Background
Sean was born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sean was born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Sean graduated from Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, Louisiana in 2005. While there, he went 10-2 with 1.42 European Research Area in 13 games as a senior, and he struck out 130 batters in 84.0 Intellectual Property.
Sean is married to Kayla, and they have one daughter, Kelly. High school Florida Marlins West went 8-5 with 3.74 European Research Area in 21 starts with Greensboro (A) in 2006. During that season, he recorded 102 strikeouts and 40 walks in 120.1 innings.
West eventually went on the disabled list from April 14 to May 8 with left shoulder tendinitis.
He earned wins on May 25 at Greenville (60 Intellectual Property, Emergency, 4 H, 1 BlackBerry, 1 SO) and June 14 at Asheville (61 Intellectual Property, 5 H, 1 BlackBerry, 8 SO), before losing four straight starts from June 24 to July 9. West was honored by being named Player of the Week for May 29-June 4, going 0-0 with 0.00 European Research Area in two starts (130 innings).
He had.615 winning percentage, which tied him with Daniel Barone (8-5 with Carolina, Jupiter, Greensboro) for second-best among all Marlins minor leaguers. Only Renyel Pinto (8-2 with Albuquerque) had a better winning percentage among Marlins farm-hands.
On West"s fourth Major League Start against the San Francisco Giants on June 8, 2009, he pitched a 6 inning no hitter until Edgar Renteria hit for a single on the first pitch of the top of the 7th inning.
Washington Nationals On January 10, 2013, West signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals.