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Cubs Name Luis Devers Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May

Published on June 6, 2022 under Carolina League (CarL)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans News Release


The Chicago Cubs today named Single-A Myrtle Beach right-handed pitcher Luis Devers the club's minor league pitcher of the month.

Devers, 22, went 4-1 with a 1.48 ERA (4 ER/24.1 IP), 28 strikeouts and a 0.90 WHIP, while holding opponents to a .176 average (15-for-85) in five starts in May for Myrtle Beach. The righthander allowed three-or-fewer runs in all five starts during the month, two-or-fewer runs in four and finished the month with 15.0-straight scoreless innings in his last three starts. Devers posted a season high-tying seven strikeouts twice, May 8 at Salem and May 25 at Augusta.

The six-foot, three-inch Devers owns a career 13-17 record with a 2.80 ERA (68 ER/218.1 IP) with 213 strikeouts in 53 minor league games (48 starts) in parts of five professional seasons, all with the Cubs organization. In 2021, he ranked among the Arizona Complex League leaders in ERA (2nd, 3.33), WHIP (2nd, 1.21), BAA (3rd, .245), starts (4th, 11) and innings pitched (6th, 51.1). The Samaná, D.R., native signed with the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent, July 20, 2017.

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