How Old Is Packy Naughton?
Packy Naughton was born on April 16, 1996. He is 25 years old
Patrick Joseph Naughton is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the United States. He previously played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in Major League Baseball.
Naughton graduated in 2014 from Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts. Tommy John surgery was performed on him during his junior year.
He was not selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft out of high school, so he enrolled at Virginia Tech and played collegiate baseball there.
Naughton went 2–1 with a 4.91 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 44 innings as a freshman at Virginia Tech in 2015.
He pitched in 15 games (14 starts) as a sophomore in 2016, posting a 3–7 record and a 6.75 ERA. He was selected as a league all-star while playing for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod Baseball League that summer.
He finished 2–6 with a 6.24 ERA in 17 games (seven starts) as a junior at Virginia Tech in 2017, striking out 63 batters in 57+23 innings.
He was drafted in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds after his junior year.
Naughton was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals on March 21, 2022, and was added to the team’s 40-man roster.
To begin the 2022 season, he was sent to the Triple-A International League’s Memphis Redbirds.