Dillon Michael Tate is a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball in the United States. He went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, and played baseball there.
Tate was picked in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers and traded to the New York Yankees during the 2016 season.
He was acquired by the Orioles immediately before the 2018 trade deadline. He made his Major League Baseball debut in 2019.
Tate’s final destination during his high school years was Claremont High School in Claremont, California.
He made the school’s baseball team as a freshman, but he didn’t get any playing time. He then started training at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California.
Who Drafted Dillon Tate?
One of the top prospects in the 2015 MLB draft, Tate was drafted fourth overall by the Texas Rangers. On June 12, he signed with the Rangers and received a $4.2 million signing bonus.
Tate made his professional debut with the Spokane Indians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League[14 before being promoted to the Class A South Atlantic League’s Hickory Crawdads in 2016.
He was out with a strained hamstring for a while. Tate threw 65 innings for Hickory, allowing 55 strikeouts and 27 walks with a 5.12 ERA.
During his stint with Hickory, his fastball velocity dropped from 92 to 98 miles per hour (148–158 km/h) to 90–93 miles per hour (145–150 km/h).
When Was Dillon Tate Drafted?
Dillon was drafted On June 12, 2015.