Nick Nelson #55

Nicholas B. Nelson…Married, wife’s name is Abigail; has one daughter, Hynleigh Kay…2014 graduate of Rutherford High School (FL)…Attended Gulf Coast State College (FL) in 2015-16 and had committed to play at the University of Florida before signing with NYY…Signed by: Michael Wagner

2023

Started the year on the 15-day IL with a left hamstring strain...Began a rehab assignment with Clearwater (A) and posted 2 scoreless starts (4.2 IP total) on 4/18 and 4/22...Had his rehab assignment transferred to Reading (AA) on 4/26 and made two starts before being activated from the IL and optioned to Reading on 5/3...Combined to go 7-3, 4.00 ERA (49 ER, 110.1 IP) in 23 starts between Reading and Lehigh Valley (AAA) l Recalled by the Phillies on 10/1 for his lone ML stint of the year and allowed 1 ER at NYM in a career-high 5.1 IP, the most innings pitched by a Phils reliever in 2023...After the season, was a part of the club’s stay-ready camp in Clearwater for the duration of the postseason.

2022

Made Phillies Opening Day roster and spent entire season with the club... Led all club relievers in innings (68.2) and tossed 2.0 innings or more in 18 of his 47 appearances... Set career highs in innings, games and SO (69)... Pitched a career-high 4.0 innings on 4/11 vs NYM... Posted a career-best 8.2-inning scoreless streak, 6/26-7/10... Recorded his first ML save on 9/9 vs WSH (0.1 IP), becoming the ninth different Phillies pitcher to record a save... Made Philadelphia’s NLDS and WS rosters, appearing in one postseason game (1.0 scoreless IP in Game 3 of the WS vs HOU).

2021

Made his first career Opening Day roster with NYY...Had six stints with NYY (4/1-25, 5/27, 5/30-6/4, 7/6-23, 8/7-8 and 8/9-18) and spent the rest of the season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)...Made his first ML start, 4/16 vs TB...Struck out 22 batters in 14.1 IP (13.81 SO/9.0 IP).

2020

Saw his first Major League action, going 1-0 with a 4.79 ERA (20.2IP, 11ER) and 18K in 11 relief appearances over two stints with the Yankees (7/26-8/5 G2, 8/18-9/27)...Made his Major League debut on 8/1 vs. Boston and earned the win, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings (2BB, 4K)… struck out his first batter faced (Tzu-Wei Lin, swinging)…became the first pitcher in Yankees history to toss at least 3.0 hitless innings and earn the win in his Major League debut…was the fourth Yakee to throw at least 3.0 innings with 0H and 0R allowed in his Major League debut (also Hank Borowy on 4/18/42 vs. Boston, Zach Monroe on 6/27/58 at Kansas City and Lance Pendleton on 4/15/11 vs. Texas)—credit: YES Network…was the first Yankees reliever to toss at least 3.0 scoreless innings of relief in his Major League debut since Vidal Nuño (also 3.0 innings) on 4/29/13 vs. Houston…was the first Yankees reliever to earn the win in his Major League debut since Héctor Noesí on 5/18/11 at Baltimore...In Game 1 on 8/5 at Philadelphia, allowed 7R/6ER in 1.2IP (7H, 1BB, 1HR)...Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings of relief on 8/18 vs. Tampa Bay (1H, 1BB, 2K)...Struck out a career-high-tying four batters in 2.0IP on 9/6 at Baltimore (1R/0ER, 1H)...Made two postseason relief appearances, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings (1H, 2K)…made his playoff debut in ALDS Game 2 at Tampa Bay at Petco Park, tossing a perfect eighth inning (1.0IP, 2K)...Tossed 6.2 scoreless innings over four spring training relief appearances (three in Florida, one in New York).

2019

Split the season with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to go 8-3 with a 2.81 ERA (89.2IP, 72H, 29R/28ER, 43BB, 114K, 6HR) in 18 games (17 starts)…ranked third in the entire Yankees organization in ERA...Began the season with Trenton, appearing in 13 games (12 starts) and going 7-2 with a 2.35 ERA (65.0IP, 48H, 18R/17ER, 35BB, 83K, 4HR)...Was placed on the 7-day minor league injured list from 4/19 (retroactive to 4/17) - 6/1…made one start with Tampa on 6/1 (3.2IP, 4H, 0ER, 1BB, 7K) before returning to Trenton on 6/7...Was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 8/13…went 1-1 with a 4.71 ERA (21.0IP, 20H, 11ER, 7BB, 24K) in four starts...Was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster on 11/20.

2018

Combined to go 8-6 with a 3.55 ERA (121.2IP, 97H, 53R/48ER, 63BB, 144K, 3HR) in 26 games (25 starts) with Single-A Charleston, Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton…his 144K were the second-most among all Yankees farmhands...Started the season with Charleston…made five starts, going 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA (24.2IP, 10ER)…collected a career-high 12K (5.0IP, 2H, 1R/1ER, 3BB) on 4/13 vs. Kannapolis. 4 Also pitched for Tampa, going 7-5 with a 3.36 ERA (88.1IP, 69H, 37R/33ER, 47BB, 99K, 1HR) in 18 games (17 starts)... Made his Double-A debut with Trenton on 7/22, posting a 5.19 ERA (8.2IP, 5ER) without recording a decision...Following the season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 19 prospect in the Yankees organization. 

2017

Spent the entire season with Single-A Charleston, going 3-12 with a 4.56 ERA (100.2IP, 103H, 54R/51ER, 50BB, 110K, 5HR) in 22 starts...Appeared on the minor league disabled list on two separate occasions: 4/24 (retroactive to 4/23) - 5/5 and 6/2 (retroactive to 6/1) - 6/16.