Nikolas Carlyle Turley (born September 11, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Minnesota Twins.\n', '

Turley attended Harvard-Westlake School, where he played for the school\'s baseball team. He committed to attend Brigham Young University (BYU) on a scholarship to play college baseball for the BYU Cougars baseball team. Out of high school, the New York Yankees selected Turley in the 50th round, with the 1,502nd selection, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Turley was the third-to-last selection in the draft. Turley agreed to sign with the Yankees, forgoing college.\n', '

Turley spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. He pitched for the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League in 2010. He played with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2011 and the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in 2012. After the season, the Yankees named Turley their minor league pitcher of the year, and added him to their 40 man roster after the 2012 season to protect him from being selected by another team in the annual Rule 5 draft.\n', '

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