Brian Akin

Brian Todd Akin (born October 13, 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky) was a right-handed pitcher in Minor League Baseball.
He pitched four seasons at Davidson College. As a senior in 2004, he posted an 8-3 record and 3.30 ERA, earning All-Southern Conference second-team honors. He ranked fourth in the conference in ERA, strikeouts and lowest batting average against.
He was selected in the 14th round of the June 2004 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and assigned to the Rookie Class Ogden Raptors for the 2004 season. Akin pitched for the Columbus Catfish in 2005 and started in 2006 with the Vero Beach Dodgers. He posted a 1.80 ERA with Vero Beach, striking out 48 batters in 35 innings and was selected as a Florida State League All-Star. He was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns for the second half of the season and posted a 2.95 ERA in 20 games for the Suns.
He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League following the season and returned to Jacksonville for the 2007 season. He went 1-2 with a 4.37 era for the Suns and was promoted to the Las Vegas 51s for the end of the season, where he went 1-2 with a 5.02 era in seven appearances. In 2008, he pitched in 25 games for Jacksonville and 7 games for Las Vegas. He suffered an arm injury in July and underwent Tommy John surgery. During his rehab he attained some minor attention as a blogger on his "Dear Tommy John Letters" blog.
He married his wife Natalie on November 7, 2009 He was released by the Dodgers during spring training 2010. On May 28, 2010 he announced his retirement on his personal blog.

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