Ian Seymour | |
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![]() Seymour with the Durham Bulls in 2025 | |
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 61 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Madison, Connecticut, U.S. | December 13, 1998|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
June 9, 2025, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |
MLB statistics (through August 19,2025) | |
Win–loss record | 1–0 |
Earned run average | 3.86 |
Strikeouts | 26 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
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Ian Albert Seymour (born December 13,1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut during the 2025 season.
Seymour attended Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury,Massachusetts. [1] He went 4–0 with a 0.48 ERA as a senior in 2017. [2] Following graduation,he enrolled at Virginia Tech where he played college baseball. As a freshman in 2018,he made appeared in 14 games (13 starts) in which he compiled a 4.17 ERA and seventy strikeouts over 69 innings. [3] In 2019,he started 13 games,going 4–5 with a 3.97 ERA and 81 strikeouts. [4] [5] After the 2019 season,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [6] He pitched only 20+1⁄3 innings in 2020 before the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Seymour in the second round with the 57th overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. [8] He signed for $1.2 million. [9] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season caused by the pandemic. [10] He began the 2021 season with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Low-A East and earned promotions to the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the High-A East and the Durham Bulls of the Triple-A East during the season. [11] [12] Over 14 games (13 starts) for the 2021 season, Seymour went 4–0 with a 1.95 ERA and 87 strikeouts over 55+1⁄3 innings. [13] He was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double-A Southern League to begin the 2022 season. [14] He made five starts before undergoing Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season. [15] He returned to play in 2023 and pitched 42 innings between the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Rays, Charleston, Bowling Green and Montgomery, going 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 46 strikeouts. [16]
Seymour was assigned to Montgomery to open the 2024 season. [17] In 27 starts split between Montgomery and the Triple–A Durham Bulls, he compiled a 9–4 record and 2.35 ERA with 162 strikeouts across 145+1⁄3 innings pitched. On November 18, 2024, the Rays added Seymour to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. [18]
Seymour was optioned to Triple-A Durham to begin the 2025 season. [19] In 12 appearances (11 starts) for the Bulls, he posted a 5-3 record and 2.95 ERA with 84 strikeouts across 61 innings. On June 8, 2025, Seymour was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [20] He made his debut on June 9 against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, pitching in extra innings and earning the win in a 10–8 Rays victory.