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JUNIOR (2013):Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 26th round of the MLB draft … due to a lingering injury he did not appear in a game until March 9, but he still made a career-high 17 appearances … went 1-1 with one save and hurled a total of 19.0 innings with a career-low ERA of 4.74 … earned first career save May 18 at San Diego St. by hurling 1.1 shutout innings with two strikeouts … earned his only win of the season April 17 vs. New Mexico St. after allowing one run in 1.2 innings with three strikeouts … struck out a season-high four batters at San Diego St. May 16 … pitched a season-high 3.0 innings vs. San Diego St. in the Mountain West Tournament championship game May 26 … lefties hit just .136 against him and he held all batters to a .268 average.
SOPHOMORE (2012): Appeared in 12 games, including two starts … posted a 6.43 ERA in 21 innings with an 0-1 record … struck out 19 and allowed only six extra-base hits … started two games against New Mexico St., one on Mar. 13 and one on May 15 … struck out the side in his only inning of work against Oklahoma on Mar. 3 … pitched at least an inning in his final 11 appearances, striking out at least one batter in each game … made four assists and one putout in the field without committing an error.
FRESHMAN (2011): Started 15 games for the Lobos and posted a 2-6 record with a 6.34 ERA … pitched 76.2 innings, which was the second-highest total on the team … earned first win of season Mar. 25 against UNLV … went 7.1 innings and allowed only one run on four hits and two walks, while matching his season-high with seven strikeouts … threw a complete game shutout against Air Force on May 7 to pick up his second win … only allowed four hits but walked a season-high five batters … one of only three Lobos pitchers to start more than five games … of the 42 batters he struck out, 16 of them struck out looking … hurled 46.1 innings before allowing his first (and only) home run of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Piedra Vista High School in Farmington, N.M. … graduated in 2010 … lettered in football and baseball … was an All-State football selection in 2008 … helped team win the New Mexico 4A Baseball Championship in 2010 … was a three-time All-State selection in baseball … named New Mexico’s Baseball Player of the Year in 2010 … hold high school’s single season home run record with 14 … coached by Mike McGaha.
SUMMER/CLUB TEAMS: Four corners Thunder and Farmington Cardinals … both teams made it to th eConnie Mack World Series … McCasland won the Connie Mack World Series Home Run Derby.
PERSONAL: Born September 13, 1991, in Farmington, N.M., to Roxanne and Jim McCasland … has one brother, Morgan … father, Jim, played football and ran track at Texas Tech … hobbies include hunting, fishing, drawing and anything outdoors … favorite athlete is Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies … favorite food is pizza … favorite movie is Dumb & Dumber … currently undecided on a major.