After a career season in 2022, former App State pitcher Jeffrey Springs signed a four-year, $31 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday.
“Honestly, I don’t even know if it’s fully sank in quite yet. Tons of emotion,” Springs said. “This is just something that is kind of hard to believe.”
From 2012-15, Springs was the starting pitcher for the Black and Gold before being drafted in 2015 by the Texas Rangers and made his major league debut in 2018 as a reliever. Springs went on to be traded twice in the next three years.