Thomas Hinson Harrington...Is a 2020 graduate of Southern Lee High School in Sanford, N.C., where he went 4-0 with a 0.32 ERA over 43.2 innings as a senior...Helped lead Southern Lee High School to three straight high school championships from 2017-19…He also lettered in football at Southern Lee...Went 12-2 with a 2.53 ERA (92.2ip/26er), 111 strikeouts, 18 walks and .204 batting average against in 15 starts in 2022 for Campbell (N.C.) University...Earned Big South Pitcher of the Year honors in 2022 after leading all NCAA pitchers in wins (also set new school records in wins and strikeouts)…Was ranked No. 45 on the Top 250 draft prospects list by MLB Pipeline and 48th by Baseball America...Took home first-team All-America honors from both ABCA and D1Baseball in 2022 while being the first player in Campbell University history to be named to the Golden Spikes Award mid-season Watch List...Was named the 2021 Big South Freshman of the Year...Recorded a 2.94 ERA in his career at Campbell University, the fourth-best mark in program history among pitchers with at least 100 innings...Was named the Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2022 and a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American as a kinesiology, pre-physical therapy major...Signed by Pirates scout Mike Bradford.
2024
Was a non-roster invitee during Spring Training (made one appearance and tossed a scoreless inning against the Orioles on 2/29 at Sarasota)…Began regular season on the injured list at Altoona with a rotator cuff strain...Began a rehab assignment with Bradenton on 5/7; struck out three batters and yielded one hit in three scoreless innings vs. St. Lucie...Ended rehab and was activated at Altoona on 5/12; tossed three hitless innings in his start that day vs. Somerset (Game 2)…Pitched four hitless innings on 5/18 at Akron...Posted a 2.70 ERA (16.2ip/5er), 17 strikeouts and just one walk in four starts with Altoona in May...Made his only relief appearance on 6/5 at Richmond and surrendered six runs (five earned) in five innings...Suffered his first loss on 6/11 vs. Erie; gave up six runs (one earned) in 5.0ip...Pitched five scoreless innings on 6/16 vs. Erie (no-decision)…Gave up three hits in seven scoreless innings and picked up his first win on 7/4 at Harrisburg...Surrendered one run and struck out a career-high tying 11 batters on 7ip while winning his second game on 7/10 vs. Bowie...Struck out 10 batters in his next start on 7/20 at Somerset (6.0ip/1er)…Pitched 5.2 scoreless innings in a no-decision on 7/26 at Erie...Went 2-0 with a 0.70 ERA (25.2ip/2er), 32 strikeouts and a .170 batting average against in four starts during the month of July and was named the Eastern League Pitcher-of-the-Month...Led all Double-A pitchers in ERA and strikeouts in July...Was promoted to Indianapolis and made his first Triple-A start on 8/4 vs. Toledo; gave up five runs in 5.2ip (no-decision)…Allowed two hits and tossed seven scoreless innings while winning his first Triple-A game on 8/17 vs. St. Paul...Was named International League Pitcher-of-the-Week for the week of 8/12-18...Gave up one run on two hits and struck out six batters in 6ip while winning his second game on 6/23 at Columbus...Went 3-1 with a 3.81 ERA (28.1ip/12er) in five starts in August...Won his fourth decision on 9/11 vs. Rochester (6.2ip/2er)…Made his final start on 9/18 at Paul and gave up two runs (one earned) in 5.0ip while winning his fifth straight game with Indy...Went 7-3 with a 2.61 ERA (117.1ip/34er), 115 strikeouts, 19 walks and a 0.96 WHIP in 22 total Minor League games (21 starts)…Tied all pitchers in MiLB in wins (five) and his 2.52 ERA ranked fifth in the International League from 8/17 through the end of the season.
2023
Went a combined 7-6 with a 3.53 ERA (127.1ip/50er) and 146 strikeouts in 26 starts between Bradenton and Greensboro…Finished tied for the organizational lead in strikeouts while also ranking second among Pirates farmhands in ERA…Began the season with Bradenton…Struck out seven batters in 5.0 scoreless innings while earning the win in his professional debut on 4/7 vs. Clearwater…Won each of his first four decisions before being charged with his first career loss (5.1ip/2er) on 5/19 at Clearwater…Ranked fourth among all Florida State League pitchers with a 2.77 ERA at the time he was promoted from Bradenton to Greensboro on 6/1…Recorded 106 strikeouts with Greensboro beginning on 6/1, which were tied for the most among all pitchers at the High-A level through the remainder of the season...Allowed three runs in 2.1 innings in his High-A debut on 6/2 at Winston-Salem…Allowed two hits while striking out eight batters in 7.0 scoreless innings on 6/8 vs. Wilmington…Was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 6/5-11…Struck out 11 batters in 7.0 innings while allowing one run on 8/1 vs. Asheville.
