James Douglas Kaprielian is an American professional baseball pitcher currently playing for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.
He was born on March 2, 1994, and has the /kpr.i.n/ sound in his name (MLB). He received his education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he participated in collegiate baseball for the UCLA Bruins.
The New York Yankees selected him with the sixteenth overall choice in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.
California’s Arnold O. Beckman High School is where Kaprielian went to high school. He had a 33–3 record, a 0.96 ERA, and 250 strikeouts throughout the course of his career.
He was selected in the 40th round of the 2012 MLB draft by the Seattle Mariners. He turned on the opportunity to join the Seattle Mariners and instead enrolled at UCLA to play collegiate baseball for the Bruins.
Kaprielian participated in 34 games as a bullpen pitcher in 2013, with a 1.55 ERA and 53 strikeouts as a freshman in 2013.
A Cape Cod Baseball League all-star in 2013, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. In the second year of college, he was promoted to the starting line-up.
He made 15 starts and had a 7–6 record with a 2.29 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 108 innings pitched.
How Old Is James Kaprielian?
The birth took place at Laguna Hills, California, on March 2nd, 1994. The current age of James Kaprielian is 29 years old.