Bio

Aaron James Civale ( born June 12, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of East Windsor, Connecticut, Civale attended Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, and played college baseball at Northeastern University. He was honored as Co-Pitcher of the Year in the Colonial Athletic Association after going 9-3 with a 1.73 ERA for the Huskies. While playing for the Huskies, Civale pitched an exhibition game in Florida against the Red Sox at JetBlue Park. Before this start, he was a relief pitcher for the Huskies for two years. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was a league all-star, and received the Outstanding New England Prospect award. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft.