Ben Casparius

Benjamin Keith Casparius

• Bats Right, ThrowsRight
• Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.
• School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Connecticut
• High School Staples High School
• Debut August 31, 2024

• Born February 11, 1999 in Westport, CT USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Ben Casparius was a winner in his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 31, 2024. He pitched a scoreless 8th inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks with the score tied at 6 and inherited the win when the Dodgers scored twice in the top of the 9th. Evan Phillips then came in to record the save.

Casparius was drafted by the Dodgers ut of the University of Connecticut in the 5th round of the 2021 amateur draft. That seems pretty straightforward for a native of Connecticut, but he had in fact started his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina where he was a two-way player and more of a utility player than a top pitching prospect. He did play in the 2018 College World Series as a freshman, however. It was only in 2021, after transfering to UConn, that he began to concentrate full-time on pitching. He went 8-5, 4.03 in his only season with the Huskies.

His first couple of full seasons in the Dodgers' organization were only so-so as he put up ERAs of 5.22 and 5.27 in 2022 and 2023 respectively, but still managed to rise to AA within that time frame. He was much better in 2024, as he went 6-4, 3.31 in 19 games with 98 strikeouts in81 2/3 innings before getting the call to Los Angeles.

Related Sites

• Ben Casparius on mlb.com
• University of Connecticut bio