Matt Dermody

Matthew Phillip Dermody

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 5", Weight 190 lb.
• School University of Iowa
• High School Norwalk (IA) High School
• Debut September 3, 2016

• Born July 4, 1990 in Norwalk, IA USA

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Biographical Information

Matt Dermody's first major league win came courtesy of the biggest 9th-inning comeback in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays. He had compleetd the top of the 9th against the Los Angeles Angels on July 30, 2017 with the Jays trailing 10-4, when his teammates' bats suddenly came alive. Kevin Pillar hit a two-run homer and Steve Pearce capped things off with his second walk-off grand slam in four days to turn the quasi-certain loss into an improbable 11-10 victory.

Dermody pitched for the Blue Jays in 2016 and 2017 after having been a 28th-round pick in the 2013 amateur draft out of the University of Iowa. It was his fourth time being drafted, having also been picked once coming out of high school, and twice more as a collegian; all four times, the pick was between the 23rd and 29th rounds. For the Blue Jays, he went 0-0, 12.00 in 4 games the first year and 2-0, 4.43 in 23 games the second.

He returned to the big leagues for only one game in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, pitching one scoreless inning for the Chicago Cubs who had signed him as a free agent during that season. he pitched another game for Chicago in 2022, giving up 2 runs in 1 inning of work. In the meantime, he had pitched for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Constellation Energy League before being signed by the Cubs in 2020, and with the Seibu Lions of the Pacific League in 2021, going 0-2, 5.13 in 11 games, also spending time in the minor league Eastern League. In 2022, he also pitched as a starter for the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization, going 3-5, 4.54 in 8 games after his one appearance for the Cubs, which came on August 4th.

He was signed by the Boston Red Sox before the 2023 season and was assigned to the AAA Worcester Red Sox, where he was2-2, 4.52 in 9 games, including 8 starts. He was called up to make a first major league start for the Red Sox on June 8th, but got himself in hot water before that when homophobic tweets he had posted on his social media account in 2021 resurfaced that day. He made the start, allowing 3 runs in 4 innings including a pair of homers by José Ramírez in a 10-3 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. He was designated for assignment the next day as the Red Sox made a series of roster moves. That coincidentally came on the same day that the Blue Jays had done the same thing with another marginal 30-something pitcher, Anthony Bass, who had also got in trouble with the team's fan base due to his social media activities.

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• Matt Dermody on mlb.com