Joshua Randol Fleming, popularly known on the baseball field as Josh Fleming is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball(MLB). He made his MLB debut in August 2020.
Josh was born May 18, 1996,attended Columbia high school in Columbia, Illinois, the USA where he pitched for the Eagles baseball team.
He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays team in the fifth round of the 2017 MLB draft at webster university. He signed and made his debut with the Princeton Rays that year. His 2017 stat line included a 5.40 earned run average (ERA) across 12 games (nine starts). In 2018, Fleming began the season with the Bowling Green Hot Rods team where he posted a 1.20 ERA over ten games.
In July that year, Josh began pitching for the Charlotte Stone Crabs where he achieved a record of 3–3 with a 4.11 ERA. In posting a 2019 season record that included a 3.31 ERA over 21 games, Josh was named the MVP of the season. He finished the season with a compilation of a 5.14 ERA across four games.
In July 2020, the Rays added him to their 60-man roster. His contract was officially selected to the active roster in August. Josh earned the win in his big league debut, pitching five innings with three strikeouts and two earned runs in a 5–4 Rays victory.
Josh earns $570,500 per year and has a net worth of about $5 Million. He is married to Katie, a lady he met at Webster university and got married to in November 2020.
Josh Fleming Parents: Meet Josh’s Parents Mark and Lori
The birth parents of Josh Fleming is Mark and Lori.
