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American baseball player Baseball player Robert Charles Orlan (born September 28, 1990) is a left-handed-throwing, right-handed batting professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.1 In high school in Virginia, he was All-District as a pitcher as a junior, All-State as a utility player as a senior, and All-District Academic three years. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 30th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . In 2016, he led the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in holds , with eight. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , in March 2017.
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C." Orlan (born September 28, 1990) is a left-handed-throwing, right-handed batting professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. In high school in Virginia, he was All-District as a pitcher as a junior, All-State as a utility player as a senior, and All-District Academic three years. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 30th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . In 2016, he led the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in holds , with eight. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , in March 2017.
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American baseball player Baseball player Robert Charles Orlan (born September 28, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher . In high school in Virginia, he was All-District as a pitcher as a junior, All-State as a utility player as a senior, and All-District Academic three years. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 30th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . In 2016, he led the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in holds , with eight. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , in March 2017.
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