Drew Sommers
| Drew Sommers | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Sommers with the Toledo Mud Hens in 2025 | |
| Detroit Tigers – No. 51 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 14, 2000 Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S. | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 22, 2025, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 18.00 |
| Strikeouts | 3 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Drew Gregory Sommers (born August 14, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Career
[edit]Amateur
[edit]Sommers played college baseball at San Diego State University and Central Arizona College. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1]
Tampa Bay Rays
[edit]Sommers was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 11th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He made his professional debut in 2023 with the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs, accumulating a 1-4 record and 2.72 ERA with 66 strikeouts and eight saves across 32 appearances.[3]
Sommers spent the 2024 season with the High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods. He made 41 appearances out of the bullpen for Bowling Green, registering a 6-3 record and 4.00 ERA with 65 strikeouts and two saves over 54 innings of work.[4]
Detroit Tigers
[edit]On February 12, 2025, the Rays traded Sommers to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mason Englert.[5] He began the season with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves, later receiving a promotion to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. Sommers was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on August 22.[6]
Sommers was optioned to Triple-A Toledo to begin the 2026 season.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Drew Sommers". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ^ "11th Round of the 2022 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
- ^ "Drew Sommers Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
- ^ "Drew Sommers - Stats - Pitching". fangraphs.com. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
- ^ Petzold, Evan (February 12, 2025). "Detroit Tigers trade Mason Englert to Rays for left-handed reliever Drew Sommers". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Petzold, Evan (August 21, 2025). "Tigers promote left-handed reliever Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo for MLB debut". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
- ^ "Drew Sommers among 5 Detroit Tigers players cut in spring camp". freep.com. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Cook County, Illinois
- Baseball players from Kane County, Illinois
- Bowling Green Hot Rods players
- Central Arizona Vaqueros baseball players
- Charleston RiverDogs players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Falmouth Commodores players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Peoria Javelinas players
- San Diego State Aztecs baseball players
- Sportspeople from Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- 21st-century American sportsmen