Akeem Bostick #25

Graduated from West Florence (SC) High School in 2013 where he starred as a three-sport athlete in baseball, football and basketball...Named Florence Morning News Baseball Player of the Year after a 10-0 season with an 0.62 ERA in 2013. As a junior helped his school to their first regional title in over a decade...Signed his high school national letter of intent to play wide receiver at Georgia Southern University where he would be a two-sport athlete also playing baseball...His cousin, Brandon Bostick, was a tight end for the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets in the NFL...Resides in Florence, South Carolina.

2019

Began the season in Round Rock and made 21 appearances with 12 starts posting a 4-5 record with a 7.28 ERA before being released on August 9...Was 3-3 with a 8.34 ERA in 12 starts and 1-2 with a 5.58 ERA in nine relief appearances...Finished season with the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent American Association, making four starts and posting a 2-1 record with a 3.12 ERA over 17.1 innings.

2018

Put together the best season of his minor league career, posting a 3.48 ERA (36ER/93IP) and 97 strikeouts in 21 games (15 starts) for Double A Corpus Christi...was promoted to Triple A for the first time in his career at the end of the season...made one Triple A start for Fresno, giving up four runs on five hits in 5.0 innings, striking out eight...ranked ninth in the Texas League in strikeouts...struck out 11 batters in 6.0 innings on Aug. 27 vs. San Antonio.