Daniel Steven Straily (born December 1, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League.
He has also previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, and Baltimore Orioles.
[1] The family moved again prior to the start of Straily's junior year in high school, this time to Springfield, Oregon.
Playing for the baseball team, as a senior he was second-team All-Mid-Western League after going 7–3 with a 2.48 ERA in 62 innings with 65 strikeouts.
In 16 games pitched (11 starts), Straily had a record of 5–3, a 4.12 earned run average (ERA), and 66 strikeouts (seventh in the league) in 59 innings.
[13] Straily made his Major League debut August 3, and struck out the first batter he faced, Brett Lawrie, looking.
[15] Straily finished the season as the fourth starter, and even started Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tigers, giving up three runs in six innings.
[14] On July 4, 2014, Straily was traded to the Chicago Cubs, with top shortstop prospect Addison Russell and outfielder Billy McKinney, for pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel.
[17] Straily started for the Cubs that night against the New York Mets, giving up seven runs in five and a third innings and picking up the loss.
[14] On January 19, 2015, Straily and infielder Luis Valbuena were traded to the Houston Astros for center fielder Dexter Fowler.
[19] Pitching for the Triple–A Fresno Grizzlies, he was 10–9 record with a 4.77 ERA in 122+2⁄3 innings as he struck out 124 batters, leading the Pacific Coast League.
[14] On March 28, 2016, the Astros traded Straily to the San Diego Padres for catcher Erik Kratz.
[23] Straily pitched to a 14–8 record and a 3.76 ERA over 191.1 innings for the Reds in 2016, and led the NL in home runs allowed (31), was second in sacrifice hits (11), was fourth in HBP (11), was fifth in walks (73), and was seventh with 7.244 hits/9 IP.
[14] On January 19, 2017, the Reds traded Straily to the Miami Marlins for Luis Castillo, Austin Brice, and Isaiah White.
[14] On June 19, 2018, Straily was ejected for the first time in his career when he hit Buster Posey with a pitch with warnings in place.
[14] He led Major League Baseball pitchers with a .138 batting average against when facing a lineup for the third time.
On July 31, 2019, the Phillies acquired Straily from the Orioles for cash considerations, and assigned him to the Triple–A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
On February 4, 2022, Straily signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, being assigned to their Triple-A affiliate Reno Aces.
[36] On April 23, 2024, Straily signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.