


Matthew Steven Stites (born May 28, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2014 to 2015 for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Career
Amateur
Stites attended Festus High School in Festus, Missouri. He then enrolled at Jefferson College, where he played for the college baseball team. He had a 9–2 win-loss record and a 1.69 earned run average (ERA) as a sophomore and was named a junior college All-American. In 2010, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Chicago Cubs selected Stites in the 33rd round, with the 1,000th overall selection, of the 2010 MLB draft. Stites opted not to sign, and instead transferred to the University of Missouri, where he played for the Missouri Tigers baseball team. He led the team with 92 innings pitched.
San Diego Padres
The San Diego Padres selected Stites in the 17th round, with the 533rd overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He split his first professional season between the rookie-level Arizona League Padres and Low-A Eugene Emeralds.
Stites spent the 2012 season with the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps. In 42 appearances, he compiled a 2-0 record and 0.74 ERA with 60 strikeouts and 13 saves across 48+2⁄3 innings pitched. Stites began 2013 with the Double-A San Antonio Missions, logging a 2-2 record and 2.08 ERA with 51 strikeouts and 14 saves across 46 appearances.
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