Riley Ferrell
Riley Ferrell (born October 18, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. He played college baseball at TCU.
Career
Ferrell attended in A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, Texas. After high school, he attended Texas Christian University (TCU) to play college baseball. As a freshman in 2013, he appeared in 23 games and had a 2.20 earned run average (ERA), 39 strikeouts and three saves. As a sophomore, Ferrell became TCU's closer and had a school record 15 saves. He also had a 0.79 ERA with 70 strikeouts. Returning as the closer again his junior season in 2015, Ferrell set TCU's career saves record. He finished the year with 14 saves, a 2.83 ERA and 45 strikeouts.
Ferrell was drafted by the Houston Astros in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.