A former Clemson standout is headed to Korea. Former Tiger and former Minnesota Twins lefthanded pitcher Charlie Barnes signed with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization on Thursday. Barnes, who pitched at Clemson from 2015-17 and was a third-team All-ACC selection in 2017, was drafted by the Twins in the fourth round (No. […]
Former Clemson pitcher Charlie Barnes made his Major League debut on Saturday afternoon for the Minnesota Twins against the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader at Detroit’s Comerica Park. Barnes was solid in his first big league game, allowing just one run on a solo home run from Detroit outfielder Robbie […]
A former Clemson standout is set to make his Major League Baseball debut this week. Per a report from Star Tribune Sports, former Tiger pitcher Charlie Barnes was slated to start Wednesday for the St. Paul Saints — the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins — but was scratched from the scheduled start and will […]
It is every young baseball player’s dream to hear their name called in the Major League Baseball Draft, and on Tuesday afternoon that dream became a reality for former Clemson starting pitcher, Charlie Barnes. The junior was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 2017 MLB Draft as the first pick in the fourth round […]
Clemson junior pitcher Charlie Barnes was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday. Barnes was selected 106th overall—first overall in the fourth round—and was the first Tiger taken in the draft. In 16 starts this season, Barnes earned a 5-5 record with a team-best 3.20 earned […]
Second seed Vanderbilt took down No. 1 seed Clemson, 9-4, in Game 4 of the Clemson Regional on Saturday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The Tigers will now have to fight to keep their season alive. They are scheduled to play UNC Greensboro at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon in an elimination game. The winner will […]
Opposed on the mound by Vanderbilt pitcher Kyle Wright, the projected No. 1 pick in this year’s Major League Baseball draft, Clemson’s Charlie Barnes hoped to put his best foot forward in Game 4 of the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday and go toe-to-toe with Wright in a battle of aces. Unfortunately […]
Charlie Barnes, who will start on the mound tonight when No. 1 Clemson faces No. 2 Vanderbilt in the winner’s game of the Clemson Regional at 7 p.m., has never faced the Commodores, but he is pretty familiar with them. Why? That’s because watching Vanderbilt play is like watching the Clemson Tigers he grew up […]
On Thursday afternoon No. 1 seed Clemson wrapped up their final day of practice before the Clemson Regional begins Friday as the Tigers take on No. 4 seed UNC Greensboro in their first game at 7 p.m. on Friday. Clemson’s practice was followed by a press conference with head coach Monte Lee, Charlie Barnes, Seth […]
As the bus rolled up in front of Doug Kingsmore Stadium late last Friday, Clemson pitcher Charlie Barnes and first baseman Andrew Cox both stepped off the bus and just looked at DKS as if it was the last time they were going to see it. Though the Tigers were definitely going to make the […]