Bryce Jarvis Is Following In His Father's Footsteps After Being Selected By Arizona In The 2020 MLB Draft
Kevin Jarvis was a pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1994-2006 after attending Wake Forest University
During his career in the right handed pitcher played for ten different organizations including Cincinnati , San Diego , Colorado , Arizona, Minnesota, Saint Louis, Boston , Oakland, Seattle and Detroit . “according to https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jarvike01.shtml
During his twelve seasons in Major League Baseball he had a record 34 wins and 49 losses with an earn run average of 6.03. “according to https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jarvike01.shtml
Recently Kevin Jarvis’s son was selected in the 2020 MLB Draft.
Who is he? His name is Bryce Jarvis and like his father Kevin he is a right -handed pitcher. Who was he drafted by? Arizona as the eighteenth pick in the draft.
How did Bryce Jarvis feel about being drafted by Arizona? “I was thrilled,” Jarvis said. “It’s been a day I’ve been looking forward to for a long time. It was awesome to be surrounded by friends and family and longtime supporters. It was definitely very validating. It’s still sinking in. It’ll take a couple of days, if not weeks, to fully grasp what happened tonight. I’m looking forward to the time it takes to set in. Like I said, it’s really special to be able to share it with my family.” “according to an article by Steve Gilbert on mlb.com.
During his three seasons at Duke he was Named to the 2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Made 25 appearances with five starts on the mound ... Posted a 5-1 record and 2.45 ERA ... Struck out 67 batters in 47.2 innings while issuing 22 walks ... Limited opposing hitters to a .142 batting average, the lowest of any Duke pitcher ... Earned wins against Presbyterian (March 27), Notre Dame (April 1), Virginia Tech (April 28), Georgia Tech (May 19) and Wake Forest (May 24) ... Made his collegiate debut February 25 versus Bucknell ... Made his first career start March 13 versus Yale, throwing three scoreless innings in a planned split ... Pitched three scoreless innings March 27 against Presbyterian for his first career win ... Tossed a scoreless inning of relief to record the win April 1 versus Notre Dame ... Retired all six batters he faced to earn his third win April 28 at Virginia Tech ... Pitched 2.2 innings in relief to pick up the win in the regular season finale at Georgia Tech ... Struck out six of the nine batters he faced in his fifth win of the season, Duke's 13-inning victory over Wake Forest May 24 in the ACC Tournament ... Struck out eight of the 12 batters he faced in four perfect innings of relief in Duke's NCAA Athens Regional victory over Troy June 3 ... Earned the start June 11 against Texas Tech in the Lubbock Super Regional, yielding on earned run in three innings ... Pitched for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod League over the summer.
Led the team in strikeouts with 94 on the season … closed out the season, averaging 11.18 strikeouts per nine innings, which ranked fifth in the ACC and eighth all-time in school history … tied for seventh in the league in strikeouts … named the Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Morgantown Regional, while also being selected to the All-Tournament Team … owned a team-low 0.60 ERA (1 ER/15.0 IP) across the 2019 NCAA Tournament … recorded nine strikeouts in game two against Lehigh (2/16), allowing only one hit and one unearned run across his 4.0 innings in his first start of the season … tossed 5.0 innings in his third start of the season against Penn State (3/2), allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk while recording eight strikeouts … worked 7.0 innings at Virginia, allowing only one unearned run to notch his second win of the season … picked up his first save of the season in game two against Pittsburgh (4/6), tossing the final inning, yielding one hit while striking out a pair … earned the win the series finale at Boston College (4/27), working 3.0 scoreless innings, scattering two hits and two walks while collecting a trio of punchouts … notched the win in the series finale against Georgia Tech (5/12), allowing four earned runs on five hits and three walks while recording five strikeouts … posted a standout performance in the Morgantown Regional against West Virginia (6/1), tossing a career-high 8.0 shutout innings, yielding six hits and one walk while striking out a career-high 11 batters to pick up the win and help Duke advance to the regional final … suffered the tough-luck loss against Vanderbilt (6/8) in the Nashville Super Regional, working 7.0 frames of one-run baseball, allowing five hits and four walk while recording nine punchouts.
Tabbed to the Collegiate Baseball All-American First Team, becoming the 13th All-American in program history … entered the season as the No. 49 junior on Perfect Game’s list of Top 100 juniors … earned Preseason All-America honors from both D1Baseball and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association … served as the team’s Friday night ace, being selected as the ACC Pitcher of the Week twice this season … ranked third in the nation in WHIP with a mark of 0.48 and eight in strikeout-to-walk ratio with a mark of 20.00 … led the ACC in walks allowed per nine innings (0.67), while ranking third in ERA (0.67) and fifth in hits allowed per nine innings (3.67) … notched three consecutive quality starts prior to season being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic … tossed the 31st perfect game in NCAA Division I history on Feb. 21 against Cornell, tallying a career-high 94 strikeouts on just 94 pitches of work … picked up his second win of the season in the opening game of the CambriaCollegeClassic against Purdue (2/28), tossing 7.0 innings of one-run baseball, allowing six hits while striking out 11 … allowed just one hit and one walk across his 7.0 shutout innings in the series opener against 11th-ranked Florida State (3/6) … carried a perfect game through 6.2 frames before allowing his first baserunner of the day, who reached on a strikeout wild pitch … the baserunner ended a span of 16.2 perfect innings at home for him.