Tommy Eveld | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Coral Springs, Florida | December 30, 1993|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Thomas Patrick Eveld (born December 30,1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Eveld attended Jesuit High School in Tampa,Florida. He played baseball and American football at Jesuit,giving up baseball to focus on football after the 10th grade. Without a scholarship offer from an NCAA Division I school,he accepted an offer from the University of South Florida to attempt to walk on to the South Florida Bulls football team as a quarterback. [1] He made the Bulls as a wide receiver,but tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in 2014,requiring surgery. He joined the South Florida Bulls baseball team in 2015. He was later diagnosed with a re-tear of the ACL,and had a second surgery. [2]
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Eveld in the ninth round,with 269th overall selection,of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. [3] He made his professional debut that year with the Low–A Hillsboro Hops,going 2–1 with a 1.86 ERA in 29 relief innings pitched. In 2017,he had an 0.33 ERA and 14 saves for the Single–A Kane County Cougars before earning a midseason promotion to the High–A Visalia Rawhide. In 19 relief appearances for Visalia,he was 0–5 with a 5.73 ERA. [4] He began the 2018 season with Visalia [5] and was promoted to the Double–A Jackson Generals in July.
On July 31,2018,Eveld was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Brad Ziegler. [6] He was assigned to the Double–A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and finished the year there. In 45 relief appearances between Visalia,Jackson,and Jacksonville,he was 4–3 with a 1.07 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP. [7] In 2019,Eveld split the year between Double-A Jacksonville and the Triple-A New Orleans Baby Cakes,posting a cumulative 5.11 ERA in 42 appearances. Eveld did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [8]
Eveld split the 2021 season between Jacksonville and the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads,logging a 3.33 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 38 games between the two teams. Eveld spent the majority of 2022 with Triple-A Jacksonville. In 23 games,he posted a 1–2 record and 3.38 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 34.2 innings pitched. He elected free agency following the season on November 10,2022. [9]
On February 10,2023,Eveld signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization. [10] He made 19 appearances for the Double–A Chattanooga Lookouts,as well as one appearance for the Triple–A Louisville Bats,and accumulated a 5.01 ERA with 38 strikeouts and 4 saves in 32+1⁄3 innings of work. Eveld was released by the Reds on July 9. [11]
Eveld has two brothers, Bobby and Wesley, and one sister, Tiffany. Bobby and Wesley played baseball for Jesuit and South Florida, while Bobby also played for their football teams. [12] [1] Eveld's fiancé, Erica, played for the South Florida Bulls softball team. [12] [13] [14]
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