Jake Agnos Named To Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU's Jake Agnos has been named to the 40-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, USA Baseball announced Wednesday afternoon. The left-hander is the fourth player in program history to be named to the midseason watch list joining Jeff Hoffman (2013), Evan Kruczynski (2016) and Chris Holba (2018).

Agnos, the lone representative from the American Athletic Conference, has started eight games posting a 4-2 record with 69 strikeouts in 45.2 innings. He has allowed 17 runs (14 earned) on 39 hits while sporting a 2.76 ERA.

The Haymarket, Va. native earned the first of two AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week accolades on Feb. 25 after tossing seven scoreless innings in a 10-0 win over Monmouth. The junior allowed just four hits, walked one and struck out 11 batters, tying his career-high. He had at least one strikeout in all seven frames, recording multiple punch outs in the first, third and fifth innings.

On April 1, he took home his second weekly honor after earning his fourth win of the season setting the tone for ECU's weekend series sweep at USF. Agnos once again tied his career-high with 11 strikeouts registering at least one in all six innings including four in the first and two in both the second and third stanzas. He surrendered three hits, issued two walks and allowed just three Bulls to reach second base in a 4-0 victory.

Agnos, who has tallied four quality starts, has worked into the sixth inning five times and the seventh on three occasions. He has registered seven-plus strikeouts in seven consecutive games heading into No. 8 ECU's weekend series at No. 1 UCLA and has tallied double-digit punch outs three times. Agnos leads The American in Ks Per 9 Innings (13.60) and total strikeouts (69), which also ranks 12th and 13th nationally.

In all, Agnos is the sixth Pirate to be considered for the prestigious award joining Corey Kemp (2008 preseason, 2008 semifinalist), Hoffman (2013 midseason, 2014 preseason), Kruczynski (2016 midseason), Holba (2018 midseason) and Bryant Packard (2019 preseason).

On Wednesday, May 15, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2019 Golden Spikes Award. The list of semifinalists will then be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and 40 of the previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On May 29, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day.

Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2019. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com.

The winner of the 42nd Golden Spikes Award will be named on Friday, June 14.

USA Baseball has partnered with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation to host the Golden Spikes Award since 2013. The Foundation was formed to honor legendary University of Southern California and USA Baseball Olympic team coach, Rod Dedeaux, and supports youth baseball and softball programs in underserved communities throughout Southern California.

The anticipated time line for the 2019 Golden Spikes Award announcements is as follows:
Wednesday, May 15: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, voting begins
Sunday, May 26: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists voting ends
Wednesday, May 29: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, voting begins
Monday, June 10: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists voting ends
Friday, June 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation

Players Mentioned

Jake Agnos

Chris Holba

Evan Kruczynski

Bryant Packard

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