Jimmy Herget

Jimmy Matthew Herget (pronounced HER-get)...On Twitter: @hergee20...Married wife, Katie, Jan. 11, 2020...Participated in Angels Classroom Connections program, visiting students at Melinda Heights Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita during 2022 season...Attended a 250-person youth baseball/softball clinic at Great Park Baseball Stadium in Irvine, CA in June 2022 as part of Play Ball Weekend, along with teammates Griffin Canning, Brandon Marsh and Jared Walsh...In 2018 ranked 11th by MLB.com on list of Cincinnati’s top prospects...Was a two-time first team All-American Athletic Conference honoree in three seasons at University of South Florida, going 25-11 with a 1.96 ERA (303 IP - 66 ER) in 47 games for the Bulls...Graduated from Jefferson HS (Tampa, Fla.)...Originally signed by Reds scout Greg Zunino.

2023

Went 2-4 with a 4.66 ERA (29 IP - 15 ER) and 26 strikeouts in 29 games across six stints with Angels...Pitched to a 3.00 ERA (12 IP - 4 ER) in Sept.; Has 2.79 ERA (51.2 IP - 16 ER) in Sept. in career...Made only appearance of season as an opener on Sept. 17 vs. Detroit (1 IP, 2 SO)...Posted a 4.68 ERA (32.2 IP - 17 ER) with 36 strikeouts in 25 games for Triple-A Salt Lake in 2023.

2022

Made Opening Day roster for first time with Angels and led Halos relievers in strikeouts and ERA, while ranking second in saves and innings pitched and third in appearances...Pitched to a 1.10 ERA (32.2 IP - 4 ER) with 29 strikeouts across final 24 appearances of year...His ERA led A.L. relievers (min. 25 IP) in that span from Aug. 2 - end of season...Recorded first career save May 15 at Oakland (2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R)...Earned a winning decision June 18 at Seattle (Game 2) with a career-high 3.2 scoreless innings...Made second career start, Apr. 29 at White Sox as part of a bullpen game and set a then-career-high with 3.0 innings pitched...Missed 30 games on injured list (right shoulder impingement) from June 22 - July 31....Made three rehab appearances with Double-A Rocket City.

2021

Began season with Triple-A Round Rock, going 2-2 with three saves and a 2.63 ERA (37.2 IP - 11 ER) and 48 strikeouts in 27 games for the Express...Had contract selected by Rangers on Aug. 2 and made season debut with Texas that night vs. Angels with 2.0 perfect innings...After four appearances with Texas was designated for assignment...Elected free agency Aug. 15...Signed a minor league contract with Angels, Aug. 16 and joined Triple-A Salt Lake...Made four appearances for Bees before having contract selected by Angels on Aug. 31...Earned the win in his Halos debut that night vs. Yankees with 1.2 scoreless innings pitched...Earned win Sept. 7 at San Diego after working 2.0 perfect innings with two strikeouts...Was unscored upon in nine of 14 appearances for Angels and stranded 10 of 13 inherited runners.

2020

Ranked second on the club in relief app. (20) and relief IP (19.2) over two stints with Texas: 7/31-8/10 and 8/12-end of season…was scoreless in 16 of 20 G, including one start (1st career) as an ‘opener’ on 9/18 at LAA (1.0 SHO IP, 2 BB)… remains his only career start as a professional...his 15 scoreless relief app. were second-most on the club to Hernández (20)…posted a 10.38 ERA (5 ER/4.1 IP) over five G during his first stint before closing with a 1.17 ERA (2 ER/15.1 IP) over final 15 G/1 GS during 2nd stint...compiled a 10.1-inning scoreless streak from 8/16-9/11, the 2nd-longest streak by a Ranger in 2020 (18.0 IP - Lance Lynn)…earned 1st ML win despite a blown save in final outing on 9/26 vs. HOU (1.0 IP, 1 R-ER), the 1st Ranger to record a win and blown save in the same game since Alex Claudio on 9/1/17 vs. LAA...allowed eight of 15 (53.3%) inherited runners to score, the fifth-highest pct. among A.L. relievers.

2019

Made 5 appearances over 2 stints with the Reds in his 1st Major League action…made ML debut on 7/7 vs CLE... allowed HR to 1st (Greg Allen) and 3rd (Jason Kipnis) batter faced in the big leagues…spent balance of the season at Louisville (Reds AAA), where his team-high 48 G ranked 5th in the International League…according to FanGraphs, ranked 2nd on the Bats and 15th in the IL with a swinging strike pct. of 13.7% (min. 50 IP).

2018

Spent the season at Louisville, his first full season at Triple-A…led the Bats and ranked T3rd in the International League with 50 appearances.

2017

In 52 relief apps at Class AA Pensacola and Class AAA Louisville combined to finish 4-4, 2.90 with 25 saves in 31 chances...opponents hit just .213...was a mid-season Southern League All-Star, participated in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Miami and was named to Baseball America's Minor League All-Star second team...was rated by Baseball America the best reliever in the Southern League and the pitcher with the best slider in the organization...led all Reds minor leaguers in saves (25)...ranked third in the Southern League in saves (16) and 10th in the International League in that category (9)...threw a perfect inning in relief during the U.S. team's 7-6 win in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game...entered the season rated by Baseball America the 13th-best prospect in the organization, the best reliever in the Florida State League and the pitcher with the best breaking ball in the FSL...after just 2 professional seasons was invited to 2017 Major League spring training camp...on 12/4 was invited to 2018 camp.

2016

In just his second professional season posted a 1.78 ERA over 50 apps for Class A Daytona, where he was a mid- and post-season Florida State League All-Star and a Baseball America High Class A All-Star...among all Reds minor league pitchers ranked second with 24 saves (Alejandro Chacin, 30)...led the Florida State League in saves (24 in 27 chances) and games finished (46) while tying for the FSL lead in apps (50)...recorded 12.31 strikeouts per 9 innings, the best ratio among league relievers...following the season was rated by Baseball America the best reliever in the Florida State League and the pitcher with the best breaking ball in the FSL...on 12/9 was invited to 2017 Major League spring training camp, his first.