According to the team on Tuesday, former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz, a first-round draft selection and a beloved teammate throughout his eight seasons in major league baseball, passed away at the age of 37.
His reason of death wasn’t revealed right away.
The left-handed pitcher was selected fourth overall by Baltimore in the June 2008 MLB Draft after winning the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year award while attending the University of San Diego.
The following spring, he began his eight-year MLB career with Baltimore after making the big club rather fast.
In 2010, he won a career-high 10 games in 32 starts, which was his best season as a starting pitcher. As a workhorse relief pitcher, Matusz achieved greater success later in his career. From 2013 to 2015, he made 186 appearances out of Baltimore’s bullpen.
When facing Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, the southpaw had an inexplicably dominant career. “Big Papi” only managed four hits, one walk, and no home runs in his thirty plate appearances against Matusz. He also struck out thirteen times.
The 2016 Chicago Cubs, who won the World Series that autumn for the first time since 1908, had Matusz throw in one game to round off his career.
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