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1988 (37 years old)
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Matthew Robert O'Neil West (born November 21, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Texas Rangers
West was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of Bellaire High School, where he was a three-year All-District player. Originally an infielder, he began his professional career with the Arizona League Rangers and hit .301 in 29 games. Near the end of the season, he was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a "performance-enhancing substance." The suspension continued into the following season and when he returned he was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the short-season Northwest League, where he hit .258 in 67 games. He spent the next two seasons with the Hickory Crawdads of the South Atlantic League, hitting only .229 in 250 games with 18 homers and 103 RBI.
Because of his poor hitting stats and perceived arm strength the Rangers chose to convert him to a pitcher prior to the 2011 season. He pitched in 23 games for Spokane in 2011 and was 1–2 with a 3.12 ERA and nine saves. He was added to the Rangers 40-man roster after the season. In 2012, he appeared in 17 games for the High–A Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. He was 0–3 with a 6.64 ERA before he was shut down with arm injuries. It was revealed that he had torn the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and had to undergo Tommy John surgery, which cause him to miss the 2013 season. He began 2014 with the Double–A Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League and was promoted to the Triple–A Round Rock Express of the Pacific Coast League. In 41 combined games, he was 5–3 with a 3.35 ERA and also made one start.
West was promoted to the Majors on July 10, 2014, and pitched two scoreless innings in his debut against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Overall, he appeared in three MLB games, working four innings and allowing three runs.
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