RHP Cohen Achen, 14th round (429th) – Baltimore Orioles — Signed $25,000
Name: RHP Cohen Achen
Hometown: Calgary, Alta.
Height/Weight: 6’3” 210 lbs.
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, Lakeshore Chinooks (Northwoods League)
Coach: Ethan Utley, Trevor Cho
Previous Teams: Big Bend Community College, Babe Ruth Calgary River Cats
2024 summer with Lakeshore Chinooks, Northwoods League _ 3-1 with a 2.93 ERA in eight starts. He has struck out 52 in 40 innings.
2024 season with the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders _ Was 5-5 with a 5.04 ERA in 12 starts ... He struck out 101 in 64 1/3 innings to become first player in program history to record more than 100 strikeouts in multiple seasons ... Also became Blue Raiders’ all-time strikeout leader (341) … Earned wins over St. Andrews, Goshen, Concordia, Campbellsville, and Cumberland … His 23 career wins with the Blue Raiders are third in program history … Had four double-digit strikeout games, including fanning a season high 16 against Goshen on Feb. 24.
2023 season with the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders_ Was 6-4 with a 3.16 ERA in 12 starts … He tossed four complete games and struck out 112, while walking just 18, in 74 innings … Averaged 13.4 strikeouts per innings, which led conference and was fifth in all of NAIA.
2022 season with the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders_ Was 7-3 with a 4.25 ERA in 12 starts … He struck out 76 batters in 65 2/3 innings … He allowed 72 hits and 21 walks.
2021 season with the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders_ Was 5-0 with a 2.38 ERA in 13 appearances (seven starts) … Threw four complete games and struck out 54 in 64 1/3 innings … Started season in bullpen, moved into rotation.
2020 Big Bend Community College _ Made just two starts before COVID-19 pandemic shut down the season … Went 0-1 and allowed nine runs in four innings, while striking out five
Honours
2024 season _ Earned Mid-South Conference First Team honours … Academic All-Mid-South Conference honours list … 2023 season … Voted to Canadian Baseball Network’s All-Canadian Third Team … Earned Mid-South All-Conference First Team honours … Named to Alberta Dugout Stories All College Team … 2022 season_ Named to Alberta Dugout Stories All College Team … 2021 season _ Mid-South Conference Freshman of the Year ... Named to Alberta Dugout Stories All College Team