Colton Willems

Colton Kristofer Willems (born July 30, 1988, in Fort Pierce, Florida) is a North American professional baseball player. He is a right-handed pitching prospect in the Washington Nationals organization. A 2006 graduate of John Carroll High School in Fort Pierce, Florida, Willems was selected by the Nationals with the 22nd overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft and signed for a bonus of $1.425 million.

Willems spent the 2006 season with the GCL Nationals, Washington's affiliate in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League. He accrued a record of 0 wins and 1 loss and an ERA of 3.38 in 5 starts with the GCL Nationals.

In 2007 Willems pitched for the Vermont Lake Monsters in the short-season New York-Penn League. He logged 58⅔ innings in twelve starts, winning 3, losing 2, and recording a 1.84 ERA.

External links

*Leagues
** [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/leagues/ip_index.jsp?sid=milb&lid=l124 Gulf Coast League] - Rookie-level minor league
** [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=l127 New York-Penn League] - Short-season A-level minor league
*Teams
** [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/clubs/ip_index.jsp?cid=t466&mc=info GCL Nationals] - Rookie-level affiliate of the Washington Nationals based in Viera, Fla.
** [http://vermontlakemonsters.com Vermont Lake Monsters] - New York-Penn League affiliate of the Washington Nationals based in Burlington, Vt.
** [http://washington.nationals.mlb.com Washington Nationals]