NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.—Former Niagara baseball pitcher Tyler Prospero has signed with the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.
After closing out his collegiate career last season with the Purple Eagles, he signed in the MLB Draft League with the Williamsport Crosscutters. With Williamsport he appeared in seven games and had 10 strikeouts in 15.1 innings while having a 3.52 ERA.
After playing two seasons at Genesee Community College, Prospero joined the Purple Eagles and played his final three seasons of collegiate baseball at Niagara. With the Purple Eagles he made 27 appearances on the mound while having a 2-0 record out of the bullpen. In 31.2 career innings he struckout 25 batters.
The Evansville Otters are located in Evansville, Indiana are in the Frontier League which is an independent baseball league that is a Professional Partner League of Major League Baseball. The Otters have won the Frontier League Championship in 2006 and 2016, last season they finished 52-43.
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