Ryan Rowland-Smith
Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith (conceived 26 January 1983), is an Australian expert baseball pitcher who is as of now a free specialist. He has beforehand played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. He likewise played in the Australian Baseball League for the Sydney Blue Sox. Rowland-Smith contributed for Australia the 2006 World Baseball Classic and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was evaluated the number eight prospect in the Mariners association in 2008 by Baseball America.
He moved on from Newcastle High School in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in December 2000. Rowland-Smith was the main player from Newcastle to be marked to an expert contract, marking as a non-drafted free specialist on 19 November 2000 by Mariners scout Barry Holland. He was the Newcastle Baseball Player of the Year as a 16 and 18-year-old.
Rowland-Smith has played a large portion of his profession in the Mariners' association yet he was chosen by the Minnesota Twins in the Major League bit of the 2004 Rule 5 draft. He spent the greater part of the 2004 spring preparing with the Twins before they returned him to Seattle.
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