2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Nick Nastrini
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic HS
Notes
Selected in the fourth round (No. 131 overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgersย ... A three-year starting pitcher at UCLA, posted a 5-3 record and 4.73 ERA with 95 strikeouts over 66 2/3 career innings ... Had a career 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings ratio.ย
2021
Made 12 appearances, including seven starts, as a true junior ... Was 2-2 with a 6.89 ERA over 31 1/3 innings ... Posted 48 strikeouts and 38 walks ... Team was 5-2 in his starts ... Opponents hit just .168 off him ... Had the best K/9 (13.8) on the team and second-best H/9 (5.5) ... Through his first three starts of the year, had a 1.53 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 17 2/3 inningsย ... Notched career-highs in both innings pitched (6.1) and strikeouts (11) in his first start of the year, against San Francisco on Feb. 21 ... Followed that up with back-to-back starts where he allowed just one hit and no runs; six complete innings with seven strikeouts against UC Irvine on Feb. 28 and 5 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts against USC on Mar. 7 ... Notched over a strikeout per inning in his first six appearances of the season, and nine overall ... Made his final start of the year on Apr. 20.ย
2020 (Summer)
Made seven appearances for the Santa Barbara Foresters ... Was 6-0 with a 1.71 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings ...ย Played alongside UCLA teammates Matt McLain, Pat Caulfield, Noah Cardenas, and Sean Mullenย ... Helped the Foresters win the 2020 National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan.ย
2020
The team's Saturday starter, made four appearances in 2020 ... Was 2-1 with a 4.60 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings ... Had a .211 batting average against and 1.45 WHIP ... Rated as the No. 24 sophomore pitcher in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings ... Ranked third on the team in innings and fourth in strikeouts ... Best start of the year came in the opening series against UC Riverside, as he gave up just two hits and one earned run while striking out five in five innings of work ... Struck out five and allowed one earned over 3 2/3 innings against St. Mary's on Feb. 22 ... Recorded a season-high eight strikeouts against Texas A&M on Feb. 29.ย
2019 (Summer)
Played with Falmouth of the Cape Cod League ... Pitched in seven games, all starts ... Posted a 2-2 record, 2.18 ERA, and 38 strikeouts over 33 innings ... Ranked the No. 30 prospect in the Cape Cod League by Baseball America ... Struck out over a batter per inning in five of his seven starts, including his final four of the summer ... Had a summer-high eight strikeouts against Bourne on Aug. 3, his final outing of the season ... Allowed three earned runs or fewer in every one of his appearances.ย
2019
Made five appearances as a true freshman, including four starts ... Posted a 1-0 record, 1.37 ERA, .149 batting average against, and 28 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings ... Didn't allow an earned run over his first three outings, starting his career with a 15-inning scoreless streak ... Was the starting pitcher in the Los Angeles Super Regional final and the penultimate game of the regionals ... Made his NCAA debut on Feb. 16 against St. John's, striking out the side in order in a one-inning relief outing ... Made his first career start on Feb. 19 against Loyola Marymount, giving up just two hits and striking out nine over 4 2/3 shutout innings ... Matched a Savage-era UCLA record for strikeouts in a debut start ... Allowed three hits and struck out five in five scoreless innings at CSUN on Feb. 26 ... Made his return to the mound on Jun. 2 in a do-or-die game against Loyola Marymount in the Los Angeles Regional ... Picked up his first careerย win in that contest after allowing just one earned - on a sac fly - over five innings with seven strikeouts ... Started the Super Regional final against Michigan, giving up one hit and two earned runs in four-plus innings of work ... Led the Pac-12 Conference in strikeouts entering the second and third weekends of the season ... Team was 3-1 in his starts ... Had the third-best BAA andย hits per nine (4.58) ratio on the team ... Second-best ERA on the team among pitchers with 7+ IP ... Overall in the postseason, was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in nine innings.
2018 (Summer)
Pitched for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League ... Despite not yet entering college, emerged as one of the top pitchers in the WCL this summer โฆ Earned First Team All-WCL status after going 4-2 with a 1.88 ERA over 10 appearances (nine starts) โฆ Had 43 strikeouts and 25 walks in 49 innings โฆ Allowed one run over six innings in his lone playoff start โฆ Gave up three earned or fewer in each of his appearances, and held opponents to one earned or fewer in eight of his 10 outings ... Struck out seven in five shutout innings against Bend on Jul. 22 โฆ Gave up just 28 hits over his 43 innings (5.86 per nine innings).
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, Calif.) under head coach Gary Remiker โฆ Ranked No. 27 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top High School Prospects in the state of California โฆ Ranked No. 187 in the 2018 Perfect Game USA Top 500 High School Prospects โฆ 2017 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass Second Team All-American โฆ Named to the Rawlings Top Prospect Team at the 2017 Perfect Game National Showcase โฆ Played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2017 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ 2017 champion at the Perfect Game West MLK Championship Underclass Tournament โฆ 2016 Perfect Game Rawlings Underclass High Honorable Mention All-American โฆ played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2016 Underclass Area Code Games โฆ Competed in the 2016 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games โฆ Named to 2015 Sunshine West Showcase Rawlings Top Prospect List and the Top Prospect Team โฆ Named to the 2015 15U National Team Trials โฆ selected to All-Tournament Team at the 2014 WWBA 14u National Championship. โฆ In his senior year, went 8-2 with a 2.41 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings ... As a junior at Cathedral Catholic HS, went 5-1 with a 0.98 ERA and 37 strikeouts โฆ As a sophomore, made just three appearances with a 2.33 ERA and five strikeouts.
Personal
Nick Nastrini was born on in San Jose, Calif. ... Majoring in sociology ... Aspires to play baseball professionally.
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2021)
Innings: 6.1 vs. San Francisco (2/21/21)
Strikeouts: 11 vs. San Francisco (2/21/21)
