Sean Poppen


Sean R. Poppen is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.

Career

Poppen attended Cape Henry Collegiate in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He attended Harvard University for four years, and played college baseball for the Crimson.
Poppen was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 19th round, with the 573rd overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. He spent the 2016 season with the Elizabethton Twins and the Cedar Rapids Kernels. In 2017, he played for Cedar Rapids and the Fort Myers Miracle. His 2018 was split between Fort Myers and the Chattanooga Lookouts. He split the 2019 minor league season between the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and the Rochester Red Wings, going a combined 7–4 with a 4.01 ERA over 89.2 innings.
On June 19, 2019, his contract was selected and he was called up to the major leagues for the first time. He made his debut that night versus the Boston Red Sox. He posted a 0–0 record with a 7.56 ERA over 8.1 innings for the Twins in 2019. Poppen finished the 2019 season on the injured list with elbow inflammation.

Personal life

Poppen graduated from Harvard, double majoring in Chemistry and Physics, and Engineering Sciences.
He is married to Taylor Mae Poppen and has a newborn son. They live in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.