Name Tyler Webb Role Baseball player | Date joined 2013 Parents Kirk Webb, Kristin Webb | |
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Current team Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (#26 / Pitcher) | ||
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Jon Tyler Webb (born July 20, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017 for the New York Yankees. Webb played college baseball for the University of South Carolina.
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Career
Webb attended Northampton High School in Eastville, Virginia. After graduating from high school, Webb enrolled at the University of South Carolina, where he played college baseball for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team. He was a member of the 2010 and 2011 College World Series championship teams. In 2012, his junior year, Webb pitched to a 6–1 win–loss record and a 1.56 earned run average (ERA), and recorded 58 strikeouts in 57 2⁄3 innings pitched. Before his senior year, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Webb a second-team preseason All-American. Serving as the Gamecocks' closer, Webb recorded 17 saves in the 2013 season, and was named a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and a second-team All-Southeastern Conference pitcher after the season. He finished his Gamecocks' career with a 2.34 ERA and the record for games pitched (110).
The New York Yankees selected him in the tenth round, with the 314th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB draft. The Yankees assigned him to the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League after he signed, but promoted him to the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League two weeks later. Webb began the 2014 season with the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and was promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. He was named an Eastern League All-Star, and was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League following the All-Star break. For the season, Webb went 3–6 with a 3.80 ERA and 12 saves in 48 games and 68.2 innings pitched.
Webb received a non-roster invitation to spring training with the Yankees in 2015, and opened the season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. His playing time was limited due to a tendon injury, and the Yankees assigned Webb to the Arizona Fall League after the regular season. In 2016, he pitched for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
On December 8, 2016, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Webb from the Yankees in the Rule 5 draft. He competed for a role with the Pirates during spring training, but was returned to the Yankees before the regular season. Webb began the 2017 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Yankees promoted Webb to the major leagues on June 22, 2017. He made his MLB debut on June 24. He made seven relief appearances for the Yankees, pitching to a 4.50 ERA while striking out five and walking four in six innings.
On July 13, 2017, the Yankees traded Webb to the Milwaukee Brewers for Garrett Cooper.
Personal life
Webb's father, Kirk, pitched in college baseball for Old Dominion University. Prior to being called up to the Yankees, Tyler had never been to a major league game.