Riley Quick

Riley Wayne Quick (born April 29, 2004) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Riley Quick
Alabama Crimson Tide – No. 4
Pitcher
Born: (2004-04-29) April 29, 2004 (age 21) Trussville, Alabama, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

Quick attended Hewitt-Trussville High School in Trussville, Alabama, where he played football and baseball.^[1] As a senior in 2022, he went 13-1 with a 0.92 ERA and 130 strikeouts over 83+2⁄3 innings and was named Alabama Mr. Baseball.^[2] After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Alabama to play college baseball, declining offers from Auburn University and Mississippi State University to play football.^[3]

As a freshman at Alabama in 2023, Quick made 16 relief appearances and went 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA. In 2024, Quick started and pitched three innings in his season debut before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery.^[4] Quick returned to play in 2025 and began the season in Alabama's starting rotation on an innings limit.^[5] Over 14 starts, he went 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA and seventy strikeouts over 62 innings.^[6]

Quick was selected by the Minnesota Twins with the 36th overall pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]