Blake Beavan

Blake William Beavan (born January 17, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who is currently[when?] a youth baseball coach for Dallas Tigers WEST. A first-round draft pick in the 2007 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers, Beavan was traded to the Seattle Mariners in 2010 in a package of prospects for Cliff Lee. In 2011, he made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Mariners.\n', ' Beavan began playing baseball at the age of 5 in the Irving Boys Baseball Association.\n', ' Beavan attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. He was voted the district\'s freshman of the year in 2004. In 2006, his junior season, he led Irving to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. He had the lowest earned run average (ERA), 0.36, in Class 5A. That year, he played for the United States junior national baseball team and competed in the 2006 World Junior Baseball Championship. He also won Baseball America's 2006 Youth Player of the Year award, as the United States won the silver medal.\n', '