Jeremy Cummings

Jeremy Michael Cummings (November 7, by|1976), city-state|Charleston|West Virginia is a minor league right handed pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in by|1999.

Cummings was suspended for 15 games, May 12-28, by|2005 for violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Regardless, it was still his best minor league season as he went a combined 12-4 record and 3.76 earned run average in 26 games (18 starts) between the Double-A Springfield Cardinals and Triple-A Memphis Redbirds.

The following season, he was signed as a minor league free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies, and assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. In his final start of the season, he pitched a no hitter.

He split the by|2007 season between the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliates before landing with the Rays in by|2008. At the All Star break, Cummings was 7-2 with a 2.82 ERA to earn himself an International League All Star nod. He only appeared in three games in the second half of the season before shutting it down in order to compete with the United States national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He and his team won the Bronze medal. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Jeremy%20Cummings&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=435398|title=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-08-27]

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