Jackson Wolf #20

Jackson David Wolf...Is a 2017 graduate of Lincoln (Ohio) High School, where he played baseball, golf and basketball...Played for West Virginia University, where he was a teammate of Pirates 2023 fourth-round pick Carlson Reed in 2021...Pitched for Santa Barbara in the California Collegiate Summer League after his freshman year of college... Has spent offseasons living in Huntington Beach and San Clemente, California...Attended Columbus Clippers (Guardians’ Triple-A) growing up in Ohio...Rooted for the Cincinnati Reds as a kid when Ken Griffey Jr. played for the team...Admired new teammate Aroldis Chapman and Randy Johnson as a kid.

2023

Went a combined 8-13 with a 4.13 ERA (124.1ip/57er), 32 walks allowed and 135 strikeouts in 26 starts between San Antonio (Padres’ Double-A) and Altoona…Ranked 13th among all pitchers at the Double-A level in strikeouts, tied for sixth in games started, tied for ninth in innings pitched, third in WHIP (1.11) and eighth in batting average against (.229)…Began the season with San Antonio…Struck out a career-high 11 batters on 7/7 vs. Corpus Christi…Earned the win (5.0ip/3r) in his Major League debut on 7/22 at Detroit, which was approximately 200 miles from his hometown of Gahanna, Ohio…Was leading all Padres minor leaguers in strikeouts (105) at the time he was promoted to the big leagues (also ranked fourth among all Texas League pitchers at the time he was promoted)…Was optioned back to San Antonio on 7/23… Was acquired by Pittsburgh from San Diego along with Alfonso Rivas and Estuar Suero on 8/1 in exchange for Rich Hill and Ji Man Choi (was rated as San Diego’s No. 16 prospect by MLB Pipeline at the time he was acquired by Pittsburgh)… Made his organizational debut on 8/6 vs. Richmond and struck out five batters in 4.2 innings for the Curve.