Jason Bilous
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| Jason Bilous | |
|---|---|
| Free agent | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 11, 1997 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Jason Peter Bilous (born August 11, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Bilous attended Caravel Academy in Bear, Delaware.[1] As a junior in 2014, he went 11–1 with 84 strikeouts over 61+2⁄3 innings alongside batting .483.[2] He underwent Tommy John surgery during the fall of his senior year, and did not play a game that season.[3] He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 29th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at Coastal Carolina University where he played college baseball.[4]
In 2016, as a freshman at Coastal Carolina, Bilous pitched 44+2⁄3 innings, going 3–1 with a 4.43 ERA and 47 strikeouts as Coastal Carolina won the 2016 College World Series.[5] As a sophomore in 2017, he appeared in 13 games (ten starts) in which he went 3–2 with a 4.61 ERA and sixty strikeouts over 52+2⁄3 innings.[6] In 2016 and 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[7] In 2018, his junior year, he started 16 games and pitched to a 7–3 record and 4.00 ERA, striking out 105 over 83+1⁄3 innings.[8] Following the season's end, he was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[9][10]