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Pat Light
Patrick James Light (born March 29, 1991) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.
Pat Light attended Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft, New Jersey, where he became one of the most dominant high school pitchers in the state. Over the course of his career at CBA, Light posted a perfect 20–0 record with a 1.52 earned run average (ERA), the best career mark in Shore Conference history.
As a senior in 2009, Light led CBA to the NJSIAA Non-Public A state championship, throwing a complete-game 4–1 victory in the title game against Don Bosco Preparatory High School. He also helped CBA win two Class A North division titles during his time there. Light earned two First Team All-Shore selections and was named Third Team All-State by The Star-Ledger in his senior season.
The Minnesota Twins selected Light in the 28th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted to attend Monmouth University, where he pitched from 2010 to 2012. He compiled a 14–14 record, 3.84 ERA, and 196 strikeouts across 39 appearances. He was ranked #53 on Baseball America’s preseason Top 100 list of 2012 draft prospects.
In summer 2010, Light was named an All-Star in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) while pitching for the Newport Gulls. In 2011, he played for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
The Boston Red Sox selected Light in the first round (37th overall) of the 2012 MLB draft. Light made his professional debut in 2012 with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners, where he posted a 0–2 record with a 2.37 ERA in 12 starts, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 27 hits and five walks, while striking out 30 in 30+1⁄3 innings of work. He then joined the Low A Greenville Drive in 2013, but suffered a partial tear in his right hamstring that was initially misdiagnosed before all-but-ending his season in early June. He returned in late August for a rehab assignment with the GCL Red Sox, where he pitched six innings of shutout ball in three appearances. Being limited to 28+1⁄3 innings at Greenville, he went 1–4 with 28 strikeouts and an ERA of 8.06.
Light returned to Greenville in 2014 and earned a promotion to the High-A Salem Red Sox during the midseason. He went 8–6 with a 4.83 ERA in 25 starts between Greenville and Salem, striking out 76 batters while walking 37 in 132+1⁄3 innings.
After making 49 starts over his first three seasons, Light was told he would be changing roles and throwing out of the bullpen when he reported to Double-A Portland Sea Dogs to open the 2015 season. With the Red Sox relief pitchers finishing last in fastball average velocity in 2014, and giving another hard-throwing prospect Matt Barnes a chance as a reliever, the organization decided to increase velocity out of the bullpen more than it had before.
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Pat Light
Patrick James Light (born March 29, 1991) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.
Pat Light attended Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft, New Jersey, where he became one of the most dominant high school pitchers in the state. Over the course of his career at CBA, Light posted a perfect 20–0 record with a 1.52 earned run average (ERA), the best career mark in Shore Conference history.
As a senior in 2009, Light led CBA to the NJSIAA Non-Public A state championship, throwing a complete-game 4–1 victory in the title game against Don Bosco Preparatory High School. He also helped CBA win two Class A North division titles during his time there. Light earned two First Team All-Shore selections and was named Third Team All-State by The Star-Ledger in his senior season.
The Minnesota Twins selected Light in the 28th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted to attend Monmouth University, where he pitched from 2010 to 2012. He compiled a 14–14 record, 3.84 ERA, and 196 strikeouts across 39 appearances. He was ranked #53 on Baseball America’s preseason Top 100 list of 2012 draft prospects.
In summer 2010, Light was named an All-Star in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) while pitching for the Newport Gulls. In 2011, he played for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
The Boston Red Sox selected Light in the first round (37th overall) of the 2012 MLB draft. Light made his professional debut in 2012 with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners, where he posted a 0–2 record with a 2.37 ERA in 12 starts, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 27 hits and five walks, while striking out 30 in 30+1⁄3 innings of work. He then joined the Low A Greenville Drive in 2013, but suffered a partial tear in his right hamstring that was initially misdiagnosed before all-but-ending his season in early June. He returned in late August for a rehab assignment with the GCL Red Sox, where he pitched six innings of shutout ball in three appearances. Being limited to 28+1⁄3 innings at Greenville, he went 1–4 with 28 strikeouts and an ERA of 8.06.
Light returned to Greenville in 2014 and earned a promotion to the High-A Salem Red Sox during the midseason. He went 8–6 with a 4.83 ERA in 25 starts between Greenville and Salem, striking out 76 batters while walking 37 in 132+1⁄3 innings.
After making 49 starts over his first three seasons, Light was told he would be changing roles and throwing out of the bullpen when he reported to Double-A Portland Sea Dogs to open the 2015 season. With the Red Sox relief pitchers finishing last in fastball average velocity in 2014, and giving another hard-throwing prospect Matt Barnes a chance as a reliever, the organization decided to increase velocity out of the bullpen more than it had before.