Knights Add Jake Otness
July 9, 2014 - West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release
The Corvallis Knights have signed right-hander Jake Otness, a rising senior at Pacific Lutheran University, to bolster their depleted pitching staff, general manager Bre Kerkvliet announced Wednesday.
The 6-foot-5, 180-pound Otness was 2-0, 3.74 in 17 games at PLU in 2014, with 23 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. He pitched briefly for the Knights as a 10-day signee in 2013.
Otness was 1-2, 8.04 in 18 games at PLU in 2013, with 26 strikeouts in 31.1 innings pitched. He was 3-3, 5.10 in 2012 as a freshman, with 29 strikeouts in 42.1 innings over 15 games.
He was first-team all-conference selection at Sam Barlow and played in the Nike All-State all-star game.
Otness replaces Knights' veteran Shawn Eberhardt on the roster. Eberhardt has been shut down for the summer to rest a tender elbow; he was 0-0, 3.60 in seven games, with 10 strikeouts in 10 innings.
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