DOVYDAS NEVERAUSKAS | RIGHT HANDED PITCHER |
 | Born: January 14, 1993 Height: 6′ 3″ Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Right Signed: Int. FA, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2009 How Acquired: Int. FA Country: Lithuania Agent: N/A |
WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES |
| In their continuing quest to unearth baseball talent in the strangest of places, the Pirates signed the 16-year-old Neverauskas out of Lithuania. The signing means that, in less than a year, they signed players from India, South Africa, Taiwan, Australia, the Netherlands and Lithuania, as well as a number of Latin American countries. I can’t find out much about Neverauskas except that he played in the European Championship Series and was clocked at 88 mph, which is good velocity for a pitcher that young, in a tryout camp conducted in Europe by MLB. He was expected to participate in fall instructionals and then report to minor league spring training. The Pirates generally assigned their European and Australian signees to the academy operated by MLB in Australian, so that may or may not mean they think more highly of Neverauskas. 2010 Pitched briefly in GCL at age 17 and held his own. Considering his age and the fact that he had little experience outside Europe, it was an impressive showing. 2011 Neverauskas returned to the GCL, where he missed the early season with an injury but pitched regularly from mid-July on. He managed a good ERA despite issuing 14 walks in 25 innings. Opponents hit .237 against him, right-handed hitters just .215. Neverauskas is still pretty thin and was only 18 throughout the 2011 season, but he seems to be getting stronger. I saw him in training camp in 2011 and 2012, and he was sitting in the low 90s and reaching 93-94. He could be an interesting player to watch. |
STATS |
| Baseball Reference–Minors Fangraphs MiLB.com |
CONTRACT INFORMATION |
| 2012: Minor League Contract |
PLAYER INFORMATION |
| Signing Bonus: $60,000 MiLB Debut: 6/22/2010 MLB Debut: N/A MiLB FA Eligible: 2015 MLB FA Eligible: N/A Rule 5 Eligible: 2013 Added to 40-Man: N/A Options Remaining: 3 (USED: N/A) MLB Service Time: 0.000 |
TRANSACTIONS |
| July 11, 2009: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent with a $60,000 bonus. |
