Riley Ferrell

Riley Cole Ferrell (born October 18, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. He played college baseball at TCU.

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. Ferrell was assigned to the Quad Cities River Bandits, where he posted a 1.08 ERA in 16.2 innings pitched. Ferrell spent 2016 with the Lancaster JetHawks, where he posted a 1.80 ERA in 10 innings pitched, but he underwent shoulder surgery in May, thus ending his 2016 season.