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Biography
George Emmet Sheehan (born November 15, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB)
Career
Amateur career
Born in New York City, Sheehan grew up in Darien, Connecticut, where he lived since age five. Sheehan attended Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, New York, for three years before transferring to the Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut. He attended Boston College and played college baseball for the Boston College Eagles for three seasons. As a junior, he went 5–5 with a 4.23 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 76+2⁄3 innings pitched. Sheehan pitched Collegiate summer baseball in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League for the Bristol Blues and New Britain Bees in 2018 and 2020 respectively. He was an FCBL All-Star in 2018. In 2019, Sheehan played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Danbury Westerners where he was an All-Star.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Sheehan in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Dodgers to start his professional career before being promoted to the Low-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and then a second time to the High-A Great Lakes Loons. Sheehan finished the season with a 3–0 record and a 5.17 ERA with 34 strikeouts in 15+2⁄3 innings pitched over seven appearances. He returned to Great Lakes to start the 2022 season. He appeared in 18 games (12 starts) for the Loons and then made two starts after a late season call-up to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. He had a 7–2 record and 2.91 ERA between the two teams with 106 strikeouts.
Sheehan began 2023 with Tulsa, starting 10 games (12 total) with a 4–1 record and 1.86 ERA. He also struck out 88 batters in 53+1⁄3 innings. He was called up to the majors on June 16 to start against the San Francisco Giants. In his debut, he pitched six scoreless no-hit innings while allowing two walks and striking out three. His first major league strikeout was against Mike Yastrzemski. On June 23, Sheehan picked up his first major league win against the Houston Astros. He started 11 games (and two relief appearances) with a 4–1 record and a 4.92 ERA.
Sheehan was expected to compete for a spot in the Dodgers rotation to start 2024, but was slowed in spring training by shoulder soreness and began the season on the injured list. On May 15, Sheehan underwent Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, shutting him down for the rest of the season.