Nick Allgeyer

Allgeyer attended St. John Vianney High School in Missouri where he played baseball and ice hockey. In 2014, he was named the Metro Catholic co-player of the year.[1] As a hockey player, he led his team in goals as a senior.[2]

Allgeyer played college baseball for the Iowa Hawkeyes. On October 11, 2016, he underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the 2017 season.[3] Iowa's baseball team was chosen to represent the United States at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. Allgeyer pitched in relief for Iowa en route to a silver medal.[4]

Allgeyer was drafted out of Iowa by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 12th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, receiving a signing bonus of $125,000.[5] He was assigned to the Low-A Vancouver Canadians, where he spent the remainder of the season and posted a 2.73 earned run average (ERA) in 15 games. In 2019, Allgeyer played for the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays, pitching to a 3.95 ERA over 23 games and totaling 1181⁄3 innings.[6] He was named a Florida State League mid-season all-star as well as a MiLB.com organization all star for the 2019 campaign.[7] Allgeyer did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

On May 15, 2021, Allgeyer was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[9] He was optioned down to Triple-A on May 17 without making an appearance.[10] On July 2, Allgeyer was recalled to the active roster and made his major league debut with a perfect ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.[11] Allgeyer was designated for assignment by Toronto on July 18.[12] Allgeyer was sent outright to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on July 27.[13]