Brad Goldberg

Bradley Andrew Goldberg (born February 21, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, and current bullpen coach for the Cleveland Guardians.

In high school, Goldberg was a 2008 preseason Baseball America All-American, 2008 First Team All-Ohio, and the 2008 MVP of the Chagrin Valley Conference.

In college in 2013, his senior year at Ohio State University, he was an All-Big Ten third-team selection.

He left spring training with the Chicago White Sox to join and pitch for Israel in the second round of the 2017 WBC in Japan, in March 2017.

[9][10][2][4][11] He was also a 2008 preseason All-American by Baseball America and Under Armour, a two-time All-Sun Press Southeast Pitcher, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer Player of the Week in 2006.

[10][12] White Sox assistant scouting director Nick Hostetler, who saw Goldberg in college, said: "A big, strong power-arm guy, with a live fastball.

[3][13] Baseball America named him "Closest To The Majors" (with Tyler Danish) and "Best Fastball in the White Sox draft class".

[3][13] In 2015, pitching for the Winston-Salem Dash, Goldberg was 1–4 in 39 games with a 2.97 ERA, and 11 saves (tied for 4th in the league) in 12 opportunities, and struck out 58 batters in 57.2 innings, all in relief.

[7] Goldberg began the 2016 season with the Birmingham Barons of the Class AA Southern League, for whom he was 0–0 with a 1.50 ERA, and was promoted to the Charlotte Knights of the Class AAA International League for whom he was 3–5 with a 2.84 ERA and 10 saves (a team high) in 11 opportunities as the team's closer, in 43 relief appearances.

[26] Goldberg was called up to the major league White Sox in June 2017, after achieving a record to that point in 2017 of 2–1 with a 1.99 ERA, four saves, and 22 strikeouts over 17 games with the Charlotte Knights.

[34] Goldberg left spring training with the Chicago White Sox to join and pitch for Team Israel in the second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic in Japan, in March 2017.

[37] In October 2019, Goldberg returned to the Ohio State Buckeyes, team as their Director of Pitching Development.

[38] Goldberg was named pitching coach of the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, for the 2023 season.