Adam Christian Cimber is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays.
He played for the San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, and Miami Marlins in the past. Only a few major league pitchers use a submarine delivery, and Cimber is one of them.
He enrolled at the University of Washington after graduating from Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington, where he played college baseball from 2010 to 2012, earning a 9–8 win–loss record and a 4.15 earned run average (ERA) in 73 appearances.
He subsequently transferred to the University of San Francisco, where he pitched in 57 innings for a 6–3 record and 3.74 ERA.
Cimber was drafted in the ninth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres.
He signed with the Eugene Emeralds and pitched for them in 2013, going 3–1 with a 2.56 ERA in 28 bullpen appearances.
In 2014, he pitched for the Lake Elsinore Storm, posting a 5–3 record, 2.90 ERA, and 1.15 walks per inning thrown (WHIP) in 52 games, and in 2015, he pitched for both the San Antonio Missions and the El Paso Chihuahuas, posting a combined 4–2 record and 3.05 ERA in 46 games.
Cimber pitched for San Antonio and El Paso in 2016, going 3–3 with a 3.77 ERA in 46 games, and for the same two teams in 2017, going 5–2 with a 2.90 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP in 80+23 innings pitched.
In 2018, Cimber was named to the San Diego Padres’ Opening Day roster. On March 29, he made his big league debut.
How Much Does Adam Cimber Make?
Adam Cimber is paid an average of $1,575,000 each year.