Erick James Fedde, born February 25, 1993, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Major League Baseball Washington Nationals (MLB). He is 6 feet 3 inches tall. He attended UNLV during his collegiate baseball career.
The Nationals selected him in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. Fedde was regarded as a top prospect in the 2014 MLB draft, and the Nationals took him in the first round, 18th overall. On July 18, he agreed to terms with the Nationals for $2.51 million.
Fedde did not play at all in 2014 due to injury. He spent 2015 with both the Auburn Doubledays and the Hagerstown Suns, where he posted a combined 5–3 record and 3.38 ERA between the two clubs.
Fedde began the 2016 season with the Potomac Nationals and was promoted to the Harrisburg Senators in August. Fedde ended 2016 with an 8–5 record along with a 3.12 ERA.
In the 2019 season, Fedde continued his improvement, registering a 4.50 ERA with 41 strikeouts in a career-high 78.0 innings of work. In 2020, he was 2-4 with a 4.29 ERA.
He gave up a ball hit off of him with the highest exit velocity of all balls hit off of major league pitchers in the 2020 season, at 121.3 mph by Giancarlo Stanton.
There are no details about his marital status. He may be married or unmarried. There are also no rumors about his wife and girlfriend.