Matt Albers

Matthew James Albers is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. In 2001, Albers graduated William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas. That year, in the 2001 MLB Draft, the Astros took him in the 23rd round. Albers worked his way up through the minor leagues and started 2006 at Double-A Corpus Christi, where he went 10–2 with an 2.17 ERA. Albers is mainly a sinkerball pitcher, throwing it in the 93-96 mph range. He complements the sinker with a hard slider and occasional curveball. In late July of that year, the Astros called... him up to the Major Leagues. Albers pitched a few games in relief, then made his first Major League start against the San Diego Padres on August 3, 2006. When Albers was sent back down shortly after the San Diego start, it was to AAA Round Rock. Albers returned to the Majors when rosters expanded on September 1. In 2006, Albers was named Texas League Pitcher of the Year. Albers got his first Major League win on May 5, 2007 against the Cardinals when he pitched seven and a third innings without giving up a run. After being a starting pitcher for two years.
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