Justus Sheffield

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Justus Sheffield
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Sheffield with the Seattle Mariners in 2021
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1996-05-13) May 13, 1996 (age 27)
Tullahoma, Tennessee, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 19, 2018, for the New York Yankees
Men's baseball
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18U Baseball World Cup
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Justus Kane Sheffield (born May 13, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners.

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He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft. During the 2016 trade deadline, he was traded to the Yankees, where he made his MLB debut on September 19, 2018. Following the 2018 season, Sheffield was traded to the Seattle Mariners.

Career

Sheffield attended Tullahoma High School in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He threw two no-hitters while in high school, including a 17–strikeout game as a senior. [1] He finished his senior season 11–0 with a 0.34 earned run average (ERA) and 131 strikeouts in 61+2⁄3 innings pitched. He also batted .405/.478/.620 with three home runs. For his play he was named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year. [2] [3] [4] In June 2013, he was named to the USA Baseball 18 and under national team roster. [5] The team won gold at the 2013 18U Baseball World Cup in Taichung, Taiwan. [6] Sheffield committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University. [7]

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians selected Sheffield in the first round (31st overall) of the 2014 MLB draft, and he signed with Cleveland, bypassing Vanderbilt. [8] In 2015, he pitched for the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League. He threw 127+2⁄3 innings, and had a 9-4 record and a 3.31 ERA and was a Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star. [9] [10] Sheffield began the 2016 season with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. [11] He was a Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star after pitching to a 3.59 ERA in 19 games over 95.1 innings. [9]

New York Yankees

On July 31, 2016, the Indians traded Sheffield along with Clint Frazier, Ben Heller and J. P. Feyereisen to the New York Yankees for Andrew Miller. [12] He finished the 2016 season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he posted a 10–6 record with a 3.09 ERA. Before the 2017 season, Baseball America considered Sheffield the 7th best prospect in the Yankees organization. [13] Baseball Prospectus ranked him 5th. [14] He spent 2017 with the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League, going 7-6 with a 3.18 ERA in 93+1⁄3 innings pitched. [9] Sheffield was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 28 and June 18 and was named a Mid-Season All-Star. [9] He later played in the Arizona Fall League and was a 2017 Rising Star. [15]

After starting the year in Double-A, Sheffield was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League on May 3, 2018. [16] He was the 12th, 28th, and 40th best prospect in baseball, according to ESPN's, MLB's, and Baseball Prospectus' respective mid-season lists. [17] [18] [19] Sheffield was also named to the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. [20] In August, the team converted him into a relief pitcher in preparation for a September call-up to the major leagues. [21]

He made his MLB debut on September 19 against the Boston Red Sox and gave up a single to his first batter, Brock Holt. [22]

Seattle Mariners

On November 19, 2018, the Yankees traded Sheffield, Dom Thompson-Williams, and Erik Swanson to the Seattle Mariners for James Paxton. [23] He was the team's top prospect in 2019. [24] Sheffield was called up on April 26, 2019 [25] and allowed two runs and four walks over three innings of relief. [26] He pitched to a 6.87 ERA in 13 appearances for Triple-A Tacoma before the Mariners demoted him to Double-A. This was enough for Baseball America to drop him from 27 to 83 on its top 100 prospect list. [27] Sheffield rebounded with a 2.18 ERA in 78 innings [28] and returned to the Mariners on August 23. [29] He finished the season with a 5.50 ERA over 36 innings.

In 2020, Sheffield was included on the Mariners' 60-man player pool during the COVID-19 shortened season. [30] He was included in the team's six-man rotation to begin the season, pitching to a 3.58 ERA in 10 starts. [31] In 2021, Sheffield had a 6.48 ERA in 15 starts before hitting the Injured List with a forearm strain in July. [32] He was reinstated on September 1 [33] and used out of the bullpen. [34] He allowed eight earned runs in 6.2 innings and was demoted before the end of the season. [35] In 2022, Sheffield made the team out of spring training as a reliever. appeared in 6 games, starting in one of those appearances and pitched 11.2 innings in total. He finished with a record of 1-0 and a 3.86 ERA. [36]

Sheffield was designated for assignment on January 19, 2023, to make room for Tommy La Stella on the roster. [37] On January 26, Sheffield cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. [38] In 10 games with Tacoma to begin the year, Sheffield struggled immensely to the tune of a 14.04 ERA with 4 strikeouts in 8.1 innings pitched. He was released by the Mariners organization on April 27. [39]

Atlanta Braves

On May 12, 2023, Sheffield signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves organization. [40] He elected free agency on November 6. [41]

Personal life

His brother, Jordan Sheffield, is a pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. [42] [43] [44]

Sheffield was arrested on January 12, 2015, and was charged with underage drinking and aggravated burglary. [45] He pleaded guilty at Coffee County Court House in Tullahoma, Tennessee, to charges of underage drinking and criminal trespass with a deferred judgment, so that the charges could be expunged from his record in a year. [46]

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