Landen Brice Roupp (born September 10, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
| Landen Roupp | |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants – No. 65 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 10, 1998 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| March 29, 2024, for the San Francisco Giants | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 1–2 |
| Earned run average | 3.58 |
| Strikeouts | 47 |
| Teams | |
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Amateur career
editRoupp was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina,[1] and attended Faith Christian School in Rocky Mount, and played four seasons of college baseball at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2][3] As a redshirt junior at UNCW in 2021, he started 15 games and went 8–5 with a 2.58 ERA and 118 strikeouts over 101 innings and was named the Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year.[4] After the season, he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[5]
Professional career
editRoupp signed with the Giants and made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Giants and was promoted to the San Jose Giants at the season's end. He pitched a total of eight innings between both teams.[6] He opened the 2022 season with San Jose as a reliever before moving into the starting rotation and was promoted to the Eugene Emeralds and Richmond Flying Squirrels during the season.[7] Over 26 games (14 starts) between the three teams, Roupp went 10–3 with a 2.60 ERA and 152 strikeouts over 107+1⁄3 innings.[8] Roupp returned to Richmond to open the 2023 season, but made only ten starts and pitched only 31 innings, compiling a 1.74 ERA.[9]
On March 28, 2024, Roupp had his contract selected after making San Francisco's Opening Day roster.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Landen Roupp Stats, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com.
- ^ "Landen Roupp - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "UNCW Ace Landen Roupp Bolstered by Consistency Behind the Plate – FloBaseball". April 22, 2021.
- ^ "Giants Draft Recap: Huge run on pitchers early, but approach evens out on Day 3 | KNBR".
- ^ "Rocky Mount natives Roupp, Johnston drafted by MLB teams". July 14, 2021.
- ^ Lockard, Melissa (April 6, 2022). "San Francisco Giants 2022 minor-league preview". The Athletic. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Giants' Landen Roupp: Jumps to Double-A". August 18, 2022.
- ^ "Landen Roupp Stats, Fantasy & News".
- ^ "Giants' Landen Roupp: Shelved at Double-A". July 18, 2023.
- ^ "Giants Option Marco Luciano, Select Nick Ahmed, Release Pablo Sandoval". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- UNC Wilmington Seahawks bio