Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Tyler Cyr was born May 5, 1993, in Fremont, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Cyr spent his first professional season with both the Arizona League Giants and the Augusta GreenJackets, posting a combined 2–2 record and 4.98 ERA in 15 games (one start) between both teams, pitching 21.2 innings in which he stuck out 27 batters. Cyr began 2016 with Augusta, and after pitching to a 3–3 record with a 2.31 ERA with 65 strikeouts over 50+2⁄3 innings, was promoted to the San Jose Giants, where he finished the season with a 2–1 record and a 2.35 ERA in 23 innings in which he struck out 24 batters.

In 2017, Cyr played for the Richmond Flying Squirrels where he was named an Eastern League All-Star. He finished the year 5–2 with a 2.19 ERA and 57 strikeouts over 49+1⁄3 innings pitched in 47 relief appearances, in which he saved 18 games in 20 opportunities. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the Rising Stars Game.

Cyr appeared in only eight games pitching 9 innings in 2018 due to injury. He began 2019 with Richmond, earning mid-season Eastern League All-Star honors. He earned a promotion to the Sacramento River Cats at the end of the year. Over 50+1⁄3 relief innings between the two clubs in which he struck out 59 batters, he compiled a 1.97 ERA in 38 games in which he saved five games in 10 opportunities.