TY TICE AT A GLANCE

2021

Ty Tice was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Atlanta Braves on Friday, June 4, 2021 for cash. The same day, the Braves sent Tice to their Triple A affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers, which play home games at Coolray Field in unincorporated Gwinnett County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

Tice made his Major League debut on April 9, 2021 pitching 2.0 scoreless innings for the Blue Jays against the Angels.

2020

Tice was invited to Major League Spring Training and allowed two runs over five outings in total of 4.2 inning pitched. He became part of Toronto’s 60-player pool for Summer Camp at Rogers Centre and spent the 2020 regular season at the club’s alternate training site in Rochester, NY. Tice was eventually added to Toronto’s 40-man roster in November, 2020 to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft. 2019

Tice started 2019 with Toronto’s Double-A affiliate, New Hampshire. and posted a 1.09 ERA and a 0.85 WHIP in 20 relief appearances. One June 13, 2019, he was promoted to the Blue Jays’ Triple-A club Buffalo where he went 2-1 with a 3.27 ERA in 26 outings for the Bisons, while striking out 41 batters over 33.0 innings. Tice compiled a 2.09 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in 113 career Minor League outings.

2018

Tice was temporarily assigned to the Toronto Blue Jays during Spring Training making an appearance during the seventh inning of a spring training game between the visiting Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. Tice allowed no runs while pitching two-thirds of an inning on Saturday, March 24, 2018. He entered the game with one out inducing a fly-out and recording a strike-out to get the Blue Jays out of the seventh with no damage.

2017

Tice, a 2014 Prairie Grove 2014 graduate, was selected in the

16th round of the 2017 MLB draft by Toronto as the 489th overall pick. Tice was named to the 2017 postseason All-Star team as a member of the Bluefield Blue Jays in the Appalachian League.

As a junior at UCA, Tice led the Bears with eight saves, which tied him for third in the Southland Conference and was then the fourth most in school history. Tice finished 2-3 with a 4.45 ERA with 67 strikeouts in 56.2 innings. He held opponents to a .254 average with a season-high 9 strikeouts against SLC champion McNeese State. He threw 132 pitches against New Orleans.

During his collegiate career, Tice made 41 appearances with 12 starts and 8 saves. He finished with an overall record of 3-4 with a 4.53 ERA over 93.1 innings, 98 strike-outs and 46 walks.