Nick Vespi #79

Attended Palm Beach State College (Fla.) and Santaluces (Fla.) HS...His brother, Ben, is a pitcher at the University of Central Florida...Known as the clubhouse DJ. His nickname is "DJ Scooter."...Participated in the 2024 and 2023 Birdland Caravans...Got engaged to his fiancé Danielle in Dec. 2023.

2023

Opened the season with Triple-A Norfolk after being optioned during Spring Training on 3/20. Would be recalled five different times (5/12, 6/9, 6/30, 8/11 and 9/13) and optioned in-season to the Tides five times (5/14, 6/10, 7/18, 8/24, & 9/14). His longest stint on the active roster was 18 days from 6/30-7/17...Went 1-0 with a 4.30 ERA (7 ER/14.2 IP) with 16 hits (two HR), two walks (one IBB), one hit batter and nine strikeouts in nine MLB appearances...Earned his lone win by retiring his only batter faced to end the ninth inning on 8/13 at SEA...Six of his nine MLB games were scoreless...Was 4-0 with a 2.33 ERA (10 ER/38.2 IP) with 31 hits (three HR), 11 total runs, 13 walks and 41 strikeouts in 36 games with the Tides...Tossed a scoreless ninth inning with one walk and one strikeout on 9/28 vs. Durham as Norfolk won Game 3 of the International League Championship Series...Notched a team-high eight holds with Norfolk, while ranking second in saves with seven...Completed at least 1.0 inning in 33 of his 36 appearances with Norfolk. Five of his 36 appearances were longer than 1.0 inning.

2022

Began the season with Triple-A Norfolk; had contract selected by Baltimore on 5/17; optioned to Norfolk five times (5/21, 7/6, 7/28, 8/13 and 9/6); recalled by the Orioles five times (6/3, 7/25, 8/2, 8/19 and 10/5)...Made his MLB debut in the 12th inning on 5/20 vs. TB; worked two scoreless innings on one hit and one intentional walk with three strikeouts...Became the fourth pitcher in O’s history (since 1954) to debut in the 12th inning-or-later, second at home, and first at Oriole Park; earned the win and became the 34th pitcher in team history to win in his MLB debut...Earned his first career save on 6/22 vs. WSH; pitched one scoreless frame with a walk before the game was called due to inclement weather after the bottom of the sixth inning...His five wins ranked tied for third among MLB rookie relievers...Posted a 1.83 ERA (4 ER/19.2 IP) in 18 home games compared to a 10.80 ERA (8 ER/6.2 IP) in seven road appearances...Had a 1.72 ERA (3 ER/15.2 IP) in 15 games at night and a 7.59 ERA (9 ER/10.2 IP) in 10 games during the day...Held right-handed batters to a .218 average (12-for-55) compared to .362 (17-for-47) against lefties...Struck out a career-high four batters on 7/25 vs. TB...Allowed six of his 12 runs with the O’s in 0.1 inning on 6/29 at SEA...Did not allow an earned run in 26 appearances with the Tides; surrendered three total runs - 4/26 at Gwinnett and 5/6 at Nashville (2)...Tossed scoreless outings in his last 16 Triple-A appearances (17.0 IP) of the season...Yielded 12 total hits at Triple-A and no more than one hit in any game.

2021

Split the season between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk, appearing in a combined 30 games...Began the season with Bowie, making 14 appearances and posting a 1.42 ERA (3 ER/19.0 IP)...Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk on 7/27...Recorded the win in his Norfolk debut on 7/28 vs. Durham (G2); the first Tides pitcher to record a win in his Triple-A debut since 2018 (Lucas Long)...Collected his first Triple-A save on 8/5 at Jacksonville (G2)...Pitched for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League following the season; named to the AFL East Fall Stars team.

2020

Did not pitch due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of COVID-19.

2019

Spent the season with Class-A Delmarva for the second-straight year...Made a career-high 16 starts and appeared in 23 total games...Earned South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week honors (7/8-14) after throwing 7.0-perfect innings and striking out 11 batters...His 91.0 innings pitched and 100 strikeouts were also career-highs.

2018

Pitched the entire season with Class-A Delmarva, appearing in a career-high and team-best 40 games...His 2.09 ERA (15 ER/64.2 IP) also led the Shorebirds and he recorded nine saves in 14 opportunities.