Dylan Axelrod

Married Heather … attended the University of California-Irvine … led the Anteaters to a berth in the 2007 College World Series as a senior, going 6-4 with a 3.96 ERA and four saves … also attended Santa Barbara City College … is a 2003 graduate of Santa Barbara (Calif.) High School.

Spent most of the season in Class AAA, where in 22 starts and 2 relief apps for Charlotte and Louisville he went 8-9, 4.01 with 1 shutout....on 7/16 was traded from the White Sox to the Reds for cash...reported to Louisville, where he went 2-1, 3.06 in 5 starts before he was promoted on 8/16...made his Reds debut in the nightcap of the day/night doubleheader on 8/17 at Col and in that 10-5 loss was the victim of a blown save when the Rockies overcame a 5-2 deficit with 3 runs in the seventh inning and 5 more in the eighth...was scheduled to pitch on 8/16 but was pushed back a day after the water main broke outside Coors Field...was optioned to Louisville following that 8/17 start but returned to Cin to start the 7-2 win vs Cubs on 8/28 and the 6-0 loss on 9/3 at Bal...was injured in his next start, on 9/8 vs StL, when after 1 batter he suffered a strained right oblique...became the first Reds starting pitcher in a regular season game to be credited with 0 or 1 batter faced since Don Newcombe was not credited with any batters faced on 7/17/60/g2 at Pit...didn't pitch again for the Reds until 9/27 vs Pit, when in relief in the 161st game of the season he earned the 10-6 win on the heels of Ramon Santiago's 10th-inning, walkoff grand slam...following the season made 7 starts for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League (3-1, 3.23, 30.2ip, 27h, 7bb, 23k, 2hr).

Went 3-8 with a 5.76 ERA (68 ER/106.1 IP) over 20 starts with the White Sox and 1-3 with a 5.32 mark
(13 ER/22.0 IP) in 10 relief appearances … the Sox were 7-13 in his starts … recorded a 4.03 ERA (27 ER/60.1IP) at U.S. Cellular Field (7.15 mark on the road) … began the season in the starting rotation … received a no decision in four of his first five starts (12 ER/27.1 IP), including his season debut on 4/6 vs. Seattle when he allowed one unearned run on three hits over 5.2 IP pitching opposite Felix Hernandez … went 1-2 with a run scored on 4/11 at Washington, his first career hit … compiled a three-game winning streak from 5/15-26 … earned his first win of the season on 5/15 at Minnesota (3 ER/5.1 IP) … posted no decisions in all five June starts (17 ER/26.0IP) … joined Jose Quintana (six no decisions in June) as the only teammates in baseball history to each make five-plus starts in a month and receive all no decisions (Elias) … allowed five runs over 1.2 IP on 7/5 at Tampa Bay, the shortest start of his career … was moved to the bullpen to start the second half … worked 3.0 scoreless IP in relief on 7/23 vs. Detroit … surrendered a game-ending homer to Carlos Santana in the 10th inning on 7/31 at Cleveland … earned the win on 8/7 vs. the Yankees (1 ER/1.0 IP) despite allowing a go-ahead homer to Robinson Cano in the 12th … the win was his first since 5/26 vs. Miami … threw 4.0 scoreless relief IP on 8/11 vs. Minnesota … worked a career-high 5.0 scoreless IP in relief on 9/12 vs. Cleveland … suffered the loss in each of his final two appearances on 9/20 at Detroit (7 ER/2.2 IP) and 9/25 at Cleveland (3 ER/5.2 IP).