Name Justus Sheffield Date joined 2014 Weight 89 kg | Height 1.78 m Role Baseball player | |
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Current team Cleveland Indians (Pitcher) Parents Travis Sheffield, Misty Sheffield Siblings Jordan Sheffield, Jaxon Sheffield Profiles | ||
Justus sheffield 2013 2014 gatorade national baseball poy gatorade player of the year
Justus Sheffield (born May 13, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization.
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- Justus sheffield 2013 2014 gatorade national baseball poy gatorade player of the year
- Justus sheffield pg all american classic
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Justus sheffield pg all american classic
Career
Sheffield attended Tullahoma High School in Tullahoma, Tennessee. He threw two no-hitters while in high school, including a 17–strikeout game as a senior. He finished his senior season 11–0 with a 0.34 earned run average (ERA) and 131 strikeouts in 61 2⁄3 innings pitched. He also batted .405/.478/.620 with three home runs. For his play he was named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year.
Sheffield was committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft and was the first player to sign.
Sheffield began the 2016 season with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. On July 31, 2016, the Indians traded Sheffield along with Clint Frazier, Ben Heller and J. P. Feyereisen to the New York Yankees for Andrew Miller. He finished the 2016 season with the Tampa Yankees where he posted a 10-6 record with a 3.09 ERA.
Personal life
His brother, Jordan Sheffield, is a pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to former MLB All-Star outfielder Gary Sheffield.
Sheffield was arrested on January 12, 2015, and was charged with underage drinking and aggravated burglary. He pleaded guilty to charges of underage drinking and criminal trespass with a deferred judgment, so that the charges could be expunged from his record in a year.