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Congratulations to Tommy Nance who made his first appearance in a ML spring training game today a few weeks short of his 30th birthday.

RHRP Tommy Nance  6'6" 235 Lbs. (199103) [Santa Clara] Spent 2010-2014 playing college baseball. Then, after an injury-shortened 2014, he made his professional debut with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League in 2015 where he struggled early but posted a 3.47 ERA and 1.16 WHIP after the Frontier League All Star game.  In 2016 he posted a 36/15 K/W in 38 IP of which 27 were in CAR; 0.243 BAA.  Spent 2017 on DL.  Opened 2018 in AA where he pitched pretty well before going on DL in mid-June; 20/11 K/W in 20.2 SL IP with 0.187 BAA.  Opened 2019 in AA where he pitched the most innings of his minor league career posting a solid 56/18 K/W in 48.2 IP with 0.240 BAA while holding lefties to a 0.184 BAA.  Invited to ML spring training in 2021. Blew save in his first but hopefully not last outing.