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Logan Keith Gilbert (born May 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.
Amateur career
Gilbert attended Wekiva High School in Apopka, Florida. He was not drafted out of high school and enrolled at Stetson University to play baseball for the Stetson Hatters.
As a freshman in 2016, Gilbert appeared in 21 games with five starts, going 2–1 with a 2.74 earned run average (ERA) and 43 strikeouts in 49 innings. After his freshman season, he pitched for the Bethesda Big Train in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League, posting a 1.70 ERA with 28 strikeouts over 26+1⁄3 innings. As a sophomore in 2017, he appeared in 15 games with 12 starts, and went 10–0 with a 2.02 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 89 innings and was named the ASUN Conference Pitcher of the Year. After the 2017 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star. As a junior in 2018, he pitched to an 11–2 record and a 2.72 ERA over 16 starts and was again named the ASUN Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Professional career
Gilbert was considered one of the top 20 prospects for the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He was selected 14th overall by the Seattle Mariners. He signed for $3.88 million on June 16. He was shut down for the remainder of 2018 after contracting mononucleosis.
Gilbert made his minor league debut as the 2019 Opening Day starter of the West Virginia Power. After five starts with a 1–0 record and 1.59 ERA , he was promoted to the High-A Modesto Nuts. In 12 starts with Modesto, he went 5–3 with a 1.73 ERA, striking out 73 batters over 62+1⁄3 innings. He was promoted to the Double-A Arkansas Travelers in July. Over nine starts with Arkansas, he pitched to a 4–2 record with a 2.88 ERA.
Gilbert did not play in an official game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He did pitch in an intrasquad exhibition game in Seattle in July, before the start of the MLB season. He was also on the Mariners' initial 60-man roster but stayed in the alternate training site in Tacoma.
Gilbert started 2021 with the Tacoma Rainiers, earning a win in his only Triple-A game. On May 13, Gilbert was promoted to the major leagues and made his debut as the Mariners starting pitcher against the Cleveland Indians. He took the loss, allowing four runs in four innings. On June 6, he earned his first career win, striking out seven Los Angeles Angels batters and allowing one run in five innings.
In 2022, Gilbert was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for April, in which he went 3–0 with 22 strikeouts in 20 innings. On September 30, Gilbert allowed one run in eight innings against the Oakland Athletics. His performance helped the Mariners clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2001. Gilbert started the first game of the AL Division Series, allowing three runs in 5+1⁄3 innings. In his first full MLB season, Gilbert posted a 13–6 record with a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts covering 185+2⁄3 innings. He gave up the third-highest percentage of line drives in the majors (28.9%), and balls hit against him had the second-highest average exit velocity (91 mph) among all pitchers.
In 2023, Gilbert posted a 13–7 record with a 3.73 ERA and 189 strikeouts in 190+2⁄3 innings. His 5.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranked third in the American League, trailing his teammate George Kirby. Gilbert pitched his first career shutout on July 4, striking out 7 San Francisco Giants and allowing 5 hits. That game and a subsequent win over the Houston Astros earned him the AL Pitcher of the Week award. He struck out a career-high 12 batters in a 2–0 win over the San Diego Padres on August 8.
Gilbert continued to improve in 2024 and was selected for the All-Star Game. He was replaced on the All-Star Game roster by Mariners reliever Andrés Muñoz, however, as Gilbert was scheduled to start two days before the game and therefore unavailable to pitch. On September 8, he pitched his second career complete game, going only 8 innings in a 2–0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Gilbert proved durable and efficient in 2024, leading the majors with 208+2⁄3 innings pitched and 0.887 walks and hits per inning pitched. His 220 strikeouts ranked 6th, just 8 fewer than the MLB lead. He had a 9–12 record with a 3.23 ERA.
Personal life
Gilbert is a Christian. He married Aviles Gilbert on November 12, 2022.
References
External links
Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Stetson Hatters bio
Logan Gilbert on Twitter
Logan Gilbert on Instagram
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