| Blayne Enlow | |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Sorrento, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Blayne Chanlar Enlow (born March 21, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Enlow attended St. Amant High School in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.[1] Before his sophomore year of high school, he broke an ankle and his pelvis in a car accident. He returned to play baseball in his junior year.[2] During his senior year, he played for the USA Baseball 18-and-under team.[3] [4] He committed to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college baseball for the LSU Tigers.[5]
The Minnesota Twins selected Enlow in the third round, with the 76th overall selection, of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[6] [7] [8] He signed with the Twins, receiving a $2 million signing bonus, and was assigned to the Gulf Coast Twins of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.[9] He spent all of his first professional season with in the GCL, posting a 3–0 record with a 1.33 ERA in innings.[10] He spent 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Single–A Midwest League, going 3–5 with a 3.26 ERA over twenty games (17 starts).[11] [12]
Enlow returned to Cedar Rapids to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle of the High–A Florida State League in May.[13] [14] Over 21 games (twenty starts) between the two clubs, Enlow went 8–7 with a 3.82 ERA and 95 strikeouts over innings.[15] Enlow did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] He returned to action in 2021 with Cedar Rapids (now members of the High-A Central.[17] He made three starts before it was announced he would be undergoing Tommy John surgery, thus ending his season.[18]
On November 19, 2021, the Twins added Enlow to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[19] Enlow returned to action in 2022, spending the majority of the season with the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge. In 24 appearances for Wichita, he posted a 1–3 record and 4.40 ERA with 3 saves and 64 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched. On January 6, 2023, Enlow was designated for assignment by the Twins following the waiver claim of Oliver Ortega.[20] On January 13, he was outrighted to Double-A Wichita.[21] Enlow split the 2023 season between Wichita and the Triple–A St. Paul Saints. He appeared in a combined 26 games (22 starts) and posted a 5–6 record and 5.35 ERA with 109 strikeouts in innings pitched. Enlow elected free agency following the season on November 6.[22]
On December 14, 2023, Enlow signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.[23] On November 6, he elected free agency.[24]