Nick Robertson #40

Nicholas Parker Robertson...Graduated from Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount, Va., where he was a three-sport athlete (baseball, basketball., golf) earning letters in all three...Became the first Major Leaguer to attend Franklin County High School since Ron Hodges of the New York Mets (1973-84)...Attended James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Va., playing in two seasons, going 5-2 while posting a 1.38 ERA (9 ER/58.2 IP) with 24 walks, 87 strikeouts, a 0.95 WHIP and a 13.3 K/9 in 38 appearances (one start)...Suffered an injury and underwent Tommy John surgery his freshman season...Named All-Colonial Athletic Association first team in 2019...Married his high school sweetheart, Maggie. They reside in Callaway, Va.

2024

On Sept. 28 vs. MIA, made his Blue Jays debut retiring all three batters he faced in his inning of work...Claimed off of waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 17...Placed on the injured list from May 26-June 24 with right elbow inflammation...Made eight appearances for the Cardinals earlier on the year, posting a 4.38 ERA (6 ER/12.1 IP) with 14 strikeouts and a 1.38 WHIP...Appeared in 33 games between Triple-A Memphis, Salt Lake and Buffalo, going 1-2 with a 6.87 ERA (28 ER/36.2 IP), a 13.7% walk rate, a 21.7% strikeout rate and a 1.80 WHIP...Against his sweeper in Triple-A in 2024, opponents posted a whiff rate of 45.5%, a 43.5% strikeout rate and a 33.3% chase rate.

2023

Began the season with Oklahoma City (AAA) and appeared in 24 games before getting selected by Los Angeles on June 6...Would make three more Minor League appearances for Oklahoma City before his trade to the Red Sox...Made 15 Minor League appearances in Worcester (AAA) totaling 60 on the year between the Minors and Majors...Was called up a total of five times during the 2023 MLB regular season between the Dodgers and Red Sox...Made his Major League debut at CIN (6/7) in front of 25 friends, family and former coaches tossing 2.0 scoreless innings and struck out three batters establishing his season-high, including his first batter faced, Elly De La Cruz (looking)...Was traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for OF Enrique "Kike" Hernandez, July 25, 2023...Had five consecutive scoreless appearances (9/10-17) for a season-high streak of 5.0 scoreless innings...Pitched season-highs of 3.0 innings and 47 pitches vs. KC (8/8)...Suffered his first and only loss of the MLB season at NYM (7/16) as Luis Guillorme doubled home Brett Baty, placed on second base in the 10th inning...Recorded his first Hold vs. PIT (7/6) in a 5-2 win with a scoreless inning in relief of starting pitcher Jose Urias...Struck out at least one batter in each of his final nine appearances of the season, second-longest streak to end the season of any relief pitcher who did not record a decision or save (Cole Irvin, BAL, 11)...Made a spot start vs. NYY (9/14) and threw a scoreless inning with a walk and a strikeout before being relieved by Brennan Bernardino in the second inning...A game the Red Sox lost at Fenway Park 8-5...Was one of only four starts in his professional career; Major or Minor Leagues...Traded to the Cardinals along with Minor League RHP Victor Santos in exchange for OF Tyler O'Neill on Dec. 8. 

2022

Pitched majority of the season with Double-A Tulsa and was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 6...Combined to go 1-3 over 53 games (two starts) with a career-best nine saves in ten opportunities with both teams, putting out a 4.43 ERA (33 ER/67.0 IP) with 87 strikeouts and 30 walks...Produced a 1.37 WHIP and limited the opposition to a .240 average…recorded an 11.69 strikeout-per-nine innings mark over 53 outings...His sole win came on May 10 at Frisco, firing 1.1 relief innings of one-run ball on three hits with three strikeouts...was his first victory since Aug. 7, 2021 at Springfield...Recorded nine saves in ten turns, with eight of those outings in 1.0+ innings of work…longest outing (2.0 IP) in which he recorded a save occurred on July 24 vs. Wichita, where he struck out two in six batters faced...Struck out a season-high five batters on June 12 vs. Northwest Arkansas in two innings of work, facing seven batters and allowing just one hit.

2021

Played the entire season with Double-A Tulsa, pitching in a career-high 39 games for a 2-4 record…produced a 3.53 ERA (23 ER/58.2 IP) with 63 strikeouts and 17 walks…delivered a 1.23 WHIP and kept hitters to a .248 average...Earned his first professional win on July 20 vs. Northwest Arkansas after allowing three runs on five hits…struck out one en route to Double-A Tulsa’s 9-8 victory...Tossed 2.2 innings in two separate games, on July 13 at Wichita and Sept. 12 at Amarillo…struck out nine batters without issuing a walk...Sat down a career-high five batters on Sept. 12 at Amarillo over 2.2 innings…faced nine batters and gave up just one hit...Produced 23 scoreless outings in 39 tries, recording four saves and two wins over the span.

2020

Did not participate in the 2020 season after the minor league season was cancelled.