Blayne Enlow

Blayne Chanlar Enlow (born March 21, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

Blayne Enlow
Enlow with the Fort Myers Miracle in 2019
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1999-03-21) March 21, 1999 (age 26) Sorrento, Louisiana, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Amateur career

Enlow attended St. Amant High School in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.^[1] Before his sophomore year of high school, he broke an ankle and his pelvis in a car accident. He returned to play baseball in his junior year.^[2] During his senior year, he played for the USA Baseball 18-and-under team.^[3][4] He committed to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball for the LSU Tigers.^[5]

Professional career

Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins selected Enlow in the third round, with the 76th overall selection, of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.^[6][7][8] He signed with the Twins, receiving a $2 million signing bonus, and was assigned to the Gulf Coast Twins of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.^[9] He spent all of his first professional season with in the GCL, posting a 3–0 record with a 1.33 ERA in 20+1⁄3 innings.^[10] He spent 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Single–A Midwest League, going 3–5 with a 3.26 ERA over twenty games (17 starts).^[11][12]

Enlow returned to Cedar Rapids to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle of the High–A Florida State League in May.^[13][14] Over 21 games (twenty starts) between the two clubs, Enlow went 8–7 with a 3.82 ERA and 95 strikeouts over 110+2⁄3 innings.^[15] Enlow did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[16] He returned to action in 2021 with Cedar Rapids (now members of the High-A Central.^[17] He made three starts before it was announced he would be undergoing Tommy John surgery, thus ending his season.^[18]

On November 19, 2021, the Twins added Enlow to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.^[19] Enlow returned to action in 2022, spending the majority of the season with the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge. In 24 appearances for Wichita, he posted a 1–3 record and 4.40 ERA with 3 saves and 64 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched. On January 6, 2023, Enlow was designated for assignment by the Twins following the waiver claim of Oliver Ortega.^[20] On January 13, he was outrighted to Double-A Wichita.^[21] Enlow split the 2023 season between Wichita and the Triple–A St. Paul Saints. He appeared in a combined 26 games (22 starts) and posted a 5–6 record and 5.35 ERA with 109 strikeouts in 99+1⁄3 innings pitched. Enlow elected free agency following the season on November 6.^[22]

San Francisco Giants

On December 14, 2023, Enlow signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.^[23] Enlow made two starts for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, struggling to an 0-1 record and 8.22 ERA with seven strikeouts across 7+2⁄3 innings pitched. Shortly thereafter, he underwent Tommy John surgery for a second time, and missed the remainder of the season.^[24] Enlow elected free agency following the season on November 4, 2024.^[25]