Thomas Burrows | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Florence, Alabama | September 14, 1994|
Bats: Left Throws: Left |
Thomas E. Burrows (born September 14,1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. The Seattle Mariners selected Burrows in the fourth round,with the 117th overall selection,of the 2016 MLB draft.
Burrows attended Mars Hill Bible School in Florence,Alabama. As a pitcher for the school's baseball team,he was named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association Super All-State team in 2012 and 2013. [1]
He enrolled at the University of Alabama,where he played college baseball for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He was named a Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in 2014. [2] He was also added to the watch list for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award. [3] During the summer of 2015,he played collegiate summer baseball for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [4] [5] He set a Crimson Tide record with 30 saves in his collegiate career. [6] [7]
The Seattle Mariners selected Burrows in the fourth round,with the 117th overall selection,of the 2016 MLB draft. [8] [9] After he signed with the Mariners,he made his professional debut with the Everett AquaSox of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League for whom in 24+2⁄3 innings he had an ERA of 2.55. On January 11, 2017, the Mariners traded Burrows and Luiz Gohara to the Atlanta Braves for Mallex Smith and Shae Simmons. [10] [11] The Braves assigned him to the Rome Braves, where he spent all of 2017, posting a 3–5 record with a 2.16 ERA in 66+2⁄3 innings pitched. [12] He began the 2018 season with Rome before being promoted to the Florida Fire Frogs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and finishing the season with the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League. [13] Over 45 relief appearances between the three clubs, he went 6–2 with a 2.66 ERA. In 2019, he split time between Mississippi and the Class AAA International League Gwinnett Stripers, going 2–4 with a 4.42 ERA and 63 strikeouts over 57 innings. [14] The 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Burrows began the 2021 season at spring training, [15] and returned to minor league camp in March. [16] He spent the remainder of the year with the Gwinnett Stripers. [17] He elected free agency after the 2022 season.
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