Bryan Jerome Hoeing (born October 19, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Amateur career[edit]

Hoeing attended Batesville High School in Batesville, Indiana, where he played baseball and basketball. He was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 32nd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Louisville to play college baseball for the Louisville Cardinals.^[1] In 2017 and 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2][3]

After his junior year in 2018, the San Francisco Giants selected Hoeing in the 36th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign with San Francisco, and returned to Louisville.^[4] As a senior in 2019, he appeared in 22 games and went 3–4 with a 3.00 ERA over 63 innings. After the season, he was selected by the Miami Marlins in the seventh round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]

Professional career[edit]

Hoeing signed with the Marlins and made his professional debut with the Batavia Muckdogs, going 0–2 with a 4.43 ERA over 22+1⁄3 innings. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] In 2021, he played with the Beloit Snappers with whom he started 22 games and went 7–6 with a 4.83 ERA and 96 strikeouts over 121 innings.^[7] He opened the 2022 season with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and was promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in early May.^[8]

On August 20, 2022, the Marlins selected Hoeing's contract and promoted him to the major leagues to make his MLB debut that night as the starting pitcher versus the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.^[9] He pitched three innings in which he gave up seven earned runs on eight hits (two home runs), one walk, and two strikeouts as the Marlins fell 7–0.^[10] In his rookie campaign, he made 8 appearances for Miami, struggling to a 12.08 ERA with 6 strikeouts in 12.2 innings pitched. On November 8, Hoeing was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Triple-A.^[11]

Hoeing began the 2023 season with Triple-A Jacksonville, pitching in 4 games (starting 3) and logging a 2.08 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 17.1 innings of work. On April 25, 2023, he had his contract selected to the active roster.^[12]

Personal life[edit]

Hoeing's cousin, Alex Meyer, played in MLB.^[13]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Louisville Cardinals bio