Blake Townsend

Blake Andrew Townsend

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.

• Born April 5, 2001 in Traralgon, Victoria Australia

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Biographical Information

Blake Townsend has pitched as high as AAA and has played for Australia's national teams.

He allowed four hits, four walks and three runs (one earned) in three innings in the 2016 U-15 Baseball World Cup, also going 3-for-4 with a walk and a double. He allowed eight walks and five runs (five earned) in four innings for the Melbourne Aces in the 2017-2018 Australian Baseball League. He was signed by Seattle Mariners scouts Tim Ballard and Tristan Loetzsch in May 2018. He gave up eight runs in 6 2/3 IP in 2018-2019. He was 0-1 with 5 runs (4 earned) in 5 1/3 IP for the 2019 AZL Mariners before he had Tommy John surgery to end his season.

The 2020 minor league season was then wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned briefly in 2021, pitching five games between the ACL Mariners (2.63 ERA in 4 G) and Everett AquaSox (3 R in 1 2/3 IP). He bounced around in 2022, now as a reliever, making stops with the ACL Mariners (1 R in 2 IP), Everett (1-0, 3.18 in 4 G), the Modesto Nuts (1-1, 4.74 in 13 G) and the AAA Tacoma Rainiers (0-1, 2 R in 2 2/3 IP). He fanned 37 in 29 1/3 IP overall. He was 1-0 with a 7.00 ERA in the 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup, getting the win against the Netherlands in 1/3 IP, beating Jiorgeny Casimiri. In the 2022-2023 ABL, he pitched two shutout innings for Melbourne. He was then the second-youngest hurler on the Australian national team roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic; only Will Sherriff was younger.