Tommy Eveld

Eveld attended Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida. He played baseball and American football at Jesuit, giving up baseball to focus on football after the 10th grade. Without a scholarship offer from an NCAA Division I school, he accepted an offer from the University of South Florida to attempt to walk on to the South Florida Bulls football team as a quarterback.[1] He made the Bulls as a wide receiver, but tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in 2014, requiring surgery. He joined the South Florida Bulls baseball team in 2015. He was later diagnosed with a re-tear of the ACL, and had a second surgery.[2]

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Eveld in the ninth round, with 269th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft.[3] He made his professional debut that year with the Hillsboro Hops, going 2-1 with a 1.86 ERA in 29 relief innings pitched. In 2017, he had an 0.33 ERA and 14 saves for the Kane County Cougars before earning a midseason promotion to the Visalia Rawhide. In 19 relief appearances for Visalia, he was 0-5 with a 5.73 ERA.[4] He began the 2018 season with Visalia[5] and was promoted to the Jackson Generals in July.

On July 31, 2018, Eveld was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Brad Ziegler.[6] He was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and finished the year there. In 45 relief appearances between Visalia, Jackson, and Jacksonville, he was 4-3 with a 1.07 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP.[7]