Oberholtzer attended William Penn High School in New Castle, Delaware, where he pitched for the school\'s baseball team. He was named to the All-Delaware team in 2006. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 47th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. Oberholtzer then attended Seminole Community College, a junior college, for one year.\n', '

The Atlanta Braves drafted Oberholtzer in the eighth round in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft, and assigned him to the Rookie Gulf Coast League Braves. In ten relief pitching appearances, he posted a 4–1 win–loss record, 2.89 earned run average (ERA), and 32 strikeouts in 37​1⁄3 innings pitched. In 2009, Oberholtzer was assigned to the Appalachian League\'s Danville Braves, where he made the first 12 starts of his professional career. On July 6, 2009, he was named the Appalachian League\'s pitcher of the week. In 67 total innings, Oberholtzer went 6–2 with a 2.01 ERA and 56 strikeouts. He made his full-season baseball debut in 2010, splitting the season between the Class-A Rome Braves and the Advanced-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans. In 26 combined appearances, 22 of which were starts, Oberholtzer pitched to a 6–8 record, 3.78 ERA, and 126 strikeouts in 135​2⁄3 innings.\n', '

In 2011, Oberholtzer was assigned to the Double-A Mississippi Braves, where he won the Southern League\'s pitcher of the week award on July 25 and was named a mid-season All-Star. With the Braves, he posted a 9–9 record, 3.74 ERA, and 93 strikeouts. On July 25, the Braves traded Oberholtzer to the Houston Astros, with Juan Abreu, Paul Clemens, and Jordan Schafer, for Michael Bourn. Oberholtzer was assigned to the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks for the remainder of the 2011 minor league season, and pitched to a 2–3 record, 5.27 ERA, and 28 strikeouts. He split time in 2012 with Corpus Christi and the Triple-A Oklahoma City RedHawks. In a career-high 166​2⁄3 innings pitched, Oberholtzer posted a 10–10 win–loss record, 4.37 ERA, and 137 strikeouts.\n', '

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