Alex Burnett

Alex Burnett is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher, born on 26 July 1987. A right-hander listed at six feet tall and 215 pounds, he was drafted in the twelfth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins. He worked up through the Twins minor league system, was selected to the Midwest League All-Star Game in 2007 while playing for the Beloit Snappers, and was converted from a starter to a reliever in 2009. He made the Twins roster out of spring training in 2010 without ever playing at the triple-A level, and made his major league debut on 8 April 2010, retiring all three batters he faced in a 10-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In 2013 he was claimed on waivers in turn by the Toronto Blue Jays, the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago Cubs, and he later pitched for the Sioux City Explorers of independent baseball and for Guerreros de Oaxaca of the Mexican Baseball League.