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  • Sam Dyson

    Birth Date: 05/07/1988

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    Sam Dyson is a former journeyman relief pitcher, playing for Toronto, Miami, Texas, San Francisco and very briefly the Minnesota Twins. He was born in Tampa Florida and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 2010 draft out of the university of South Carolina.

    Dyson was a functional reliever bouncing around between teams from 2012 through 2019. Despite struggling to miss bats, he had a career high 38 saves for the Rangers in 2016. At the last minute of the trade deadline on July 31st, 2019 he was traded from the Giants to the Twins for Jaylin Davis, Prelander Berroa and Kai-Wei Teng.  Things started out rough as he joined the Twins in Miami the next day entering the game in the 9th with a 4-1 lead giving up 2 hits, 2 walks and 3 ER without getting an out. Controversy surrounded the trade as it was soon revealed that Dyson was pitching with an injured shoulder, which would eventually lead to season ending surgery. He never pitched in the major leagues again.

    However things would take an even darker turn soon after when he was accused of assaulting and pointing a handgun at his ex girlfriend, all this while he was still pitching professionally. The courting filings also leveled accusations of racist rants he would make against other MLB players.

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    Drafted by the Nationals in the 19th round of the 2006 draft, the A's in the 10th round of the 2009 draft and Blue Jays in the 4th round of the 2010 draft.

    He has 1 career MLB start attributed to him and played for five teams in eight seasons.

     

    Sam Dyson Statistics

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    Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Awards
    2012 24 TOR AL 0 0   40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 16 9.09 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 13.5 0.50  
    2013 25 MIA NL 0 2 .000 9.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 16 12 11 2 5 1 5 1 0 0 54 44 6.14 1.909 13.1 1.6 4.1 4.1 1.00  
    2014 26 MIA NL 3 1 .750 2.14 31 0 12 0 0 0 42.0 41 14 10 1 15 4 33 3 0 1 181 174 3.16 1.333 8.8 0.2 3.2 7.1 2.20  
    2015 27 TOT MLB 5 4 .556 2.63 75 0 16 0 0 2 75.1 65 26 22 4 21 1 71 4 0 8 309 153 2.93 1.142 7.8 0.5 2.5 8.5 3.38  
    2015 27 MIA NL 3 3 .500 3.68 44 0 10 0 0 0 44.0 41 21 18 3 17 1 41 3 0 6 190 104 3.52 1.318 8.4 0.6 3.5 8.4 2.41  
    2015 27 TEX AL 2 1 .667 1.15 31 0 6 0 0 2 31.1 24 5 4 1 4 0 30 1 0 2 119 371 2.11 0.894 6.9 0.3 1.1 8.6 7.50  
    2016 28 TEX AL 3 2 .600 2.43 73 0 53 0 0 38 70.1 63 19 19 5 23 0 55 3 0 3 285 188 3.62 1.223 8.1 0.6 2.9 7.0 2.39  
    2017 29 TOT MLB 4 10 .286 6.09 55 0 34 0 0 14 54.2 67 41 37 8 30 7 34 3 1 2 260 74 5.63 1.774 11.0 1.3 4.9 5.6 1.13  
    2017 29 TEX AL 1 6 .143 10.80 17 0 8 0 0 0 16.2 31 23 20 6 12 3 7 0 0 1 91 45 9.16 2.580 16.7 3.2 6.5 3.8 0.58  
    2017 29 SFG NL 3 4 .429 4.03 38 0 26 0 0 14 38.0 36 18 17 2 18 4 27 3 1 1 169 107 4.08 1.421 8.5 0.5 4.3 6.4 1.50  
    2018 30 SFG NL 4 3 .571 2.69 74 0 16 0 0 3 70.1 56 23 21 5 20 1 56 3 0 2 273 142 3.47 1.081 7.2 0.6 2.6 7.2 2.80  
    2019 31 TOT MLB 5 1 .833 3.32 61 0 8 0 0 2 62.1 53 26 23 6 13 0 55 3 0 1 249 129 3.47 1.059 7.7 0.9 1.9 7.9 4.23  
    2019 31 SFG NL 4 1 .800 2.47 49 0 8 0 0 2 51.0 39 17 14 3 7 0 47 3 0 0 196 170 2.72 0.902 6.9 0.5 1.2 8.3 6.71  
    2019 31 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 7.15 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 14 9 9 3 6 0 8 0 0 1 53 65 6.83 1.765 11.1 2.4 4.8 6.4 1.33  
    8 Yrs 24 23 .511 3.40 376 1 140 0 0 59 386.2 365 164 146 31 129 14 310 20 1 17 1619 122 3.75 1.278 8.5 0.7 3.0 7.2 2.40  
    162 Game Avg. 4 4 .511 3.40 68 0 25 0 0 11 70 66 30 26 6 23 3 56 4 0 3 292 122 3.75 1.278 8.5 0.7 3.0 7.2 2.40  
                                                                   
