2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 41
Aidan Maldonado
- Position:
- RHP
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Hometown:
- Rosemount, Minn.
- High School:
- Rosemount
Career Highs
- Innings pitched: 5.1, at Elon, Mar 08, 2020
- Strikeouts: 7, Wake Forest, Feb 16, 2020
- Walks allowed: 6, at Indiana State, Mar 26, 2019
- Batters faced: 22, at Elon, Mar 08, 2020
- Field chances: 1, 6 times - last Ohio State, Mar 06, 2020
- Putouts: 1, Coastal Carolina, Apr 02, 2019 ; at Florida Atlantic, Feb 24, 2019
- Assists: 1, 4 times - last Ohio State, Mar 06, 2020
- Runners CS: 1, West Virginia, Feb 23, 2020 ; Clemson, May 31, 2019
MLB Draft
- 2018 MLB Draft - 38th Round - Milwaukee Brewers
Sophomore - 2021
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Pitched in 11 games with one start
- 0-2, 11.37 ERA, 12.2 IP, 7 BB, 13 SO
- No. 10 MLB Draft prospect in the Big Ten by Baseball America
- No. 17 MLB Draft prospect in the Big Ten by D1Baseball
- No. 24 MLB Draft prospect in the Big Ten by Perfect Game
Sophomore - 2020 (COVID-19 Shortened)
- Appeared in four games with three starts
- 1-2, 5.82 ERA, 17.0 IP, 10 BB, 11 SO
- Academic All-Big Ten
- No. 2 MLB Draft prospect for 2021 in the Big Ten by Baseball America
- No. 4 MLB Draft prospect for 2021 in the Big Ten by D1Baseball
- No. 54 sophomore in the nation by Perfect Game
- No. 30 overall prospect in the Cape Cod League by D1Baseball.com
- No. 11 right-handed pitching prospect in the Cape Cod League by D1Baseball.com
- Played summer ball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League, ranking third in the league in strikeouts per nine innings (15.6)
Freshman - 2019
- Appeared in 13 games with five starts
- 0-0, 6.58 ERA, 26.0 IP, 30 BB, 23 SO
- Ranked No. 47 freshman in the nation by Perfect Game
- Ranked No. 49 freshman in the nation by Baseball America
- Ranked No. 4 newcomer in the Big Ten by Baseball America
- Ranked No. 5 impact freshman in the Big Ten by D1Baseball.com
High School
- Four-year letterwinner
- Played for head coach Chris Swanson at Rosemount
- No. 2 recruit in Minnesota by Perfect Game
- No. 2 recruit in Minnesota by Prep Baseball Report
- No. 97 right-handed pitcher in the nation by Prep Baseball Report
- No. 161 overall player in the nation by Perfect Game, the Illini's highest-rated recruit
- All-conference as a junior
- Three-time all-area
- Committed to Illinois before his junior season
- Chose Illinois over Duke, North Carolina, West Virginia and Minnesota
Personal
- Born May 27, 2000
- Son of Daniel and Amy Maldonado
- Mother, Amy, attended the University of Illinois
- One younger sister, Abby
- Majoring in political science
- Aspires to go into politics following his baseball career
- Chose Illinois because, "the opportunities it gave me. First off, the education that I will be provided is top of the line. The baseball program is awesome. I think the consensus of everyone there is that we are all working towards getting to Omaha. When I committed to Illinois I knew it was the best decision of my life."
Wednesday, March 19
Thursday, February 13
Monday, December 09
Friday, September 22
