Sam Clay | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Knoxville, Tennessee | June 21, 1993|
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 7, 2021, for the Washington Nationals | |
MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
Win–loss record | 0–5 |
Earned run average | 5.90 |
Strikeouts | 39 |
Teams | |
Samuel Thomas Hunter Clay (born June 21,1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. The Minnesota Twins selected Clay in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Washington Nationals in 2021 and has also played for the New York Mets.
Clay attended Buford High School in Buford,Georgia. [1] He enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology,where he played college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. As a draft-eligible sophomore,the Minnesota Twins selected Clay in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB draft. [2]
Clay pitched in the Twins' minor league system from 2014 to 2019. In 2020,he was a non-roster invitee to Minnesota's 60-man player pool,working out at the alternate training site at CHS Field in St. Paul. [3]
The Twins never added Clay to their major league roster,and he became a minor league free agent after the 2020 season.
On November 18,2020,the Washington Nationals announced they had signed Clay to a major league contract,adding him to a major league roster for the first time in his playing career. [4] On April 6,2021,Clay was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [5] He made his MLB debut the next day,throwing a shutout inning against the Atlanta Braves.
He was designated for assignment on July 1,2022,by Washington.
On July 5,2022,the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Clay off waivers from the Nationals and sent him to the minor leagues. He was designated for assignment on July 8.
On July 10,2022,Clay was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets. He tossed one scoreless inning of relief before he was designated for assignment on August 20. He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple–A Syracuse Mets on August 23. [6] In 19 games in Syracuse,Clay registered a 3.97 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 22+2⁄3 innings of work. He elected free agency following the season on November 10. [7]
On December 12, 2022, Clay signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks with an invite to spring training. [8] Clay was released by the organization on March 24, 2023. [9]
On April 30, 2023, Clay signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers organization. [10] [11] He elected free agency on November 6. [12]
Clay is noted as an extreme groundball pitcher who rarely allows home runs. His pitching arsenal includes a sinking fastball and an above-average curveball. [13]
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