| Lachlan Wells | |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
Lachlan Robert Wells (born 27 February 1997) is an Australian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Wells pitched for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League from 2013 to 2015. The Minnesota Twins signed Wells to a minor league contract in 2014.[1] [2]
Wells made his professional debut in 2015 with the GCL Twins and spent the whole season there, going 5–2 with a 2.09 ERA and 0.97 WHIP in ten games (nine starts). In 2016, Wells pitched for the Cedar Rapids Kernels,[3] [4] compiling a 6–4 record and 1.77 ERA in 12 starts, and in 2017, he played for the Fort Myers Miracle where he pitched to a 4–10 record and 3.98 ERA in 16 games (14 starts).[5] Wells missed the entire 2018 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[6]
In 2019, Wells appeared in only 10 games split between the GCL Twins and Fort Myers, accumulating a 2-6 record and 4.22 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 49.0 innings pitched.[7] Wells did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Wells made 3 appearances with the Blue Sox between December 18, 2020 and February 4, 2021 with a 1.08 ERA. Wells also did not appear in a game for the organization in 2021 and was released by the Twins on February 22, 2022.[9]
He took the 2022-23 season off, before signing with the ABL's Adelaide Giants in November. In 9 starts, he went 6-0 with a 0.94 ERA, leading the Giants to the ABL finals against the Perth Heat.[10] For his efforts, Wells won the Helms Award as the league's MVP.[11]
On January 7, 2024, Wells signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.[12] Wells will join the Phillies and 11 of his Adelaide teammates for Spring Training in late February.[13] Wells would begin the 2024 season with the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils. On November 6, he elected free agency.<[14]
Wells pitched for the Australian national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[15] His twin brother, Alexander Wells, pitched for the Baltimore Orioles.[16] [17]