NORFOLK — Norfolk Tides right-hander Chayce McDermott has been named the International League Pitcher of the Week, Minor League Baseball announced Monday.
McDermott, 25, worked a quality start Friday at Memphis in his lone outing of the week to earn the honor. He is the first Norfolk player in Baltimore Orioles affiliate franchise history to win a weekly award four times in his Tides career.
McDermott, who also won IL Player of the Week on May 5 after taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning against Nashville, has posted a 3-5 record with a 3.70 earned-run average in 19 games with the Tides this season.
McDermott leads all minor league pitchers in strikeouts (128) while leading the IL in batting average against (.218) and ranking third in ERA.
McDermott also leads all Tides pitchers in WHIP (1.40), innings pitched (90) and games started (18). In 11 of his past 13 starts since the beginning of May, McDermott has struck out at least seven batters, highlighted by a career-high 12 on July 1 against Durham.
Through 26 career starts with Norfolk, McDermott, has struck out 192 batters, averaging 7.38 strikeouts per game.
Originally a fourth-round draft pick out of Ball State by the Houston Astros in 2021, McDermott came to the Orioles’ organization as part of a three-team trade that sent infielder/outfielder Trey Mancini to Houston.
The 6-foot-3, 197-pound McDermott is the seventh-ranked prospect in Baltimore’s farm system according to MLB.com.
David Hall, david.hall@pilotonline.com.
