| Clint Everts | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born:August 10, 1984 Cypress, Texas, U.S. | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| Stats at Baseball Reference |
Clinton Charles Everts (born August 10,1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played Minor League Baseball from 2003 [1] [2] to 2013 and last pitched for the independent Sugar Land Skeeters in 2014.
Everts attended Cypress Falls High School,where he pitched alongside Scott Kazmir. [3] He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. [4] He was rated as a top-100 prospect by Baseball America prior to the 2003 and 2004 seasons. [5] During his third season,he underwent Tommy John surgery. [6]
Everts pitched in the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals farm system [7] until he signed with a major league contract with the New York Mets prior to the 2010 season. [4] He was sent to Double-A prior to the start of the season,and was designated for assignment on April 11. [8]
On June 26,2010,Everts was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete a previous trade which sent Jorge Padilla to New York Mets. [9] [10]
In 2013,Everts played in the Australian Baseball League,pitching for the Canberra Cavalry. He last played for the Sugar Land Skeeters from 2013 to 2014. [11] [12]
In May 2017,Everts was named the Interim Director of Baseball/Head Varsity Coach for the 2017/18 school year for St. John's School in Houston,Texas,in his third year on the school's coaching staff. [5]
He was traded to the Blue Jays on June 26 in a deal that brought Triple-A outfielder Jorge Padilla to the Mets' organization
