Zack Erwin

Position: LHP
Born: 1/24/1994
Ht: 6’5″ Wt: 195 lb
Acquired: Drafted 4th round in the 2015 draft out of Clemson
Career Stats

FutureSox Prospect Rankings

  • #16 – 2015 Midseason

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Scouting Report

Erwin was the second player taken by the White Sox in the 2015 draft, due to the team’s lack of second and third round pick. Erwin was a starter at Clemson almost exclusively in 2015 and he developed his workload gradually in college – pitching 60 innings of relief his freshman year, 72.2 innings as a swing man in his sophomore year and 106.2 innings his junior year.

Erwin had early success in his draft year at both rookie level Great Falls and Low-A Kannapolis as shown in his stellar strikeout-to-walk ratio. The White Sox flipped him in the offseason, along with J.B. Wendelken, for Brett Lawrie.

In Oakland’s system he struggled to recreate his early success. Erwin finally reached Double-A in 2019, but as a reliever. He saw his strikeout rate tick up to 10.4 K/9 with a 3.22 ERA in 58.2 innings.

Erwin’s fastball sits in the 87-91 mph range and he has decent command of his secondary stuff, but his calling card is his ability to induce ground balls with his sinking stuff.