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Who is Patrick Corbin? 10 things to know about the Texas Rangers’ starting pitcher
Patrick Corbin wasn’t on Texas Rangers fans’ radars until well into spring training in 2025, but he’s become a consistent piece on the rotation so far this season.
Corbin was brought to Texas to provide pitching depth in the starting rotation, and he has done just that, even with short notice.
Here are 10 things to know about Corbin.
1. The basics
Name: Patrick Alan Corbin
Born: July 19, 1989
Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 225 lb
Hometown: Clay, New York
College: Chipola College
Draft: 2nd round, 2009 (Los Angeles Angels)
2. Late to the party in Texas
As mentioned above, Corbin signed with the Rangers on March 18, 2025 when Texas’ starting rotation was hit with significant injuries to Jon Gray and Cody Bradford during spring training.
Corbin was brought in to eat innings for a Rangers rotation that needed depth in a bad way. He had the 15th most innings in baseball over the previous four seasons, albeit with ugly numbers.
Through his first 10 starts with the Rangers, Corbin has been a pleasant surprise with a 3.71 ERA in 53 1/3 innings with 41 strikeouts and 18 walks. Even if he reverts to his previous struggles before coming to Texas, he has given the Rangers everything they could have asked for in his first couple of months with the team while Gray and Bradford are on the mend.
3. A historic win
Corbin was a part of the 2019 Nationals team that topped the Astros in the World Series.
He capped that season with as memorable a win as a major league pitcher could have, as he was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series when the Nationals beat the Astros in Houston.
Corbin pitched three scoreless, two-hit innings in relief of Max Scherzer in that Game 7. He entered the game in the sixth inning with Washington down 2-0, but the Nationals had a 4-2 lead when he finished his scoreless eighth inning, which put him in line for the historic win
In that playoff run, which is the only year Corbin has pitched in the playoffs, he had a 5.79 ERA in 23 1/3 innings. He appeared in eight games and made three starts for Washington during those playoffs.
4. Injury history
Corbin was set to be the Diamondbacks’ opening day starter in 2014, but he felt arm tightness during a spring training start.
It was later recealed he has an injury to his ulnar collateral ligament and, like many pitchers in modern baseball, Corbin underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the whole 2014 season. He returned to Arizona’s rotation on July 4, 2015.
5. Late bloomer
He didn’t join his Cicero-North Syracuse High School baseball team until his junior year, according to a story in The New York Post. Corbin’s friends ultimately convinced him to try out.
“It was the second day of tryouts and he showed up in the stretch line in jeans,” his high school coach Kevin Rockwell said. “I asked if he was a righty or a lefty and if he could hit. He said he couldn’t hit, but he was a lefty and could throw hard, ‘But I have no idea where it’s going.’ ”
In his senior year, he had an 8-0 record and allowed just 33 hits and 16 runs in 47 innings. Corbin finished his career with a 14-0 record and 139 strikeouts.
6. Got paid
Corbin hit free agency following a 2018 All-Star campaign with the Diamondbacks and cashed in big-time.
The Nationals signed Corbin, who was 29 years old at the time, to a six-year, $140 million contract ahead of the 2019 season.
7. Two-time All-Star
Corbin made two All-Star teams in his career, both during his time with the Diamondbacks.
In 2013, he was named a National League All-Star when he entered the All-Star break with an 11-1 record and 2.35 ERA in 19 starts. Corbin finished the year with a 14-8 record and 3.41 ERA in 32 starts.
He made the NL All-Star team again in 2018 when he headed into the All-Star break with a 6-4 record and 3.24 ERA in 20 starts. Corbin finished the season with an 11-7 record and 3.15 ERA in 33 starts.
8. Unique college journey
His grades in high school weren’t good enough to get him into a four-year college to play baseball. He ended up at Mohawk Valley Community College, located in Utica, New York.
Corbin played baseball and basketball his freshman year at Mohawk Valley. The summer after his freshman year, he caught scouts’ attention during summer ball.
That led him to Chipola College, which has one of the top junior college programs in the country. Corbin quit basketball and focused solely on baseball at his new school.
