Greeneville’s Wynne Fans 17, Tying Mark For Most In 2019

As a 26-year-old pitching in the Rookie-level Appalachian League, Greeneville’s Randy Wynne is a little more advanced than many of the batters he’s facing. In fact, no batter he faced on Tuesday night was older than 22. A couple were only 19.

But with that significant caveat, Wynne turned in one of the best pitched games we’ll see in the minors this year, striking out 17 as he one-hit Burlington for eight innings.

The Reds signed Wynne this season out of the independent Frontier League, where he had been pitching for Evansville. He’s had a long path to affiliated ball. After posting a 1.24 ERA for NAIA Missouri Baptist in 2015, Wynne spent two seasons in the independent United States Professional Baseball League before joining Evansville in 2018.

Wynne’s 17 strikeouts tied Phil Pfeifer’s mark for the most strikeouts by a minor league pitcher in 2019. Here’s a look at every pitcher to strike out 14 or more batters this season.

Strikeouts	Pitcher	Team	Opponent
17	Wynne, Randy	Greeneville	Burlington
17	Pfeifer, Phillip	Florida	Palm Beach
15	Garcia, Deivi	Trenton	Richmomd
15	Ashbeck, Elliott	Lake Elsinore	Rancho Cucamonga
14	Pivetta, Nick	Lehigh Valley	Buffalo
14	Anderson, Ian	Mississippi	Jacksonville
14	Crismatt, N	Arkansas	NW Arkansas
14	May, Dustin	Tulsa	Amarillo
14	Duran, Jhoan	Fort Myers	Daytona
14	Marquez, Brailyn	South Bend	Lake County