LHP Thomas Ireland, 13th round (374th), Signed, $125,000 Texas Rangers
LHP Thomas Ireland
Hometown: Regina, Sask.
Bats/Throws: L-L
Height/Weight: 6’ 1” 170 lbs.
School: Polk State College
Scout: Brett Campbell
Coach: Al Corbeil
Previous Teams: Team Saskatchewan, Inside Pitch prospects, Martin Academy, Regina Buffalos.
Previous coaches: Greg Brons, Morgan Reiter, Justin Eiswirth and Rob Cherspuchak.
Good genes: Mom, Jennifer played sports throughout high school and my dad, Kurt was a right-handed pitcher. He played ball growing up and was with the Dickinson State Blue Hawks in North Dakota for one season.
The most influential people in my life: “Has been my parents but Morgan Reiter has been the most influential. He’s taught me everything I know and has been the person to truly put me in this spot.”
As a Yankee fan he said it: In 2019 ... “Just being drafted by (the Yankees) would be a dream come true. It’s a team that my dad has always liked and he kind of brought me up that way, too. So it’s kind of born into me I guess.”
2021 season _ Was 6-4 with a 5.37 ERA in 16 appearances ... 14 starts, fanning 85 in 63 2/3 innings ... Scored wins over Pasco-Hernando State (four innings, two runs, five strikeouts), Lake-Sumter State (five scoreless, eight strikeouts), Pasco-Hernando (five innings, two runs, one strikeout), Manatee-Sarasota (six innings, one run, nine strikeouts), Hillsborough (six innings, four runs, one strikeout), St. Petersburg (5 1/3 innings two earned runs, five whiffs) as a starter and one in relief against Warner Warner University (one inning, one run) ... Led Eagles pitchers in strikeouts, wins, games started and was third in innings pitched.
2019 season with Team Sask _ At the Canada cup in Regina he beat Ontario in tournament play. Saskatchewan finished fifth that year.
