{"id":179902,"date":"2026-04-30T02:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179902\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:45:28","slug":"dylan-coleman-making-comeback-with-railriders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179902\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Coleman making comeback with RailRiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dylan Coleman made his season debut with the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on April 24th against the Rochester Red Wings at PNC Field in northeastern Pennsylvania. It was more than a debut, however \u2014 it was also a comeback. The 29-year-old relief pitcher stepped away from the game after being released early last season by the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cSame cycle there for a while, so I think it was really beneficial to step away,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cIt was never taking time off to be done; I knew I was going to come back. It was a mental break. You go through so much stuff through a season and I\u2019ve been at it for seven, eight years now. Just finding that little break was really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Drafted out of Missouri State University by the San Diego Padres<\/a> in 2018 in the fourth round (111st overall), he reached Double-A in the Padres organization before being traded to the Kansas City Royals<\/a> on November 5, 2020. He reached Triple-A with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2021 before the Royals called him up in September of that season. He made his major-league debut September 21, 2021 at Cleveland<\/a>, pitching a scoreless seventh inning with one hit in a 4-1 loss.<\/p>\n

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He split time over the next two seasons between Omaha and Kansas City<\/a> before being traded to the Houston Astros<\/a> on December 6, 2023. He appeared in one game with the Astros in April 2024, then spent the rest of the season at Triple-A Sugar Land before being released on August 9th.<\/p>\n

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Baltimore signed him in February 2025 and he appeared in 11 games with the Double-A Chesapeake Baysox (6) and Triple-A Norfolk Tides (5). On May 14th against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, he allowed five runs on five hits and two walks in one inning. Two days later, he was released.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he decided to step away from the game.<\/p>\n

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During his time away, he worked with a trainer on his mechanics. He had some teams, including the Yankees, come watch him throw a session. He planned to hold a pro day the following week, but the Yankees really liked what they saw and signed him January 17th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a really good fit,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cObviously I heard good things about (their) development and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

In spring training, Coleman had something flare up in his shoulder area that set him back a bit. Then he had to build himself back up and, as a result, started the season on the seven-day injured list. He was activated April 21st and made his season debut three days later.<\/p>\n

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He entered the game in the seventh inning and got thrown right into the fire. The first Rochester batter he faced, Phillip Glassner, grounded his first pitch to first baseman Ernesto Martinez Jr. Coleman had to cover the bag and take the throw for the out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ll take first-pitch outs all day,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cBut he hit it over there, I finished the pitch and was like \u2018I\u2019d better get to first.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Coleman struck out the next batter he faced, Red Wings leadoff batter Christian Franklin<\/a>. He walked the next batter, Dylan Crews<\/a>. Yohandy Morales then reached on an infield single and a throwing error on the play put runners at second and third. But Coleman stranded them when he got Abimelec Ortiz to ground out to Martinez at first and end the inning.<\/p>\n

After not pitching in a game for almost a year \u2014 345 days to be exact \u2014 Coleman said it felt good to be back on the mound.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously got some time in spring training, but it was great to be back out there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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RailRiders manager Shelley Duncan agreed. He believes Coleman can be a key component in the bullpen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see him as a one-inning guy right now, but as he gets comfortable out there, at his best he\u2019s a high-leverage pitcher,\u201d Duncan said. \u201cHe\u2019s got really good stuff. I\u2019ve seen him at his best in the big leagues on the other side of the dugout where he\u2019s absolutely filthy. He\u2019s got it in him to be that person again and I look forward to seeing it. He\u2019s a worker.\u201d<\/p>\n

That bullpen has the fourth-best earned-run average in Triple-A at 3.83 and the fewest walks with 49. It has collected nine wins and five saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been seeing a lot this year, any time we\u2019re behind, as far as the bullpen goes, we know if we can put up some zeroes and give our hitters more opportunity, we\u2019re really at any game at any point,\u201d\u00a0Coleman said.<\/p>\n

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All but one of Coleman\u2019s 97 games in the major leagues came in relief. His lone start was came as an opener August 11, 2024 against the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>. He worked one hitless and scoreless inning with three walks and a hit batsman. His MLB record is 5-4, with a 3.84 ERA, 21 holds and 100 strikeouts in 93.2 innings.<\/p>\n

Among his fondest memories is pitching for the Royals in Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the history and atmosphere that comes with the Yankees and the stadium and the fans are super into it,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cIt was a cool experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, Coleman would love to get back to the majors. For now, though, his goal is to not beat himself and keep it him versus the hitter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s just all about giving myself the best place and opportunity to optimize what I can do. Get the best version of me that I can,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cThe guy I was working with during the offseason knew some of the guys within (Yankees) org development. Just heard a lot of good things about it and stuff. I\u2019ve loved my time here so far and hopefully a lot more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RailRiders (14-12) took four of six games in their series with Rochester. Jasson Dominguez<\/a> helped lead the way, batting .375 (9-for-24) in series with two doubles, one home run and five RBI, thus warranting his callup to the Yankees with Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> being placed on the 10-day IL. Jonathan Ornelas<\/a> batted .417 (5-for-12) with a home run and two RBI.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the RailRiders were scheduled to begin a six-game series at PNC Field with the Buffalo Bisons. They took two of three from Buffalo in the season-opening series in New York.<\/p>\n

Several players began the week ranked among the International League leaders. Spencer Jones is second in RBI with 26. Brendan Beck is tied for fifth in strikeouts (33) and second in innings pitcher (30.0). Elmer Rodriguez is fourth in ERA at 1.27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dylan Coleman made his season debut with the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on April 24th against the Rochester Red Wings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[63594,80341,76,68441,77266,79161,34769,14430,51789,68104,5520,38612,4559,10997,68101,69789,28762,178,180,179,80340,45323,69057],"class_list":["post-179902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-christian-franklin","tag-cleveland","tag-dylan-coleman","tag-dylan-crews","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-houston-astros","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-jonathan-ornelas","tag-kansas-city","tag-missouri-state-university","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-railriders","tag-rochester-red-wings","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-season-debut","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-the-kansas-city-royals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}