Evan Kravetz

Evan Jacob Kravetz

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 8", Weight 240 lb.
• School Rice University
• High School Gulliver Preparatory School
• Debut August 28, 2024

• Born December 19, 1996 in Miami, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Evan Kravetz pitched for the Israeli national team before reaching the majors in 2024.

Kravetz was 4-1 with a 0.87 ERA and .181 opponent average as a high school senior. He was 1-0 with a save and a 2.28 ERA in 21 games as a freshman at Rice University in 2016. In 2017, he fell to 3-1, 4.50 with 23 walks in 30 innings. He tied Glenn Otto for the team lead with 24 relief appearances. He had a 0-1, 4.81 record in 2018, whiffing 38 in 33 2/3 IP. He was 6-2 with a 3.24 ERA as a senior, striking out 108 in 80 2/3 IP.

He was picked by the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth round of the 2019 amateur draft, one round before Graham Ashcraft. The scout was Nick Christiani. He had a 1-2-3 inning for the 2019 Greeneville Reds then the 2020 minor league season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. Returning to action in 2021, he pitched for the Dayton Dragons (0-1, 15 R in 16 2/3 IP), Daytona Tortugas (0-1, 1.64, 33 K in 22 IP) and ACL Reds (27 K in 18 IP, 2.50).

In 2022, he pitched for Dayton (4-5, 1 Sv, 4.19 in 17 G) and the Chattanooga Lookouts (2 Sv, 4.22 in 11 G), striking out 103 but walking 41 in 83 2/3 IP overall. The big lefty then made one appearance for Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He relieved Jacob Steinmetz with two outs in the 2nd and a 1-0 deficit against the loaded Dominican national team and struck out Juan Soto. He opened the 3rd by whiffing Julio Rodríguez but Manny Machado took him deep. After a Rafael Devers single, he was replaced by Andrew Gross; the inherited run would score. That season, he started the year by going 3-0, 2.40 in 17 games for Chattanooga, but the going got tougher in AAA as he was 0-1, 6.75 in 19 games for the Louisville Redbirds of the International League. He had a a much better year for Louisville in 2024, as he was 5-3, 3.40 in 41 games when he got the call to Cincinnati to replace Casey Legumina. In his debut with the Reds on August 28th, he relieved Casey Kelly. He pitched two-thirds of an inning against the Oakland Athletics, retiring both men (Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker) he faced to finish the 7th inning, after all three pitchers who had preceded him in the game had given up at least a run. The Reds trailed 5-0 at that point, but scored 6 runs in the bottom of the frame to put him in line for the win, only to see the next man up, Emilio Pagan, give up 4 runs in the top of the 8th and be tagged with Cincinnati's 9-6 loss.

Related Sites

• Evan Kravetz on mlb.com
• BR Register page
• Rioce University bio