Thomas Eshelman #15

Married, wife's name is Nicholle...Orginally selected by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft...Signed by Brad Budzinski...Attended California State University Fullerton.

2020

Tied for the team lead (Lakins, Sr.) with three wins...Made eight relief appearances, with six of the eight being at least 2.0 innings; 11 of his 14 career appearances out of the bullpen have been 2.0+ innings...Allowed 16 hits (.225, 16-for-71) in 20.0 IP as a reliever and posted a 3.15 ERA (7 ER/20.0 IP)…Made four starts in 2020 and went 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA (8 ER/14.2 IP) and nine strikeouts in these starts...Two of his three wins came in relief (8/23 vs. BOS and 9/1 vs. NYM)…Made six appearances (two starts) in August, pitching to a 2.75 ERA (6 ER/19.2 IP) and a .182 (12-for-66) opp. batting average...Surrendered a home run in seven of his 12 games during the season; has allowed 19 career home runs in 70.2 IP...Did not allow a run or a hit in his outing on 8/23 vs. BOS (earned his third career win); was the longest scoreless outing of his career (in a start or relief)…Made his 2020 season debut on 8/4 vs. MIA working in relief (3.1 IP, H, ER, BB, K, HR)…Had his contract selected from the Alternate Training Site at Double-A Bowie on 7/31.

2019

Made his Major League debut with the Orioles on 7/1 at TB (5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB)...Struck out his first career batter on 7/14 vs. TB, striking out INF Willy Adames in the second inning; set a career-high with seven strikeouts in the start...Earned his first career win on 8/4 vs. TOR, tossing 5.0 innings in relief...Made 10 appearances (four starts) for Baltimore, pitching to a 1-2 record with a 6.50 ERA (26 ER/36.0 IP) and 22 strikeouts...Made 16 starts (17 games) across three differentminor league affiliates (Double-AReading, Triple-A Lehigh Valley, and Triple-A Norfolk), going 3-5 with a 4.65 ERA (48 ER/93.0 IP).

2017

Won the Paul Owens Award as the best pitcher in the Phillies minor league system... Selected as an International League midseason All-Star and started the Triple-A All-Star Game...Named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star and Baseball America Triple-A All-Star...Finished 1st in the IL in WHIP (0.94), 2nd in ERA (2.23) & CG (3), T-3rd in SHO (1) and T-7th in wins (10)...Allowed the fewest base runners/9.0 IP (8.48) in the IL among qualifying starters...Began the season with Reading (AA)...Logged a quality start and win in each of his final 3 outings with Reading before being promoted to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 5/8...Posted a 1.40 ERA (6 ER, 38.2 IP) in his first 5 career triple-A starts...Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month and IL Player of the Month for May (4-0, 1.38 ERA)...Was also selected as Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week, 5/8-14...Tossed his 1st professional SHO, 5/31 at Indianapolis (9.0 IP, 5 H, BB, 7 SO); it was the third 9.0-inning SHO in team history...Entered the IL All-Star break with a 7-2 record and a 1.96 ERA (17 ER, 78.0 IP) in 11 starts with Lehigh Valley...Was on the DL from 7/18-8/3 (left hip strain)...Held RHH to a .218 AVG (48-220) with Lehigh Valley...Allowed 1 ER or none in 10 of his 18 starts...Did not walk more than 1 batter in any of his 23 starts combined between Reading and Lehigh Valley, posting a 2.40 ERA in 23 starts...Averaged 0.97 BB/9.0 IP (13 BB, 121.0 IP) with Lehigh Valley, and 1.08 BB/9.0 IP total in 2017 (18 BB, 150.0 IP)...Of all 49 other MiLB pitchers with at least 150.0 IP, only 2 walked fewer batters than he did.