Corey A. Baker (born November 23, 1989) is an Israeli-American former professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, and a former video replay coordinator for the Minnesota Twins.
While in high school, Baker played three seasons for the Bayside Yankees traveling baseball team and had a 20-1 record.
In September 2016 Baker pitched as a starter for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, winning his only start.
[9] In October 2018 he became a dual Israeli citizen, partly to help Israel's baseball team make the 2020 Olympics.
[10][11] Baker attended Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack, New York, where for three years he pitched and played second base.
[3][13] Baker then pitched for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, attending the school on a partial baseball scholarship, while majoring in history and minoring in political science.
[23] Baker then ended the season pitching as a starter for the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.
[25] On July 13, 2017, Baker was released from Cardinals organization after having spent 7 years in their minor league system.
[25][27][28][29] In the 2017-18 season, Baker pitched for the Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League, where he was 1-0 with a 3.74 ERA in 15 games.
[38] Baker pitched as the # 2 starter for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic in the main tournament, in March 2017.
[42] He pitched in one game in relief as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.