Английская Википедия:Carson Spiers
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography William Carson Spiers (born November 11, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
Amateur career
Spiers attended Greenville High School in Greenville, South Carolina, where he played baseball as a third baseman and American football as a quarterback. Colleges recruited him for both sports.[1]
Spiers enrolled at Clemson University and played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers. He made three appearances as a pitcher in 2017, his freshman year. The next season, he had a 2.08 earned run average (ERA) as a middle reliever. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he had a 0.84 ERA.[2] He became Clemson's closer in 2019.[2] In his collegiate career, from 2017 to 2020, Spiers had a 7–7 win–loss record, a 2.47 ERA, 19 saves and 103 strikeouts in Шаблон:Frac innings pitched, all as a relief pitcher.[3]
Professional career
The Reds signed Spiers as a free agent after he went unselected in the shortened 2020 MLB draft.[4] He alternated as a starting pitcher and relief pitcher until becoming a full-time relief pitcher with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Double-A Southern League in 2023.[5]
On September 1, 2023, the Reds promoted Spiers to the major leagues as a COVID-19 substitute.[6] He made his MLB debut on September 3.[3] In two starts for the Reds, he allowed seven runs on ten hits and five walks with eight strikeouts in seven innings pitched. On September 10, the Reds returned Spiers to the minor leagues.[7] On September 14, the Reds selected Spiers to the 40-man roster and promoted him to the major leagues.[8]
Personal life
Spiers' uncle, Bill Spiers, played baseball for Clemson and in the major leagues.[1] His father, Michael, and grandfather, Bud, also played baseball for the Clemson Tigers, while his cousin, Will, was the punter for their American football team.[2]
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