{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Kyle Regnault |image=Kyleregunault.jpg |image_size=250 |team=Free agent |number= |position=Pitcher |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date and age|1988|12|13}} |birth_place=Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | debutleague = NPB | debutdate = March 30 | debutyear = 2019 | debutteam = Hiroshima Toyo Carp | statyear = 2019 season | statleague = NPB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 6–3 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 3.34 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 67 | teams = * Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{npby|2019}}) }} '''Kyle Adam Regnault''' (born December 13, 1988), nicknamed "'''Leaf'''",<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://www.daily.co.jp/baseball/carp/2019/01/25/0012008883.shtml | title=【一問一答】新助っ投ローレンス「ニックネームの話から入りますが…」| work=デイリー | language=Japanese | date=January 25, 2019 | accessdate=March 12, 2019 }}</ref> is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

==Career== ===Early career=== Regnault attended La Salle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. In his senior year, he was named to Rhode Island's All-State baseball team and won a state championship in wrestling. He attended Chipola College for two years, and played college baseball for the Chipola Indians. He then transferred to the University of Rhode Island, where he continued his college baseball career for the Rhode Island Rams. While with the Rams, Regnault underwent Tommy John surgery, limiting him to 13 games pitched in his two years there. In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2009&T=brewster_whitecaps |title=2009 Brewster Whitecaps |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20090613/SPORTS/90612024 |title=Cape League: Brewster, Falmouth end in tie |publisher=capecodtimes.com |date=June 13, 2009 |accessdate=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

Regnault was not selected in the Major League Baseball draft, and began his professional career with the Worcester Tornadoes and the Québec Capitales of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Gillooly |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20170918/at-schools-perseverance-paying-off-for-kyle-regnault |title=At The Schools: Perseverance paying off for Kyle Regnault - Sports - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI |publisher=providencejournal.com |date=September 18, 2017 |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref>

===New York Mets=== Regnault met Phil Regan, a pitching coach in the New York Mets' organization, at a golf course in Florida during the 2013 offseason.<ref name=lvrj/> The Mets signed Regnault before the 2015 season, and he pitched for the St. Lucie Mets of the High-A Florida State League.<ref name=lvrj/> He played in the Arizona Fall League after the regular season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cannavaro |first=Antonio |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-kyle-regnault-making-strides-after-afl/c-157972120 |title=Mets' Kyle Regnault making strides after AFL |work=MLB.com |date=November 23, 2015 |accessdate=November 20, 2018}}</ref> Regnault missed playing time during the 2016 season due to a shoulder injury. In 2017, Regault began the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Eastern League, and the Mets promoted him to the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League during the season.<ref name=lvrj>{{cite web|last=Marcelo |first=Philip |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/51sbaseball/after-unique-path-51s-pitcher-kyle-regnault-enjoys-success-in-triple-a/ |title=After unique path, 51s pitcher Kyle Regnault enjoys success in Triple A &#124; Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=Reviewjournal.com |date=June 16, 2017 |accessdate=November 19, 2018}}</ref>

===Hiroshima Toyo Carp=== On November 16, 2018, Regnault signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carp.co.jp/news19/2018/n-387.html |title=カイル・レグナルト選手、選手契約合意！ |work=広島東洋カープ公式サイト |language=Japanese |date=November 16, 2018 |accessdate=March 12, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2019, Regnault made 52 appearances for the Carp, registering a 6-3 record and 3.34 ERA with 67 strikeouts in 59.1 innings pitched. On December 2, 2019, he became a free agent.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://npb.jp/announcement/2019/pn_released.html | title=2019年度 自由契約選手 | work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | language=Japanese | date= | accessdate=December 22, 2019 }}</ref>

===San Diego Padres=== On February 7, 2020, Regnault signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres organization. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-canceled|access-date=2023-03-18|website=mlb.com|language=en}}</ref> He was released by the Padres on May 27.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facing loss of 2020 minor league season, Padres make releases|url=https://madfriars.com/2020/06/03/facing-lost-2020-season-padres-releases/|access-date=2023-05-02|website=madfriars.com|date=June 3, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life== Regnault has three brothers. Two of them wrestled in college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnstonsunrise.net/stories/johnstons-regnault-having-solid-season-at-uri,59398 |title=Johnston's Regnault having solid season at URI |publisher=Johnston Sun Rise |date= April 15, 2011|accessdate=November 20, 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== {{baseballstats|mlb=660064|espn=|br=|fangraphs=sa526832|brm=regnau000kyl}} *{{Twitter|kyleregnault}} *{{Instagram|kyle_regnault}}

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