Grand Canyon Pitcher Jorge Perez Returns to Knights.
November 15, 2012Corvallis Signs Tom Zarosinski of George Fox to 10-Day Contract.
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Grand Canyon University sophomore pitcher Jorge Perez will return to the Knights for the 2013 season. The Knights have also signed George Fox University sophomore pitcher Tom Zarosinski (pictured) to a 10-day contract. He's a former Oregon Stater who played briefly for the Knights in 2011.
Perez (6-2, 190) is a right-hander from Downey, Calif., who was 3-3 in nine games for the 2012 Knights, with a 2.79 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 48.1 innings. He was selected to the West Division squad for the WCL All-Star Game and threw a scoreless inning as the West's starting pitcher.
A right-hander from Lake Oswego, Zarosinski (6-0, 220) will provide early depth until the full-time players arrive in mid-June. Temporary signees often make the Knights for good; our top 2012 pitcher, WCL all-star and first-team all-leaguer Rob Dittrick of Pacific University, was also a 10-day signee.
Zarosinski was 1-7, 5.56 in 12 starts at GFU in 2012, with 52 strikeouts in 56.2 innings. He redshirted at OSU, was 0-0, 4.50 in his lone appearance for the Knights, and then played for the Ports in WCL Portland before transferring to George Fox.
He was a first-team all-state selection and the Tualatin River League's co-Pitcher of the Year in 2010 as a senior at LOHS.
The Knights now have signed five returnees from the 2012 team, which lost to Wenatchee in Game 3 of the WCL Championship series: Perez; UC Irvine utility player Chris Rabago; Corban infielder Marc Gallegos; Pacific Lutheran pitcher Chris Bishop, and Central Washington pitcher Devon Barker.