Former Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Jack Dreyer had an interesting path to the major leagues. Before committing to the Iowa Hawkeyes, Dreyer was a star pitcher for Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa.
Dreyer was a 2016 Under-18 USA Baseball team member and was the All-Iowa Baseball Player of the Year. He had 23 career wins in high school, including a 1.13 earned run average (ERA), and 195 strikeouts in 145 total innings.
This includes posting a 10-0 record with a 0.34 ERA and 102 strikeouts during his senior year.
Despite his prep success, Perfect Game ranked Dreyer as the 327th-best prospect. He committed to the Hawkeyes before the 2017-2018 season. He did not have the same dominating career at Iowa as at Johnston High School.
Primarily in mixed starting and bullpen roles, Dreyer posted a career 8-3 record with a 3.41 ERA in 20 appearances (10 starts). He pitched 60.2 total innings and had 76 strikeouts.
Dreyer's college career was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) and a major injury (Tommy John surgery in 2021) before going undrafted in 2021.
Five years after signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 2021, Dreyer picked up his first big league win in the Dodgers' Wednesday night victory over the Atlanta Braves.
With all the "Pomp and Circumstance" of last night (Vin was 100% the best) it got lost on me that Jack Dreyer got his first Major League W.
— Dodgers Daily (@dodger_daily) April 3, 2025
Wow, what a night!
With the Dodgers not playing tonight, I've let myself stay in celebration mode all day, and I plan on staying that way… pic.twitter.com/FyH0PBthw8
The Dodgers entered Wednesday night with a perfect 7-0 record and aimed to top the 1933 Yankees for the longest winning streak to start a season. The Dodgers sent ace Blake Snell to the mound, and it could not have started worse for the Dodgers.
Two errors by third baseman Max Muncy led to five runs scored in the first inning. The Dodgers found themselves in an early 5-0 hole before they came to the plate in the bottom of the first inning.
The Dodgers would hang around, and claw back into the game on a second-inning, two-run home run by Tommy Edman, and a fourth-inning home run by Michael Conforto.
After holding the Braves' offense at bay, Jack Dreyer replaced Kirby Yates in the top of the eighth inning. He had a quick one-two-three inning after two ground outs and a line out by Braves' batters. In the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers would strike.
With two runners on, Muncy redeemed his earlier miscues with a two-run double that tied the game at 5-5. Dreyer stayed on the mound for the ninth and had another quick one-two-three inning to give his team a chance in the bottom of the inning.
Andy Pages struck out to lead off the bottom of the ninth. Superstar Shohei Ohtani was next, and he delivered. On the first pitch he saw from pitcher Raisel Iglesias, Ohtani mashed a 399-foot home run to center field and won the game for the Dodgers.
Dreyer picked up his first MLB win after pitching two scoreless innings in the Dodgers' victory.
In 5.1 innings pitched this season, Dreyer is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA and has four strikeouts. He has excelled in the Dodgers' bullpen to begin his rookie season.