Drew Sommers

Drew Sommers
Sommers with the Toledo Mud Hens in 2025
Detroit Tigers – No. 51
Pitcher
Born: (2000-08-14) August 14, 2000
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 22, 2025, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through 2025 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average18.00
Strikeouts3
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Drew Gregory Sommers (born August 14, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Career

Sommers played college baseball at San Diego State University and Central Arizona College. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[1] He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 11th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[2] On February 12, 2025 the Rays traded Sommers to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mason Englert.[3]

Sommers was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on August 22, 2025.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Drew Sommers". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "11th Round of the 2022 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  3. ^ Petzold, Evan (February 12, 2025). "Detroit Tigers trade Mason Englert to Rays for left-handed reliever Drew Sommers". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. ^ Petzold, Evan (August 21, 2025). "Tigers promote left-handed reliever Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo for MLB debut". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 21, 2025.