Nathan Adcock

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Nathan Masler Adcock

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 190 lb.

High School North Hardin High School

Born February 25, 1988 in Elizabethtown, KY USA

Nathan Adcock made his minor league debut in 2006.

Adcock went 12-2 with 140 K as a high school senior. He was picked by the Seattle Mariners in the fifth round of the 2006 amateur draft. He was 0-2 with a 3.31 ERA that year for the AZL Mariners. In 2007, Adcock was 2-8 with a 3.70 ERA for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and 1-3 with a 8.84 ERA for the High Desert Mavericks. He came close to the Midwest League's top 10 in ERA but was backed by the worst club in the league (by record).

In 2008, Nathan was 2-5 with a 3.72 ERA for Wisconson, fanning 82 in 77 1/3 innings. He missed the last couple months of the year due to a right elbow strain. Baseball America rated him as having the best curveball of a Seattle farmhand. Adcock began 2009 with the High Desert Mavericks; in an extreme hitters' park, he was 5-7 with a 5.29 ERA after 19 games.

Adcock was then traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff Clement, Aaron Pribanic, Ronny Cedeno and Brett Lorin for Ian Snell and Jack Wilson.