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Erik Swanson
Erik Donald Swanson (born September 4, 1993) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays.
Swanson attended Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 2012. Swanson attended Wabash Valley College for one year and then Iowa Western Community College for a year, playing college baseball at both schools and winning the JUCO World Series in 2014 with Iowa Western.
The Texas Rangers drafted Swanson in the eighth round, with the 246th overall selection, of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Swanson made his professional debut in 2014 with the Low-A Spokane Indians and he spent the whole season there, pitching to a 1–2 win–loss record with a 4.63 earned run average (ERA) with 24 strikeouts in 23+1⁄3 innings pitched out of the bullpen. He split the 2015 season between the rookie-level Arizona League Rangers, Single-A Hickory Crawdads, Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, and Triple-A Round Rock Express, compiling a combined 1–0 record and 2.35 ERA with strikeouts over 15+1⁄3 innings of work. Swanson returned to Hickory to begin the 2016 season.
On August 1, 2016, Swanson was traded with Dillon Tate and Nick Green to the New York Yankees in exchange for Carlos Beltrán. He finished the year with the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs. In 24 appearances (17 starts) between the two minor league teams, Swanson was 6–5 with a 3.46 ERA with 93 strikeouts across 96+1⁄3 innings pitched.
Swanson spent 2017 with the High-A Tampa Yankees, where he logged a 7–3 record and 3.95 ERA with 84 strikeouts over 20 starts. He started the 2018 season with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, and rehabbed with the Low-A Staten Island Yankees during the year, before later being promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in May. In 24 games (22 starts) with the three affiliates, Swanson went 8–2 with a 2.66 ERA and 1.00 WHIP with 139 strikeouts across 121+2⁄3 innings pitched.
On November 19, 2018, the Yankees traded Swanson, Justus Sheffield, and Dom Thompson-Williams to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for James Paxton. The Mariners added him to their 40-man roster the next day. Swanson opened the 2019 season with the Tacoma Rainiers, with whom he recorded an 0–1 record and 5.55 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 24+1⁄3 innings.
The Mariners promoted Swanson to the major leagues for the first time on April 9, 2019. He made his major league debut on April 11. Swanson made 27 appearances (eight starts) for Seattle during his rookie campaign, logging a 1-5 record and 5.74 ERA with 52 strikeouts and two saves over 58 innings of work.
Swanson made nine appearances for the Mariners during the truncated 2020 season, but struggled to an 0-2 record and 12.91 ERA with nine strikeouts across 7+2⁄3 innings pitched. He pitched in 33 contests for Seattle in 2021, compiling an 0-3 record and 3.31 ERA with 35 strikeouts and one save across 53+2⁄3 innings of work.
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Erik Swanson
Erik Donald Swanson (born September 4, 1993) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays.
Swanson attended Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated in 2012. Swanson attended Wabash Valley College for one year and then Iowa Western Community College for a year, playing college baseball at both schools and winning the JUCO World Series in 2014 with Iowa Western.
The Texas Rangers drafted Swanson in the eighth round, with the 246th overall selection, of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Swanson made his professional debut in 2014 with the Low-A Spokane Indians and he spent the whole season there, pitching to a 1–2 win–loss record with a 4.63 earned run average (ERA) with 24 strikeouts in 23+1⁄3 innings pitched out of the bullpen. He split the 2015 season between the rookie-level Arizona League Rangers, Single-A Hickory Crawdads, Double-A Frisco RoughRiders, and Triple-A Round Rock Express, compiling a combined 1–0 record and 2.35 ERA with strikeouts over 15+1⁄3 innings of work. Swanson returned to Hickory to begin the 2016 season.
On August 1, 2016, Swanson was traded with Dillon Tate and Nick Green to the New York Yankees in exchange for Carlos Beltrán. He finished the year with the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs. In 24 appearances (17 starts) between the two minor league teams, Swanson was 6–5 with a 3.46 ERA with 93 strikeouts across 96+1⁄3 innings pitched.
Swanson spent 2017 with the High-A Tampa Yankees, where he logged a 7–3 record and 3.95 ERA with 84 strikeouts over 20 starts. He started the 2018 season with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, and rehabbed with the Low-A Staten Island Yankees during the year, before later being promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in May. In 24 games (22 starts) with the three affiliates, Swanson went 8–2 with a 2.66 ERA and 1.00 WHIP with 139 strikeouts across 121+2⁄3 innings pitched.
On November 19, 2018, the Yankees traded Swanson, Justus Sheffield, and Dom Thompson-Williams to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for James Paxton. The Mariners added him to their 40-man roster the next day. Swanson opened the 2019 season with the Tacoma Rainiers, with whom he recorded an 0–1 record and 5.55 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 24+1⁄3 innings.
The Mariners promoted Swanson to the major leagues for the first time on April 9, 2019. He made his major league debut on April 11. Swanson made 27 appearances (eight starts) for Seattle during his rookie campaign, logging a 1-5 record and 5.74 ERA with 52 strikeouts and two saves over 58 innings of work.
Swanson made nine appearances for the Mariners during the truncated 2020 season, but struggled to an 0-2 record and 12.91 ERA with nine strikeouts across 7+2⁄3 innings pitched. He pitched in 33 contests for Seattle in 2021, compiling an 0-3 record and 3.31 ERA with 35 strikeouts and one save across 53+2⁄3 innings of work.