Bailey Dees Season 2021

Drafted in 2021 by the New York Yankees in the 18th round (543rd overall)

2021 (SENIOR)
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Started 13 games on the mound…Went 4-4 on the season and struck out 53 batters in 66 innings...Graduated in May 2021 with bachelor's degree in business managment.
 
Game-By-Game: vs. Northwestern (3/5): Allowed two runs and two hits while striking out five in five innings to earn the win. at Indiana (3/13): Struck out seven batters in 4.1 innings. Maryland (3/20): Went 4.1 innings, striking out seven. Michigan (3/26): Pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and striking out seven. at Rutgers (4/2): Threw six shutout innings to pick up a win…Allowed seven hits and struck out three batters. at Michigan State (4/9): Went five innings and struck out two batters. Nebraska (4/16): Pitched six innings, allowing just one run on seven hits and striking out four. at Ohio State (4/23): Struck out five in 4.2 innings. Michigan State (4/30): Picked up a win, going six innings…Gave up five hits and three runs…Struck out four. at Iowa (5/7): Struck out two in five innings. Rutgers (5/14): Went six innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits…Struck out five…Earned the win. at Illinois (5/21): Struck out two in five innings. at Purdue (5/27): Allowed one run on two hits and struck out two in two innings.

2020 (JUNIOR)
Awards: SelectedAcademic All-Big Ten.

Season: Posted a 1.88 ERA and struck out 27 in 28.2 innings pitched…Led a combined no-hitter a Navy…Season canceled on March 12 after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Rankings: Ranked seventh in the Big Ten in ERA (1.88), fourth in WHIP (0.87), second in hits allowed per nine innings (4.40) and 10th in strikeouts (27).

vs. Bucknell (2/14): Allowed just one earned run on one hit and four walks in 5.2 innings. vs. Wagner (2/22): Struck out eight in six innings with no walks, allowing one run on five hits. vs. Princeton (2/28): Earned win pitching six innings and allowing no earned runs on three hits with nine strikeouts. at Navy (3/6): Led the first combined no-hitter and first extra-inning no-hitter in program history, working five hitless innings.

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Awards: Tabbed Academic All-Big Ten
 
Season: Went 2-1 with a 4.27 ERA and 60 strikeouts over 13 appearances, 11 starts and 52.2 innings pitched.
 
Rankings: Ranked 10th in the Big Ten with 10.25 strikeouts per nine innings.
 
vs. Monmouth (2/16): Threw first six innings of a combined shutout, allowing just two hits and a walk and striking out five to earn the win...Combined for the shutout with former high school teammate Tyler Shingledecker. vs. Fairfield (2/24): Struck out seven in six innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks to earn win. at UCF (3/9): Struck out seven in five innings. UMass Lowell (3/16): Struck out a career-high 10 in a career-high 6.2 innings in a no-decision...Charged with three runs allowed on five hits and two walks. Nebraska (4/13): Completed six innings of work, allowing only four hits, one earned run, walking three, and striking out seven. at Ohio State (5/11, G2): Struck out two in 2.1 innings of relief, yielding just two hits and a walk.
 
2018 (FRESHMAN)
Season: Struck out 36 in 28.0 innings over 12 appearances and four starts...Posted a 1-2 record and 5.14 ERA.
 
vs. No. 23 St. John’s (2/25): Made collegiate and Penn State debut in relief, pitching two innings. at UCSB (3/3): Stuck out one and yielded just a walk in 1.1 innings. Cornell (3/28): Struck out three in 2.2 innings in first career start. vs. West Virginia (4/10): Worked two-thirds of an inning in PNC Park, walking one. Mount St. Mary’s (4/18): Earned first career win in second career start, pitching three innings and allowing just two unearned runs on three hits and two walks with a career-high five strikeouts. at Michigan (4/22): Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief, yielding just one hit and one walk with two strikeouts. vs. Lafayette (4/26): Pitched an inning, allowing just one hit and striking out three. Northwestern (4/29): Worked out of a bases loaded jam after entering with no outs in the first inning. Michigan State (5/5, G2): Pitched 3.1 innings in long relief, striking out three and allowing a run on three hits. Xavier (5/10): Started and struck out nine batters in just 4.1 innings, allowing four runs on three hits and two walks. at Iowa (5/17): Made first Big Ten start, striking out six and allowing just three hits and four walks in five innings.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner on the mound at Hough High School for head coach Jimmy Cochran as a junior and senior and Independence High School as a freshman and sophomore...Team captain as a senior...Helped Independence  to conference championship as a freshman in 2014...Led Hough to back-to-back conference championships...2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game honorable mention All-American and Atlantic All-Region first team...Named all-conference as a pitcher and a hitter following junior season...Named to 2016 Greater Charlotte Top Prospect Team...Ranked No. 270 in the country by Perfect Game...Had a GPA of 4.30 that ranked in the top-20 percent of high school class...Played travel baseball for the Demarini Stars and South Charlotte Panthers.

PERSONAL
Full name is Bailey Michael Dees...Parents are Eric and Colleen Dees...Has a younger sister, Tara...Father, Eric, played basketball at RIT (N.Y.)...Hobbies include ping pong, billiards and golf...Majoring in management...Born on February 5, 1999 in Charlotte, North Carolina.