2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jared Karros
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mira Costa HS
Notes
Selected in the 16th round of the 2022 MLB Draft, No. 495 overall, by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Career Highlights
2021 Opening Day Starter
Two-timeย Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)
Eight-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2022
Did not appear in a game for the Bruins ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed) ...ย Selected toย the 2022ย Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution).
2021
UCLA's Opening Day starter, went on to make seven appearances and three starts over the course of the year ... Didn't appear after Mar. 28 due to injury ... For the year was 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA over 27 innings .... Had 32 strikeouts against just five walks ... Allowed three earned runs or fewer in all seven of his appearances, and allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of seven appearances ... Was stellar in his final start of the year, recording season-highs in both innings and strikeouts at USC on Mar. 28: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K ... Struck out over a batter per inning in all but one of his outings ... Picked up the win, struck out six batters over five innings of one-run ball against Pepperdine on Mar. 5 ... Team was 2-1 in his starts ... Had a 6.4 strikeout-to-walk ratio, best among the team's starting pitchers ... Had a 10.67 K/9 rate, second-best among UCLA starting pitchers ... Posted a 1.59 ERA over 11 1/3 innings in Pac-12 play ... Named to the 2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.3+ cumulative GPA, 1+ year of residence at institution) ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring quarters (3.0+ quarter GPA, 12+ units passed).ย
2020
UCLA's midweek starter, went on to make four appearances as a true freshman including one relief outing ... Posted a 2-0 record, 3.86 ERA, and 16 strikeouts in 14 innings ... Rated as the No. 2 freshman pitcher in the country per D1Baseball's analytical rankings ... Struck out six, allowed just two hits and one run over five innings against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 18 in his first-ever collegiate start ... Earned the win in that contest ... Followed that up with his best start of the year, giving up just two hits and striking out a season-high eight over five shutout innings against Pepperdine on Feb. 26 ... In that start, retired the first nine batters he faced and went 1-2-3 in four of his five frames ... Had a 1.80 ERA and 12.6 K/9 ratio after his first two starts of the year ...ย Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).ย
Highย School
Earned three varsity baseball letters at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. โฆ As a senior, was named the Bay League Pitcher of the Year and earned All-CIF Second Team honors โฆ Was a First Team All-Bay League choice as a junior โฆ Ranked the No. 26 RHP and No. 77 overall prospect in California by Perfect Game โฆ Posted a 7-3 record with a 0.86 ERA as a senior โฆ Went 3-1 with a 0.45 ERA as a junior.
Personal
Jared Cayden Karros was born in 2000 to parents Eric and Trish at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center โฆ Has a younger brother, Kyle, and an older sister, Mikah โฆ Father is former UCLA and Los Angeles Dodgers star Eric Karros; Eric hit .415 with 17 home runs and 54 RBIs as the Bruinsโ starting first baseman in 1988 before going on to a 13-year professional career that saw him record a .268/.325/.454 slash line with 284 home runs โฆ Chose to attend UCLA because โI wanted to challenge myself physically and academically, also because UCLA has one of the best baseball programs in the countryโ โฆ Describes throwing a no-hitter against Gahr High School as his top pre-UCLA athletic thrill โฆ Admires Justin Verlander and Jacob DeGrom โฆ In his free time, enjoys surfing and being in water.
Career Highs (as of conclusion of 2022)
Innings: 6.0 at USC (3/28/21)
Strikeouts: 8 vs. Pepperdine (2/26/20)
