Carson Spiers
Spiers with the Dayton Dragons in 2021
Cincinnati Reds – No. 68
Pitcher
Born: (1997-11-11) November 11, 1997
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 2023, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average6.92
Strikeouts12
Teams

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 109+1⁄3 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Greenville's Carson Spiers excels in football, baseball". Greenvilleonline.com. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Spiers poised to thrive as Clemson's closer". Goupstate.com. February 21, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Former Clemson Tigers baseball player makes MLB debut". Foxcarolina.com. September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Former Clemson pitcher Carson Spiers ready to launch career with Reds". Greenvilleonline.com. June 16, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Díaz struggles in 'dadgum competitor' Spiers' debut". MLB.com.
  6. ↑ "Reds activate Tejay Antone, call up Richardson and Spiers from minors". Redleg Nation. September 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Reds' Carson Spiers: Struggles in short start". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Reds' Carson Spiers: Back in majors". cbssports.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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