UConn starting pitcher Nick Krauth may have pitched the most lucrative 24.2 innings in baseball history this season, parlaying a tremendous performance in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic into a $20,000 maximum signing bonus.
Krauth led the team with 24 strikeouts, holding opponents to a staggering .167 batting average against and an even more impressive 0.86 ERA. His impressive resume in less than three complete games with the Huskies includes two wins over the 2019 College World Series runners-up, Michigan.
Krauth’s journeyman career to professional baseball began at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, California, where he committed to the University of New Mexico.