Nick Rumbelow

Rumbelow attended Bullard High School in Bullard, Texas where, as a senior, he recorded an earned run average (ERA) of 0.52 with 11 wins and a batting average of .422 with 29 runs batted in. Rumbelow was named to the Tyler Morning Telegraph's all-East Texas team as a senior in 2010.^[1]

After high school, Rumbelow chose to play college baseball at Louisiana State University (LSU) for the LSU Tigers over competing opportunities at Rice, Oregon State, Clemson, Florida and Baylor.^[2] In three seasons from 2011 to 2013, Rumbelow appeared in 70 games and had a 3–0 win–loss record and 3.68 ERA. In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star.^[3] He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.^[4][5]

Rumbelow made his professional debut with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League. He started 2014 with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and was promoted to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, Trenton Thunder of the Double-A Eastern League, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League during the season.^[6][7] In total for the season, he was 5–2 with a 2.62 ERA and eight saves in 42 games consisting of 58+1⁄3 innings pitched.

Rumbelow was a non-roster invitee to spring training in 2015.^[8] After starting the season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Rumbelow was promoted to the major leagues on June 22.^[9] He made his major league debut the next day, allowing one run in a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.^[10] He appeared in four games and was optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on July 8.^[11] Rumbelow received several promotions to the major leagues and demotions to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.^[12] He compiled a 1–1 record and 4.02 ERA in 15+2⁄3 innings pitched for the Yankees in 2015.^[13]

Rumbelow began the 2016 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He injured his elbow during his first game of the season. The team announced that Rumbelow would undergo Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the 2016 season.^[14] Rumbelow was designated for assignment by the Yankees after the 2016 season and released to days later.^[15][16] He re-signed with the Yankees in January 2017 to rehab the injury.^[17] Rumbelow returned to Double-A in June and was back in Scranton by July 2017.^[18][19] He pitched to a 5–1 record with a 1.12 ERA in 17 games. The Yankees re-added Rumbelow to their 40-man roster after the end of the season.^[20]

After the 2017 season, the Yankees traded Rumbelow to the Seattle Mariners for Juan Then and JP Sears.^[21] Rumbelow suffered a brachial plexus injury in the beginning of spring training in 2018 and was on the disabled list until June.^[22] He was activated from the disabled list on June 5 and assigned to the Tacoma Rainiers of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, where he pitched in three games before the Mariners promoted him to the major leagues on June 14.^[23] He pitched to a 6.11 ERA in 17.2 innings bouncing between the Triple-A and the majors that year.

In 2019, Rumbelow was included on the Mariners opening day roster.^[24] He was optioned to the minors on April 2 after allowing four runs in 1.2 innings of work.^[25] He was designated for assignment on May 17, 2019, and outrighted on May 22.^[26][27] He was released by the Mariners organization on June 12.^[28]

On June 25, 2019, Rumbelow signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.^[29] He pitched in 21 games and threw 22 1/3 innings going 3-0 with a 0.81 era and 31 strikeouts.^[30]

On August 19, 2019, the New York Mets selected Rumbelow's contract.^[31] He was among the first cuts in spring training before the 2020 season.^[32] Following the cancellation of minor league season during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rumbelow was released on May 28, 2020.^[33]

Rumbelow signed on to play for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Constellation Energy League (a makeshift 4-team independent league created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic) for the 2020 season.^[34]

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