After a standout year at Chipola, he had signed a letter of intent with the University of Southern Mississippi, but opted to sign his first professional contract when the Angels drafted him with the 80th overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft.
9. Basketball was his first love
He was cut from a basketball team in seventh grade, so he avoided trying out for his high school teams until his junior year.
Corbin was a basketball standout at Cicero and played both sports during his one year at Mohawk Valley.
“He was a basketball junkie,” Mohawk Valley head coach Dave Warren said. “He wanted to play for Jim Boeheim. I think the tide turned toward baseball when he got here.
“He had a great year for us even though he was focused on basketball. We started indoor baseball in February, so he would show up in his basketball shorts and throw a bullpen [session].”
10. Struggles in Washington
Although he was a part of a World Series championship team in Washington in his first year, he turned into one of the worst contracts in baseball for most of his time with the Nationals.
From 2021-2024, the final four years of Corbin’s deal with the Nationals were ugly for any pitcher, let alone a pitcher on a contract that averaged over $23 million per year.
Among the 58 pitchers with at least 500 innings in those four years, he ranked last in ERA (5.71), losses (63), hits allowed (820) and WHIP (1.532). In that same timeframe, he led the major leagues in losses three times, led in hits allowed twice, led in earned runs allowed three times and led in home runs allowed once.
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Texas Football Opt-Outs: Who’s Likely Playing and Who’s Out for the Citrus Bowl
At this point in time, opting out of bowl games is nothing new, but Texas is going to have more opt-outs in the Citrus Bowl against Michigan than many—self included—expected. This problem pales in comparison to what’s going on in Ann Arbor, but the amount of lost experience will be something for Texas to overcome, primarily on defense.
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Latest in recruiting war for elite 2028 QB has Texas Football joyful
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While Mondays update was encouraging, Texas was not the only school Lawrence mentioned. He also highlighted Michigan, Miami, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Tennessee. That is not an easy list of schools to go to battle with; the Longhorns have time to make themselves stand out.
Currently, the Miami Northwestern High star is ranked as the fourth-best quarterback in is class by 247Sports. They also rank him as the ninth-best player from Florida and the 39th-best player in the nation. With collegiate debut still over a year away, those rankings could change.
At the moment, the Longhorns do not have a commitment in the 2028 class, but they have made offers to some of the top recruits. That includes Brysen Wright, Jalanie George, Jamarios Canton, Micah Rhodes, and King Pitts. Landing any of those players would give Texas a bright future.
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Orange County wedding photographer deported on way to job in Texas
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – An Orange County photographer is speaking out after he was deported as he was heading to Texas to photograph a wedding.
What they’re saying:
“I was trying to do it the right way, the legal way and it just feels like they don’t care about that,” said Adan Caceres.
Caceres came to the United States under asylum in 2014, fleeing a violent El Salvador.
“My mom’s sister was murdered and she was thrown in front of our house. She also was abused sexually before they murdered her and then my brother and I were threatened by the gangs,” said Caceres.
He says he never received the deportation order that was issued in 2018 and only learned about it in 2023. He then started the process of reopening his case.
“I was paying my taxes. I’m a business owner, I’m a wedding photographer. I’m also married,” said Caceres.
In October, Caceres was going through security at John Wayne Airport, heading to a job in Texas, when he was detained. He says from Santa Ana, he was sent to the Adelanto Detention Center then one in El Paso, Texas where he says the conditions were inhumane.
“We’re not even asking ‘hey let us out’ we’re asking for water, we’re asking for us to be able to use the restroom, these are basic human rights,” said Caceres.
He says now that he’s back in the country he once fled, he’s most concerned about his wife back in Orange County.
“I was providing a lot of income for our household and now my wife has to take care of all of those things on her own; paying car insurance, the rent, all the bills,” said Caceres.
Caceres says he had no criminal history and feels he was on the path to citizenship when it was ripped away from him, leaving his future with his family uncertain.
“I don’t know if I’m going to see them. I don’t know when I’m going to see them,” said Caceres.
The other side:
FOX11 reached out to the Department of Homeland Security asking about Caceres’ case but had not heard back at the time this story aired.
The Source: Information for this story came from an interview with Adan Caceres.
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