| Hunter Schryver | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: April 3, 1995 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Hunter Schryver (born April 3, 1995) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Schryver attended Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he earned all-state honors in baseball as a senior in 2013.[1] He played college baseball at Villanova University. As a senior at Villanova in 2017, he started 12 games and went 4-6 with a 2.44 ERA.[2] Following the season's end, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the seventh round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
Schryver signed with the Rays and made his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the Low-A New York–Penn League, going 4-0 with a 3.12 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 34+2⁄3 relief innings.[4] To begin the 2018 season, he was assigned to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Single-A Midwest League and was promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the High-A Florida State League during the season.
On July 31, 2018, Schryver was traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for international signing pool bonus money.[5] He was assigned to the Winston-Salem Dash of the High-A Carolina League. Over 63+2⁄3 innings between Bowling Green, Charlotte, and Winston-Salem, he went 1-5 with a 2.12 ERA, eighty strikeouts, and 11 saves.[6] In 2019, he began the year with the Birmingham Barons of the Double-A Southern League before being promoted to the Charlotte Knights of the Triple-A International League. Schryver pitched to a 3-2 record and a 4.04 ERA over 62+1⁄3 innings pitched in relief between both teams.[7] In February 2020, he underwent Tommy John Surgery which would have forced him to miss the 2020 minor league season had it not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] For the 2021 season, Schryver returned to Charlotte, making forty relief appearances and compiling a 1-0 record, a 4.98 ERA, and 48 strikeouts over 43+1⁄3 innings.[9] He returned to Charlotte to begin the 2022 season.[10]
On September 12, 2022, Schryver announced his retirement from baseball. Over his minor league career, he posted a 3.55 ERA and 261 strikeouts.[11]