Steve Cishek

Steven Cishek is an American professional baseball league pitcher. He has played for the Florida / Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, and Los Angeles Angels in Major League Baseball (MLB). With 33 saves in a row, he owns the franchise record for the Marlins for most consecutive saves.

Cishek was born and bred in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and attended Falmouth High School, where he was a standout pitcher and basketball player. Cishek attended Division II Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, after being overlooked by Division I colleges. He led the squad to a conference title in 2007.

Cishek is predominantly a sinkerballer who can throw his sinker with above-average speed spanning from 91 miles per hour (146 km/h) to 94 miles per hour (151 km/h) when using a sidearm delivery. His secondary pitch is a slider with a velocity of 82–85 mph (132–137 km/h), which he prefers to utilize against right-handed batters. He also throws a four-seam fastball and a changeup, which he employs mainly against left-handed batters and can reach speeds of 83 miles per hour (134 km/h) to 86 miles per hour (138 km/h). Cishek frequently employs his slider in two-strike counts, particularly 1–2. Cishek sought and was granted his release on March 25, 2021. Cishek signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on March 29, 2021.