| Tyler Ivey | |
|---|---|
| Houston Astros | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born:May 12, 1996 Rowlett, Texas, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 21, 2021, for the Houston Astros | |
| MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–0 |
| Earned run average | 7.71 |
| Strikeouts | 3 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Tyler Cade Ivey (born May 12,1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Houston Astros organization. He played college baseball for Texas A&M University,and was drafted out of Grayson College.
Ivey attended Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath,Texas. [1] As a freshman,he was on the 2012 4-A State Champion Rockwall-Heath baseball team that also included future major league pitcher Jake Thompson. [2] Ivey was undrafted out of high school in 2015 and enrolled at Texas A&M University to play college baseball for the Aggies. [3] He posted a 2–3 record with a 3.56 ERA in 43 innings over 11 games during the 2016 season. [4] During that season,he was involved in an incident that almost caused a post-game brawl vs. the University of Texas,when he taunted the UT dugout with a horns down gesture. [5] Ivey transferred to Grayson College in Denison,Texas for his sophomore season of 2017. [6] With Grayson,Ivey posted a 9–0 record with a 2.08 ERA in 78 innings over 12 games. [7] Ivey was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round,with the 91st overall selection,of the 2017 MLB draft and signed with them for a $450,000 signing bonus. [8] [9]
Ivey split the 2017 season between the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Astros and the Tri City ValleyCats of the Low-A New York–Penn League,posting a combined 0–3 record with a 5.63 ERA in 38 innings. [10] He split the 2018 season between the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Single-A Midwest League and the Buies Creek Astros of the High-A Carolina League,posting a combined 4–6 record with a 2.97 ERA and 135 strikeouts over 112 innings. [11] Ivey split the 2019 season between the GCL Astros,Fayetteville Woodpeckers,and Corpus Christi Hooks of the Double-A Texas League,going a combined 4–0 with a 1.38 ERA and 68 strikeouts over 52 innings. [12] [13]
Ivey did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] On November 20,2020,the Astros added Ivey to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. [15]
On May 21,2021,Ivey was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [16] He made his debut that day as the starting pitcher against the Texas Rangers,drawing a no-decision while allowing 4 runs in 4+2⁄3 innings of work. [17] On June 12, Ivey revealed that he had been pitching through elbow pain since suffering a grade one UCL strain in 2019 and that he would not pitch again in 2021. He stated “apparently I have the nerve endings of a 75-year old man in my elbow. That probably explains a lot”. [18] Ivey was designated for assignment on April 7, 2022. On April 11, he cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys. [19]
