29 and completed on Nov. 5.

2019

Recorded a 3.18 ERA (12 ER in 34.0 IP) in 27 appearances across three levels in his first full season.