Bryan Sammons | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. | April 27, 1995|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 29, 2024, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
Win–loss record | 1–1 |
Earned run average | 3.62 |
Strikeouts | 18 |
Teams | |
Bryan Todd Sammons (born April 27,1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2024 for the Detroit Tigers.
Sammons attended John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington,North Carolina, [1] and Western Carolina University,where he played college baseball for the Western Carolina Catamounts. In 2016,he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [2] [3]
The Minnesota Twins drafted Sammons in the eighth round,with the 226th overall selection,of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. [4] He split his first professional season between the rookie–level Elizabethton Twins and Single–A Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Sammons split 2018 between Cedar Rapids,the High–A Fort Myers Miracle,and Double–A Chattanooga Lookouts,accumulating a 6–8 record and 3.91 ERA with 101 strikeouts over 22 games (21 starts). [5] He spent 2019 with Fort Myers and the Double–A Pensacola Blue Wahoos,registering a 9–6 record and 3.18 ERA with 131 strikeouts across 25 games (24 starts). [6] Sammons did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
Sammons returned to action in 2021 with the Double–A Wichita Wind Surge and Triple–A St. Paul Saints. In 27 games (21 starts) for the two affiliates,he posted a 4–7 record and 6.52 ERA with 100 strikeouts across 107+2⁄3 innings pitched. [8] Sammons returned to Wichita in 2022, struggling to a 3–6 record and 5.76 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 37 appearances. He was released by the Twins organization on September 5, 2022. [9]
On January 18, 2023, Sammons signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros. [10] He was released prior to the start of the season on March 26. [11]
On April 28, 2023, Sammons signed with a Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He pitched in 5 games (4 starts) for Gastonia and recorded a 2.29 ERA while striking out 26 batters in 19+2⁄3 innings.
On June 4, 2023, Sammons signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. [12] He spent the season with the Double–A Erie SeaWolves and the Triple–A Toledo Mud Hens, pitching to a combined 3–4 with a 4.83 earned run average between the two levels in 59+2⁄3 innings across 15 games (13 starts).
Sammons began the 2024 season with Triple–A Toledo. On July 29, 2024, Sammons was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time, and he made his debut that day. [13] Sammons pitched 7+1⁄3 innings in his debut, the most for a Tigers pitcher in his debut since Andy van Hekken's complete game shutout. [14] In 6 appearances during his rookie campaign, he logged a 3.62 ERA with 18 strikeouts across 27+1⁄3 innings pitched. On November 4, Sammons was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to Toledo. [15] He elected free agency two days later. [16]
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