Drew Patrick Storen was born on August 11,1987 and is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.
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Drew Patrick Storen was born on August 11,1987 and is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.
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Drew Storen played in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Drew Storen attended Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, Indiana, where he was teammate of fellow future major league pitcher Lance Lynn.
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Drew Storen was named first-team all-state in 2006 and 2007, as well as all-state honorable mention in 2005 by the Associated Press, the 2007 Hendricks County Flyer Athlete of the Year, three-time first-team All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference selection, first-team All-Metro West three times by The Indianapolis Star, their Super team in 2006 and 2007 and was their Metro-West High School Player of the Year in 2007.
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Drew Storen participated in the 2007 Indiana North-South All-Star Game, and was a state nominee for the 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman Award.
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Drew Storen was ranked 49th among the 2007 Top 100 High School prospects by Baseball America.
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Drew Storen was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign.
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Drew Storen enrolled at Stanford University to play college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal.
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Drew Storen, expressing a desire to make it to the majors as quickly as possible, signed with the Nationals the next day.
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Drew Storen made his major league debut on May 17,2010, against the St Louis Cardinals, retiring two batters in ? of an inning.
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Drew Storen recorded his first major league save on August 6,2010, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Drew Storen took on the closer role for the 2012 National League Division Series against the St Louis Cardinals, in the Nationals' first playoff appearance since the team moved to Washington.
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Drew Storen was one strike away from the third out against both Yadier Molina and David Freese, but walked both to load the bases.
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Drew Storen then gave up a two-run single to Daniel Desc to tie the game.
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Drew Storen's blown save, in which he had the Cardinals down to their final strike on five occasions, was described by teammates as "devastating" and he was said to be in "excruciating" mental pain after the loss; several teammates voiced support for him.
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Drew Storen took on the roles of a middle relief and setup man.
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In Game 2 of the 2014 NLDS against the Giants, Drew Storen was brought in by manager Matt Williams in relief of starter Jordan Zimmermann, who had allowed three hits and no runs in the game and had retired the last 20 hitters he faced before walking second baseman Joe Panik with two outs the ninth.
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Drew Storen allowed two hits, a single to Buster Posey and an RBI double by Pablo Sandoval.
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Drew Storen relinquished his closer role when Jonathan Papelbon was acquired by the Nationals from Philadelphia just before the trade deadline.
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On January 8,2016, Drew Storen was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for outfielder Ben Revere and a player to be named later.
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On July 26,2016, Drew Storen was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Joaquin Benoit.
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On January 3,2017, Drew Storen signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
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On September 17, it was announced that Drew Storen would undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, ending his 2017 season and causing him to miss the 2018 season.
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On February 15,2019, Drew Storen signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals.
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On January 21,2020, Drew Storen signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Drew Storen did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Drew Storen was released by the Phillies organization on June 28,2020.
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Drew Storen threw three pitches in roughly equal proportion: a hard four-seam fastball and two-seam fastball that each range from 94 to 98 mph, and a sharp slider from 82 to 86.
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Drew Storen is the son of sportscaster Mark Patrick and Pam Storen, and has a sister named Lindsay.
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Drew Storen is related to sports executive Mike Storen and his daughter, sportscaster Hannah Storm.
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