Carter Bach

Height:
6-7
Weight:
230
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Clifton, Va.
High School:
Centreville HS

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays with the No. 1028 overall selection in the 34th round of the 2019 MLB Draft.

Career Summary
Pitched at Wake Forest for three seasons before signing with the Tampa Bay Rays after being drafted in the 34th round his junior season ... Finished his career with a 3-3 record and 6.75 ERA in 61.1 innings ... Made 53 appearances and nine starts ... Allowed less than a hit per inning, surrendering 59 total for an opponent average of .267 ... Also struck out 68 batters, more than one per inning.

2019 (Junior)
Recorded a 1-0 record and 4.70 ERA in 23 appearances, making one start ... Struck out 21 batters in 15.1 innings ... Served as a lefty specialist for much of the season as lefties hit just .130 against him ... His lone win came against No. 22 Florida State (May 21) in ACC Championship pool play ... Conceded just one run over his final 10 outings, lowering his ERA by more than a run ... Struck out a season-high five batters in 2.2 shutout innings against the Seminoles in the regular season (Apr. 27).

2018 (Sophomore)
Pitched in 12 games and made eight starts, finishing with an 0-3 record and 10.46 ERA ... Struck out more than a batter per inning, fanning 28 in 26.2 frames ... Struggled with control at times, walking 27 and hitting five batters ... Started the year strong, tossing 5.0 one-hit innings against Navy (Feb. 17), allowing just one run ... Followed that up with with a career-high seven strikeouts in 5.1 innings at Santa Clara (Feb. 24), allowing three runs on three hits ... Tossed 2.0 shutout frames with four strikeouts at High Point (May 1) .. .Won two summer league titles, first with the Bethesda Big Train, before joining the Wareham Gatemen on the Cape for their playoff run.

2017 (Freshman)
Made 18 appearances out of the bullpen, finishing the season with a 2-0 record and 3.26 ERA ... Struck out 19 batters in 19.1 innings and allowed opponents to hit just .219 against him ... Earned wins in back-to-back outings at Coastal Carolina (March 8) and High Point (March 14) ... Fanned three batters in an outing three different times: vs. Davidson (Feb. 28), at High Point (March 14) and vs. Elon (Apr. 4) ... Had a 3.00 ERA over four outings in ACC play, including scoreless efforts against Georgia Tech (March 25), Notre Dame (Apr. 15) and Pittsburgh (May 20) ... Played summer ball with the Harrisonburg Turks.

High School
Rated as a top-500 prospect by Perfect Game, as well as the No. 96 left-handed pitcher nationally and the No. 25 prospect in Virginia ... Earned 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American honors ... Picked as the No. 67 prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report ... Was named first team all-region and the pitcher of the year in 2016, and first team all-district as a DH in 2015 ... Earned three varsity letters in baseball and four in golf.

Background
Born on Feb. 14, 1998 ... Son of Preston and Kathleen Bach ... Oldest brother, Connor, was a four-year letterwinner at VMI and went on to play in the Nationals and Marlins systems for three years ... Other brother, Carson, is finishing up his collegiate baseball career at Tennessee Wesleyan ... Considering a major in communications or computer science.