    SFG (3 yrs) 11 8 .579 2.94 161 0 50 0 0 19 159.1 131 58 52 10 45 5 130 9 1 3 638 138 3.38 1.105 7.4 0.6 2.5 7.3 2.89  
    TEX (3 yrs) 6 9 .400 3.27 121 0 67 0 0 40 118.1 118 47 43 12 39 3 92 4 0 6 495 139 4.00 1.327 9.0 0.9 3.0 7.0 2.36  
    MIA (3 yrs) 6 6 .500 3.62 80 1 23 0 0 0 97.0 98 47 39 6 37 6 79 7 0 7 425 105 3.66 1.392 9.1 0.6 3.4 7.3 2.14  
    MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.15 12 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 14 9 9 3 6 0 8 0 0 1 53 65 6.83 1.765 11.1 2.4 4.8 6.4 1.33  
    TOR (1 yr) 0 0   40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 16 9.09 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 13.5 0.50  
                                                                   
    NL (6 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.20 241 1 73 0 0 19 256.1 229 105 91 16 82 11 209 16 1 10 1063 124 3.48 1.213 8.0 0.6 2.9 7.3 2.55  
    AL (5 yrs) 7 9 .438 3.80 135 0 67 0 0 40 130.1 136 59 55 15 47 3 101 4 0 7 556 120 4.27 1.404 9.4 1.0 3.2 7.0 2.15  
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
    Generated 7/31/2024.

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    Danchat

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    I actually thought this was a good trade back in the day based on the way he was pitching, but the injury happened and basically nullified it. There weren't any red flags medically that we were aware of, so unlike some other pitchers they have traded for and immediately got hurt, I think this was plan old bad luck. Then that controversy came out and that was the end for him.

    Part of the dislike of the trade came from trading Jaylin Davis, who was killing it at AAA but in reality was a AAAA player and proved that. His 2019 season at AAA was bonkers, hitting .300, 35 HRs and just short of 1.000 OPS. Teng and Berroa have pitched in 2024 in the majors but are fringe guys, and were seen as mere lottery tickets at the point of the trade.

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    13 hours ago, Danchat said:

    I actually thought this was a good trade back in the day based on the way he was pitching, but the injury happened and basically nullified it. There weren't any red flags medically that we were aware of, so unlike some other pitchers they have traded for and immediately got hurt, I think this was plan old bad luck. Then that controversy came out and that was the end for him.

    Part of the dislike of the trade came from trading Jaylin Davis, who was killing it at AAA but in reality was a AAAA player and proved that. His 2019 season at AAA was bonkers, hitting .300, 35 HRs and just short of 1.000 OPS. Teng and Berroa have pitched in 2024 in the majors but are fringe guys, and were seen as mere lottery tickets at the point of the trade.

    I severely disliked the trade at the time as I was still deep into my loathing for sinkers and pitch-to-contact guys.

    The Twins had already started to turn the corner on that approach and were starting to become really good at missing bats as a team overall, but I couldn't shake the frustration of the past 20 years.

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