Cam Opp

Camrin Russell Opp

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
• School United States Military Academy
• High School Capistrano Valley High School, Christ School

• Born November 4, 1995 in Highlands Ranch, CO USA

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Biographical Information

Cam Opp has pitched in the minors and for the British national team.

Opp was born in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and moved to London, England when he was 10. To try to develop his baseball career, he moved 4,040 miles from his family for a boarding school in the US his last two years in high school. He was 19-1 those two years. He enrolled in the United States Military Academy and was 1-1 with a 4.86 ERA as a freshman.

As a sophomore, he fell to 4-2, 6.18 but rebounded to 5-2 with four saves and a 2.66 ERA as a junior, closing out Army's title game win over Navy. He was 5-1 with five saves and a 3.65 ERA his senior year. He won the Senior Class Award for his community involvement, educational and athletic achievements and character. He signed with the independent Evansville Otters, going 4-2 with two saves and a 2.70 ERA that summer, fanning 35 in 26 2/3 IP. The 2020 season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic but the New York Mets were impressed enough to sign him that winter.

In 2021, he pitched for the Brooklyn Cyclones (1-9, 7.69) and St. Lucie Mets (2-0, 0.79 in 3 G). He tied Alec Kisena and Kaleb Roper for the most losses in the High-A East League and tied for second in the Mets chain, two behind Kisena. He split 2022 between Brooklyn (1-3, Sv, 5.23 in 16 G) and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (6 R in 6 2/3 IP) in a more familiar relief role. He then joined Great Britain for the 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.