Chris Devenski

Christopher Michael Devenski (born November 13, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to playing professionally, Devenski played college baseball for Golden West College and California State University, Fullerton. He made his MLB debut in 2016, and was named an MLB All-Star in 2017.\n', ' Devenski attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California. He played for the school\'s baseball team as both a pitcher and a shortstop. He graduated in 2008, and enrolled at Golden West College, where he played college baseball in his freshman year as a pitcher and shortstop. Devenski transferred to California State University, Fullerton, where he continued his college baseball career with the Cal State Fullerton Titans. The Titans\' coaches convinced him to focus on pitching, and he accrued ​182 2⁄3 innings pitched over 104 games in two seasons with the school. He also played collegiate summer baseball for the Woodstock River Bandits of the Valley Baseball League in 2011.\n', ' The Chicago White Sox selected Devenski in the 25th round, with the 771st overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie-level Pioneer League. He started the 2012 season with the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League before being traded to the Houston Astros in August as the player to be named later in the earlier trade where the White Sox acquired Brett Myers. The Astros had already acquired Blair Walters and Matt Heidenreich in the trade. He had a 6–5 win–loss record and a 4.23 earned run average (ERA) in 19 games started for Kannapolis before the trade. The Astros assigned him to the Lexington Legends of the Class A Midwest League. On August 31, in his fifth start for Lexington, he threw a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts.\n', '