2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Michael Frias
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 185
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Irvine, Calif.
- Major:
- Sociology
Career
Freshman
Servite High School
Personal
- In his fifth year with the program redshirting in 2018, and pitching for the program in 2019, 2020, and 2021
- Made 35 career appearances on the mound, 16 as a starter with 14 of those coming in 2021
- Career record of 10-4, two complete game shutouts, and a 3.88 ERA over 120.2 innings
- Struckout 128 hitters over his career to 36 walks while allowing a .220 opponent batting average
- Named All-Big West First Team and was in contention for Big West Pitcher of the Year
- Named to the All-Stanford Regional Team
- Twice named Big West Pitcher of the Week May 10, allowing one run and two infield singles over eight innings with nine strikeouts, and May 24, when he tossed a complete game shutout two-hitter at UC Santa Barbara on ESPNU adding a career high 10 strikeouts
- Began season in bullpen for three games before jumping into starter role on March 13 - made 17 total appearances, 14 as a starter
- Posted 85.2 innings pitched allowing just 65 hits, 24 walks, and a 3.36 ERA for the year
- Team leader with nine wins to two losses including two complete game shutouts
- Struck out as many as nine hitters on five occasions including a career high 10 strikeouts in a win at UCSB
- During the season, had streaks of 20.2 shutout innings, 15.1 shutout innings, 11.2 no-hit innings, and 20.2 innings without issuing a walk over multiple appearances
- Made two postseason appearances posting a two-hit, complete game shutout on June 4 in a win over Nevada walking two and striking out five - also started the June 7 elimination game vs. Stanford lasting just 0.1 innings
- Made four appearances on the mound in 2020 including one start
- Allowed one run in 6.2 innings with three hits allowed, three walks, and five strikeouts
- Threw an inning or more in every appearance
- Tossed 2.2 hitless scoreless innings at Washington March 1 allowing one walk and a season-high three strikeouts
Freshman
- Made 14 appearances in 2019, including his lone start on May 7 against San Diego
- In 28.1 innings, he recorded a 6.04 ERA
- Walked only 10 batters against 32 strikeouts
- In 2 innings of relief vs. UCLA, struck out 2 batters while not allowing a baserunner
- Opponents were scoreless in five of his outings
- Played summer ball in the Alaska Baseball League with Anchorage Bucs going 4-0 with a 3.43 ERA in 12 appearances, 5 as a starter, with 18 BB, 29 K in 42 innings
- Utilized redshirt season in 2018
Servite High School
- Two-time Pitcher of the Year at Servite HS
- Starting pitcher for All-County All-Star Game
- Ryan Lemmon Foundation All-Star
- All-Region Honorable Mention and First Team all-league as a senior
- Honorable Mention all-league as a sophomore
- As a senior, struck out 71 batters in 71 innings posting a 5-3 record and 1.58 ERA
- Tossed an 8-inning, 2-hitter vs. No. 5 Orange Lutheran his senior season earning the win against a 7-inning, no-hitter
- Played one season of basketball
- Won World Series on the PONY level
Personal
- Son of Joey and Cynthia
- Majoring in sociology
- Spikeball club member
- Fan of Vladimir Guerrero, Ryan Reynolds, and the Los Angeles Angels
- Enjoys sushi, brusselsprouts, fishing, video games, body boarding, any Seth Rogan movie, the movie Dodgeball, and the musical stylings of Pepper
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