Jaime Schultz #50

Jaime Matthew Schultz…played three years at High Point University, going a combined 10-9 with a 3.90 ERA in 57 games (14 starts)…named to the All-Big South second team as a freshman and was 10th in the conference with 68 strikeouts in 2010…missed the 2011 season with Tommy John surgery… selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 14th round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.

2018

Split the season between Triple-A Durham and the Tampa Bay Rays, going a combined 4-3 with a 5.70 ERA (42 ER/66.1 IP) in 54 games…he struck out 92 batters in 66.1 innings ... Went 2-1 with a 5.75 ERA 32 games (one start) with Durham…fanned 58 batters in 36.0 innings, finishing tied for eighth on the team in that category ... Made his Major League debut on May 29 against Oakland, striking out all three batters he faced on 14 pitches ... Was recalled on three separate occasions, going 2-2 with a 5.64 ERA in 22 games for Tampa Bay ... Designated for assignment on January 4, 2019 ... Traded to the Dodgers for RHP Caleb Sampen from Tampa Bay.

2017

Limited to 13 apps with Triple-A Durham after suffering a right groin injury in his first outing of the season…made 3 rehab apps (1 start) with the GCL Rays and was reinstated from the disabled list on July 18…made 3 apps for Class-A Charlotte before being transferred back to Durham... Pitched exclusively out of the bullpen for Durham, his first relief apps since 2013 with Short-A Hudson Valley... Also made 2 apps for Durham in the International League playoffs... Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 28 prospect in the Rays system following the season… the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Slider in the organization for a second consecutive year... Made 9 apps for the Rays in spring training, going 0-1 with a 1.84 ERA (14.2-IP, 3-ER) and 22 SO.

2016

Spent the entire season with Triple-A Durham, making 27 starts…had 163 SO, leading Triple-A pitchers and ranking 3rd in the minors behind Brandon Woodruff (173) and Josh Staumont (167)…led Rays minor leaguers for a second straight season...Became the first Rays farmhand to lead the system in strikeouts in consecutive seasons since Matt Moore did it in three straight years from 2009-11...In addition to leading the International League in strikeouts, ranked 7th with a 3.58 ERA and tied for 3rd in starts…his 68 BB were 3rd most in the league...Reached double-digit strikeouts in 4 starts… had a career-high-tying 12 SO in 5 IP on April 24 vs. Indianapolis (Pirates)...Took a perfect game into the 7th inning on June 6 at Norfolk (Orioles)…retired his first 20 BF before Mike Yastrzemski double…Mike is the grandson of Carl Yastrzemski and went one pick after Schultz in the 14th round of the 2013 June Draft..Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 12 prospect in the Rays organization following the season, up from No. 23 the year prior…also tabbed by the publication as having the Best Slider in the system.