Background
Wojciechowski was born in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
Wojciechowski was born in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
Asher attended Sturgis High School, where he played for the school"s baseball team
In his younger years, he lived in Pensacola, Florida, Sturgis, Michigan, and the Dominican Republic. The Wojciechowskis moved to Romania when Asher was nine. Living abroad, he played soccer, and joined Little League Baseball when it expanded to Bucharest when he was 11.
The team played in a tournament similar to the Little League World Series in Poland.
After living in Romania for three years, the Wojciechowskis moved to Sturgis, Michigan. The family moved to South Carolina for Asher"s senior year of high school, so that he could attract more attention from scouts.
Wojciechowski attended Beaufort High School in Beaufort, South Carolina, for his senior year of high school. He then enrolled at The Citadel, choosing it over Winthrop University.
He competed for the United States national baseball team in the summer of 2009.
In 2010, he was named the Southern Conference"s pitcher of the year. The Toronto Blue Jays selected Wojciechowski in the first round, with the 41st overall selection, of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He received an $815,000 signing bonus, and made his professional debut with the Auburn Doubledays of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.
In 2011, Wojciechowski played for the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.
The Blue Jays assigned Wojciechowski to Dunedin in 2012. They later traded him, along with Ben Francisco, Francisco Cordero, David Rollins, Joe Musgrove, and Carlos Pérez to the Houston Astros on July 20, 2012, in exchange for J. A. Happ, Brandon Lyon, and David Carpenter.
Houston assigned Wojciechowski to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class Associate of Arts Texas League. He started the 2013 season in Corpus Christi, but received a midseason promotion to the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class American Automobile Association Pacific Coast League.
He was added to the 40-man roster on November 20, 2013.
Before spring training began in 2014, Wojciechowski strained a lateral muscle. While recuperating in May, his return was delayed when he strained his forearm. He returned to Oklahoma City in June.
Wojciechowski began the 2015 season in the Astros" starting rotation.
His repertoire includes a fastball around 94 miles per hour (151 km/h), a slider in the low 80s, and an occasional changeup and curveball.
He was previously a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, who drafted him in the first round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft.