Dylan Coleman

Dylan David Coleman (born September 16, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals.

Amateur career
Coleman attended Potosi High School in Potosi, Missouri. Undrafted out of high school in 2015, he attended Missouri State University to play college baseball for the Bears. He played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League in 2017. Coleman produced his best collegiate season as a junior in 2018, going 10–2 with a 3.77 ERA and 129 strikeouts over $102 2/3$ innings. Coleman was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.

San Diego Padres
Coleman split his professional debut season of 2018 between the Tri-City Dust Devils and the Fort Wayne TinCaps, going 1–2 with a 3.18 ERA and 29 strikeouts over $22 2/3$ innings. Coleman split the 2019 season between the AZL Padres, Fort Wayne, and the Lake Elsinore Storm, going a combined 4–3 with a 3.18 ERA and 39 strikeouts over 34 innings. Coleman did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kansas City Royals
On November 5, 2020, Coleman was traded to the Kansas City Royals as a player to be named later from an earlier trade that sent Trevor Rosenthal to San Diego, and Edward Olivares to Kansas City. Coleman split the 2021 minor league season between the Northwest Arkansas Naturals and the Omaha Storm Chasers, going a combined 5–1 with a 3.28 ERA and 93 strikeouts over $57 2/3$ innings.

On September 21, 2021, Kansas City selected Coleman's contract to the active roster, and he made his MLB debut that night versus the Cleveland Indians. He made five appearances for Kansas City in his debut campaign, recording a 1.42 ERA.

Coleman made 68 appearances out of the bullpen for Kansas City in 2022. Across 68.0 innings of work, he registered a 5–2 record and 2.78 ERA with 71 strikeouts. In 2023, Coleman made 23 appearances for the Royals, struggling immensely to an 8.84 ERA, with 21 strikeouts across $18 1⁄3$ innings of work.

Houston Astros
On December 6, 2023, the Royals traded Coleman to the Houston Astros in exchange for Carlos Mateo. He was optioned to the Triple–A Sugar Land Space Cowboys to begin the 2024 season.