Left-hander Alec Gamboa was selected by the Dodgers in the 9th round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft out of Fresno City College, a community college in the Central Valley College League in California.
Gamboa was born in Madera, California and attended Madera High School where he was twice named the County/Metro Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year twice, and posted a 7-0 record with a 1.18 ERA as a senior.
He was not selected in the MLB draft out of high school and signed with Fresno State University for the 2016 season. While red-shirting that year, he didn’t tend properly to his academics not meeting the requirements.