Drew Storen

Drew Patrick Storen (born August 11, 1987) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Cincinnati Reds.

Playing for the school's baseball team, Storen had 30 wins, 319 strikeouts, and a 1.55 earned run average (ERA) over his high school career including a 9–0 win–loss record as a sophomore in 2005, en route to a Brownsburg State Championship.

He was named first-team all-state in 2006 and 2007, as well as all-state honorable mention in 2005 by the Associated Press, the 2007 Hendricks County Flyer Athlete of the Year, three-time first-team All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference selection (2005–2007), first-team All-Metro West three times by The Indianapolis Star (2005–2007), their Super team in 2006 and 2007 and was their Metro-West High School Player of the Year in 2007.

He participated in the 2007 Indiana North-South All-Star Game, and was a state nominee for the 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman Award.

He was ranked 49th among the 2007 Top 100 High School prospects by Baseball America.

Storen was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign.

Storen enrolled at Stanford University to play college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal.

In 2008, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Over two seasons at Stanford, Storen went 12–4 with a 3.64 ERA and 15 saves.

In 99 innings, he allowed 43 runs (40 earned), on 87 hits, with 23 walks, and 116 strikeouts.

In both seasons he made the First All-Pac-10 Conference team.

The Nats selected Storen with the 10th overall selection in the 2009 MLB draft; he made his MLB debut for Washington in 2010.

Storen attended Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, Indiana, where he was teammate of fellow future major league pitcher Lance Lynn.

The Nationals selected Storen with the tenth overall pick of the 2009 MLB draft, which they received as compensation for failure to sign 2008 MLB draft first-round pick Aaron Crow.

Storen, expressing a desire to make it to the majors as quickly as possible, signed with the Nationals the next day.

Upon signing, he was assigned to the Class-A Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League.

Storen made an early and strong impact during his time with the Suns, and on July 19 he was called up to the Advanced-A Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League.

Storen made his first pitching appearance with Potomac on July 21, earning a six out save, striking out three batters and allowing only one hit.

Overall, Storen posted a 1.80 ERA in seven games with Potomac to earn a promotion to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators of the Eastern League.

In 121⁄3 innings with Harrisburg, he did not allow an earned run.

Storen started the 2010 season at Double-A and by the end of April was promoted to the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs after seven appearances in which he pitched 91⁄3 innings, allowing only one run, striking out 11 and walking one, earning four saves.

He lasted at Syracuse just three weeks, in which he made six appearances allowing just one earned run before getting promoted to the Nationals on May 16.

Storen made his major league debut on May 17, 2010, against the St. Louis Cardinals, retiring two batters in ⅔ of an inning.

Storen recorded his first major league save on August 6, 2010, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In 2010, he pitched 551⁄3 innings over 54 games, finishing with a 4–4 record and a 3.58 ERA with five saves.

In 2011, Storen became the team's closer.

He pitched 751⁄3 innings over 73 games, finishing the year with a 6–3 record, with 43 saves, and a 2.75 ERA.

He tied for fourth in the MLB in saves.

Before the 2012 season, Storen had surgery to remove a bone chip from his elbow, and missed the first 89 games of the season.

He made his season debut on July 19, 2012.

Tyler Clippard remained the Nationals' closer after Storen's return, though they shared the role later in the season.

In the 2012 regular season, Storen posted a 3–1 win–loss with a 2.37 ERA, 4 saves, and 24 strikeouts over innings.

Storen took on the closer role for the 2012 National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, in the Nationals' first playoff appearance since the team moved to Washington.

He got the save in Game 1 and the win in Game 4.

In Game 5, Storen took the mound with a 7–5 lead, needing three outs to send the Nationals to the National League Championship Series.

After giving up a leadoff double, he retired the next two batters.

He was one strike away from the third out against both Yadier Molina and David Freese, but walked both to load the bases.

Storen then gave up a two-run single to Daniel Descalso to tie the game.

Manager Davey Johnson elected to have Storen pitch to Pete Kozma with the pitcher on deck; Storen allowed a two-run single to Kozma to give the Cardinals a 9–7 lead.