Josh Dye

Dye signed with the Royals for $60,000, and made his professional debut with the rookie–level Burlington Royals before he was promoted to the High–A Wilmington Blue Rocks.^[6] Over 12 games (eight starts) between the two teams, he went 2–3 with a 4.20 ERA and 40 strikeouts over 40+2⁄3 innings. Dye split the 2019 season between the Single–A Lexington Legends and Wilmington and went 5–3 with a 2.15 ERA and 81 strikeouts over 62+2⁄3 innings pitched in relief.^[7] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] He split the 2021 season between the Double–A Northwest Arkansas Naturals and Triple–A Omaha Storm Chasers, making 40 relief appearances and compiling a 4–2 record, a 2.60 ERA, and 73 strikeouts over 65+2⁄3 innings between the two teams.^[9] He returned to Omaha for the 2022 season.^[10] Over 48 games (six starts), he went 5–3 with a 4.48 ERA and 58 strikeouts over 62+1⁄3 innings.^[11]

Dye began the 2023 season with Triple-A Omaha, and logged a 1.80 ERA across 3 relief appearances before he was released on May 2.^[12]

On May 11, 2023, Dye signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization and was assigned to the Triple-A Round Rock Express.^[13] In 7 appearances for Round Rock, he posted a 7.50 ERA with five strikeouts across 12 innings of work. Dye elected free agency following the season on November 6.^[14]

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Florida Gulf Coast bio