William Douglas "D. J." Mitchell Jr. (born May 13, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 2012. Before embarking on his professional career, he played college baseball at Clemson University.\n', '

Mitchell graduated from North Forsyth High School, and attended Clemson University, where he played college baseball with the Clemson Tigers baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association\'s Division I. In 2006, Mitchell\'s freshman year, he played as a right fielder. Mitchell began to pitch in 2007, his sophomore year at Clemson. After Clemson\'s 2007 season concluded, Mitchell pitched for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), a collegiate summer baseball league. He led the CCBL in strikeouts, earning him recognition in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd feature. By 2008, Mitchell played exclusively as a pitcher, and he was named First Team All-ACC.\n', '

The New York Yankees drafted Mitchell in the 10th round, 320th overall, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Making his professional debut in 2009, he had a 1.95 earned run average (ERA) with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and a 2.87 ERA with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.\n', '

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