Tim Herrin

Tim Herrin
Herrin in 2024
Cleveland Guardians – No. 29
Pitcher
Born: (1996-10-08) October 8, 1996 (age 28)
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 2, 2023, for the Cleveland Guardians
MLB statistics
(through 2024 season)
Win–loss record6–2
Earned run average2.99
Strikeouts100
Teams

Tim Herrin (born October 8, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Amateur career

Herrin attended South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he played football, basketball and baseball.[1] After graduating in 2015, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played college baseball for three years for the Indiana Hoosiers. During the summer of 2017, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners.[2][3] As a junior in 2018, he appeared in 17 games (making ten starts) and went 6–0 with a 3.22 ERA over 64+1⁄3 innings.[4]

Professional career

The Cleveland Indians selected Herrin in the 29th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[5][6] Herrin signed with the Indians and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians, going 0–1 with a 6.16 ERA over 19 innings. He opened the 2019 season with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers and was promoted to the Lake County Captains during the season.[7] Over 23 relief appearances between both teams, he went 2–0 with a 2.93 ERA over 43 innings. He did not play minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[8] He returned to play in 2021 with Lake County with whom he went 4–3 with a 2.57 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 73+2⁄3 innings.[9] He opened the 2022 season with the Akron RubberDucks before being promoted to the Columbus Clippers.[10] Over 46 games (two starts) between the two teams, he went 1–4 with a 4.02 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 69+1⁄3 innings.[11]

On November 15, 2022, the Guardians selected Herrin's contract and added him to the 40-man roster.[12] Herrin began the 2023 season on the Guardians' major league roster. Herrin made his debut on April 2, in a game against the Seattle Mariners, Herrin faced four batters and struck them all out. With this, he became the first pitcher to face at least four batters in his debut and strike all of them out since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Terre Haute South's Herrin, Hambrock named Vigo County's top athletes".
  2. ^ "16 Hoosiers Playing Summer Baseball".
  3. ^ "#32 Tim Herrin – Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Insider: Fred Glass should double down on IU baseball investment now".
  5. ^ "Terre Haute South grad Herrin taken by Indians in 29th round".
  6. ^ "Miller, Sowers, Herrin selected on final day of MLB Draft".
  7. ^ "Tim Herrin Rising Among Indians Reliever Prospects".
  8. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Cancelled".
  9. ^ "Terry Pluto from Goodyear: Guardians opening day preview with a healthy Josh Naylor?". March 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "Tim Herrin returns to area with Triple a Columbus Clippers". June 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tim Herrin Stats, Fantasy & News".
  12. ^ "Guardians add prospects Angel Martinez, Tim Herrin and Joey Cantillo to 40-man roster, deal Carlos Vargas to Arizona". November 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "2023 has already given us these 10 mind-blowing stats". MLB.com. Retrieved April 20, 2023.