Jeffrey Springs   Pitcher

       
 
Born: September 20, 1992
Birthplace: Belmont, NC
Height: 6-3
Weight: 220
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
   
Drafted: 30th round, 2015 by TEX
How Acquired: Acquired from Texas for Sam Travis
(Jan. 2020)
College: Appalachian St.
High School: South Point (NC)
   

Photo © Kelly O'Connor
Jeffrey Springs photos by Kelly O'Connor
Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 15, 2015 (TEX)
Signing Scout: Jay Heafner
Signing Bonus: $1,000
   
Pro Debut: April 29, 2015 (Spokane)
MLB Debut: July 31, 2018 (TEX)
   
Twitter: @JSprings19
Instagram: @jsprings19

Traded to Tampa Bay with Chris Mazza for Ronaldo Hernandez and Nick Sogard (Feb. 2021) 		 
 
 
 
 
     
  Scouting Report & Links      
         
  Physical Description: Left-hander with a filled-out, medium-sized frame.

Mechanics: Clean over-the-top delivery. Holds hands high, medium leg kick. Can fall to third base side at times. 

Fastball: Primarily relines on a 91-93 mph four-seam fastball which generates some swing and miss. Has previously mixed in a sinker on occasion that generates fly balls. Below average control and command.

Slider: 83-85 mph two-plane slider generates groundballs.
  Changeup: 80-82 mph changeup with cutting action. Misses bats.

Career Notes: Spent entire career with Texas organization before January 2020 trade. Spent time at the Alternate Site in 2020 but did not burn an option year.

Summation: Profiles as an up-and-down bullpen arm with the ceiling of a middle reliever with improvements to his pitch mix.

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    Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l era g gs sv ip h r er hr hbp bb so whip k/9 bb/9
2012 Appalachian State SoCon NCAA --- 19 2 1 4.80 12 5 0 30.0 35 17 16 0 0 19 22 1.80 6.60 5.70
  2013 Appalachian State SoCon NCAA --- 20 3 4 6.28 17 11 0 53.0 72 50 37 6 9 36 47 2.04 7.98 6.11
  2014 Appalachian State SoCon NCAA --- 21 2 5 5.06 14 14 0 83.2 83 51 47 10 8 31 76 1.36 8.18 3.33
  2015 Appalachian State SBC NCAA --- 22 4 2 4.46 15 13 0 76.2 76 41 38 4 5 40 70 1.51 8.22 4.70
  2015 Spokane Indians Nwst A- Tex 22 2 2 2.93 15 0 0 27.2 21 9 9 2 0 14 33 1.27 10.73 4.55
  2015 Hickory Crawdads SAL A Tex 22 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.30 16.20 2.70
  2016 Hickory Crawdads SAL A Tex 23 1 1 1.16 18 0 3 31.0 11 8 4 1 0 8 40 0.61 11.61 2.32
  2016 High Desert Mavericks Calif A+ Tex 23 2 2 5.36 13 9 0 48.2 52 33 29 9 2 21 52 1.50 9.62 3.88
  2017 Down East Wood Ducks Caro A+ Tex 24 2 8 3.69 31 17 2 112.1 104 48 46 13 5 37 146 1.26 11.70 2.96
  2018 Frisco RoughRiders Tex AA Tex 25 3 2 4.82 20 0 1 37.1 39 20 20 2 2 7 68 1.23 16.39 1.69
  2018 Round Rock Express PCL AAA Tex 25 1 2 2.79 13 0 1 19.1 12 6 6 0 2 12 30 1.24 13.97 5.59
  2018 Texas Rangers AL MLB Tex 25 1 1 3.38 18 2 0 32.0 32 14 12 4 1 14 31 1.44 8.72 3.94
  2019 Arizona Rangers Ariz Rk Tex 26 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 13.50 0.00
  2019 Nashville Sounds PCL AAA Tex 26 3 0 3.86 6 0 0 7.0 6 4 3 1 0 0 12 0.86 15.43 0.00
  2019 Texas Rangers AL MLB Tex 26 4 1 6.40 25 0 0 32.1 38 23 23 4 0 23 32 1.89 8.91 6.40
  2020 Boston Red Sox AL MLB Bos 27 0 2 7.08 16 0 0 20.1 30 18 16 5 1 7 28 1.82 12.39 3.10
  2021 Tampa Bay Rays AL MLB TB 28 5 1 3.43 43 0 2 44.2 35 21 17 9 0 14 63 1.10 12.70 2.80
  2022 Tampa Bay Rays AL MLB TB 29 9 5 2.46 33 25 0 135.1 114 42 37 14 1 31 144 1.07 9.58 2.06
   
     
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  Awards   SoxProspects.com Awards  
  South Atlantic League All-Star (2016)
Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 22-28, 2017)		   -  
   

   
     
 
 		  
     
 
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