Landon Sims

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Landon Sims
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitcher
Born: (2001-01-03) January 3, 2001 (age 25)
Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
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Medals
Men's baseball
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U-15 Baseball World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Iwaki Team

Landon Thomas Sims (born January 3, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Amateur career

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Sims attended South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, where he played on the football team as a safety and on the baseball team as a pitcher.[1] As a sophomore in 2017, he went 6-2 with a 2.10 ERA and 58 strikeouts over fifty innings.[2] As a junior, he won ten games while pitching to a 0.90 ERA over 62 innings.[3] Sims went unselected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at Mississippi State University to play college baseball.

Sims made seven appearances as a freshman on the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team in 2020 and compiled a 3.46 ERA before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In 2021, he became the team's closer.[5][6][7] For the season, he made 25 relief appearances and went 5-0 with a 1.44 ERA, 100 strikeouts, 15 walks and 13 saves over 56+1⁄3 innings.[8] Sims, alongside Will Bednar, threw a combined one-hitter against the Vanderbilt Commodores in the final game of the 2021 College World Series, leading the Bulldogs to their first ever championship.[9] He was named to the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team after the season.[10] Sims entered the 2022 season as a top prospect for the upcoming draft.[11] For the season, he moved into the starting rotation.[12][13] He was named the team's Opening Day starter and pitched seven innings in which he gave up one earned run, seven hits, no walks, and 13 strikeouts in a 3-0 loss to Long Beach State.[14][15] On March 4, in a game against the Tulane Green Wave, Sims was removed in the fourth inning due to a right arm injury.[16] On March 14, it was announced that he had torn his ulnar collateral ligament and would undergo Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season.[17] Over 15+2⁄3 innings pitched in 2022, he compiled a 1.15 ERA and 27 strikeouts.[18]

Professional career

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Sims was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 34th overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[19] He signed with the team for $2.35 million.[20]

Sims made his professional debut in 2023 during a rehab assignment with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, and was later assigned to the Visalia Rawhide.[21] Over 24+1⁄3 innings pitched during the season, he went 0-4 with a 5.47 ERA and 28 strikeouts.[22] He was assigned to Visalia to open the 2024 season and was later promoted to the Hillsboro Hops.[23] Over 41 appearances between the two teams, Sims went 4-0 with a 3.07 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 58+2⁄3 innings. He was assigned to the Amarillo Sod Poodles to open the 2025 season.[24]

References

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  24. ^ https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/landon-sims-is-ready-and-going-to-compete-for-every-strike
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