Non Roster Invitee — Matt Tomshaw
Now that pitchers and catchers have reported to Glendale, AZ for Chicago White Sox Spring Training, I wanted to take a look at some of the non-roster invitees in camp with the team this year. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, I’ll highlight some of those players.
MATT TOMSHAW
Originally selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 42nd round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, LHP Matt Tomshaw is back in the Chicago White Sox organization for a third consecutive season. The 31-year-old left-hander split time with Double-A Birmingham and the Charlotte Knights in each of the past two seasons (2018–19).
A native of Kingston, NY, Tomshaw put together a solid effort with both the Barons and the Knights last year. Overall with the Knights, he posted a 4–2 record with a 3.93 ERA and 32 strikeouts over 36.1 IP (11 games/5 games started). After a promotion to Charlotte from Double-A Birmingham on May 3, Tomshaw made seven appearances with the Knights in the month of May — six of those seven appearances from out of the bullpen. On June 1, he was assigned back to the Barons.
Once he returned to the Knights on August 8, Tomshaw proved to be a solid contributor to the Knights down the stretch. Over his final four starts, he posted a 2–1 record with a 1.57 ERA over 23.0 IP. On August 24 at BB&T Ballpark against the Norfolk Tides — with the Knights in a pennant race — Tomshaw allowed just two runs over six innings pitched en-route to a 5–3 win. He struck-out a career-high 11 batters and improved to 2–0 with a 1.42 ERA in three starts (19.0 IP) since returning from Double-A. He allowed just one run on five hits over four innings in his last start of the season on August 30 at Norfolk.
Overall in 2019 with the Barons, Tomshaw went 5–5 with a 2.40 ERA in 15 games (12 starts). For the season, he went 9–7 with a 2.90 ERA over 26 games (17 games started) between his time with the Barons and the Knights. He tossed 111.2 IP and struck-out 118 batters.
For his career, Tomshaw, a 2017 mid-season All-Star, has appeared in parts of nine seasons in the minors and owns a 66–55 record with six saves and a 3.90 ERA over 226 games (162 games started) in 1,032.2 IP.
