Jayvien Sandridge #70

Grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland, a two-minute drive from the Pennsylvania border. He went to Mercersburg Academy and solidified himself as a top-15 recruit in Maryland and the state’s No. 1 left-handed pitcher, according to Perfect Game... Originally committed to Virginia Commonwealth University, but after a batch of coaching changes he pivoted to UCF... Son of Juwuane Sandridge and Ashley Keefer...and has three siblings named Jayda, Paris, and Payton.

2023

Began the season with High-A Dayton (36 app., 3.81 ERA) before making his Double-A debut with Chattanooga (3 app., 2.25 ERA)... Tossed 2.0+ IP in 22 of the 39 outings, posting a 1.96 ERA (10 ER, 46.0 P) with a .152 opponents’ AVG when he tossed 2.0+ IP... Scored upon in eight of his first 10 outings from April 13-May 24 with a 5.74 ERA, including a 21-to-18 SO/BB ratio…went scoreless across his next five outings and 8.0 IP from May 28- June 14 to lower his season ERA to 3.80... Allowed 6 ER (10.13 ERA) across his next 4 outings from June 18-July 2 before allowing just one ER across his next 10 appearances from July 6-Aug. 10 (0.46 ERA)…posted a 6.97 ERA (8 ER, 10.1 IP) across his final sevem outings for Dayton before being promoted to Chattanooga on Sept. 5, where he was scoreless in two of his three Double-A outings... Had reverse splits with Dayton, limiting LHH to a .192 AVG while RHH batted .213... Between Dayton and Chattanooga, limited the opposition to a .189 AVG (14-for-74) with RISP... Following the season, he allowed one ER across six appearances (1.42 ERA) for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, striking out 13 of his 24 batters faced while walking just two.