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AJ Blubaugh
American baseball player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Joseph Blubaugh (born July 4, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
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Amateur career
Blubaugh attended Clear Fork High School in Bellville, Ohio, and played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.[1][2] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[3]
Professional career
Blubaugh was drafted by the Houston Astros in the seventh round, with the 223rd overall selection, of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[4]
Blubaugh spent his first professional season with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Astros and Single-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers. He started 2023 with the High-A Asheville Tourists before his promotion to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. After the season, Blubaugh pitched in the Arizona Fall League.[5] He split the 2024 season between Corpus Christi and the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys, accumulating a combined 12-4 record and 3.71 ERA with 133 strikeouts across 128+2⁄3 innings pitched.[6]
On April 30, 2025, Blubaugh was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[7] He made his Major League debut that day against the Detroit Tigers. Blubaugh pitched four innings, allowing five hits and two runs while walking a batter, and struck out six batters in his debut.[8]
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