Tyler Chipman returns to the AppleSox 2022 season.

Head coach Mitch Darlington announced on Wednesday that Enzo Apodaca, Tyler Chipman, Jared Engman and Luc Stuka will be the first four members of the 2022 Wenatchee AppleSox roster. All four players spent the 2021 season with the AppleSox and contributed in different ways and return to Wenatchee to play for a new coaching staff.“We always enjoy following the careers of our players after they leave Wenatchee,” general manager Allie Schank said, “but there is something special about those who choose to come back here. We credit that to memorable experiences on the field and with their host families. I’m excited to see Enzo, Tyler, Jared and Luc on the field again and I look forward to them watching them continue a strong tradition of excellence on and off the field while representing the AppleSox.”

Cashmere native Tyler Chipman returns to pitch for the AppleSox for a third summer. The right-hander with Seattle University began his first tenure with the AppleSox in 2018 mere weeks after graduating from Cashmere High School. The 2018 Caribou Trail League MVP started the AppleSox’ home opener that season and remained with the team all summer before heading to the Expedition League in 2019. He rejoined the AppleSox last summer and ended the summer with an incredible relief effort. He retired each of the first 13 hitters that he faced in order, nine via strikeouts, before allowing a baserunner.

Like Chipman, Darlington graduated from Cashmere and looks forward to working with another Bulldog this summer.

"Coaching Tyler this upcoming season is a special opportunity,” Darlington said. “Having won a state title with his older brother, Alex, in 2012, as well as having previously coached Tyler in 2016 at Cashmere makes this an exciting reunion."

Chipman began his college career at Gonzaga but redshirted in 2019 before transferring to Yakima Valley College for the next two seasons. He posted a 3.74 ERA with 32 strikeouts in nine games last spring and is looking to make his debut with the Redhawks this season.