Tanner Gordon #29

Tanner Robert Gordon...Son of Bob and Jody Gordon...Two brothers, Quinton and Tray...His girlfriend, Sydney Hester, is a pediatric nurse in New York City...Was the 97th player in Indiana University school history to get drafted...Was a member of a Hoosier draft class that included a school record and Big Ten-leading 10 players...Went 6-6 with a 3.81 ERA through 16 starts with Indiana in 2019...90 strikeouts rank ninth on IU’s single-season record books...Allowed three hits or less in seven of his 16 starts...Recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts on March 23, 2019 in a win vs. Iowa, allowing three hits over seven innings en route to earning Big Ten Player of the Week Honors...Attended John A. Logan College for two years before transferring to Indiana...Owned a 2.06 ERA in his sophomore season, striking out 104 batters in 70.0 innings...Helped Champaign Central High School to conference titles in his sophomore, junior and senior years...His sports heroes growing up were David Freese and Adam Wainwright...Favorite athlete is Kyrie Irving...Favorite music artist is Marc E. Bassy...His random talents are that he can “kind of play piano” and can also cook, but “nothing like” his mom, although he notes it’s “edible for sure”...He has “parted ways” with most of his baseball superstitions...The only one he has currently is not stepping on the line when running out to the mound...One of his bucket list items is to catch a marlin.

2024

Made his Major League debut on July 7 vs. Kansas City...Made eight starts for the Rockies, going 0-6 with an 8.65 ERA (34.1 IP, 33 ER)...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Albuquerque on July 7...Optioned on July 13...Served three additional stints on the active roster: July 27 (27th man), Aug. 3-23 and Sept. 10-13...Logged his first and only quality start of the season on Aug. 3 at San Diego...Allowed one earned run on one hit through six frames in a 3-2 Rockies loss...Became the first Rockie in history to take six losing decisions through his first eight career starts...Missed the beginning of the season with right elbow inflammation...Made two rehab starts for the ACL Rockies before beginning his season with Triple-A Albuquerque on May 9...In 11 starts for the Isotopes, went 4-4 with a 4.45 ERA (54.2 IP, 27 ER), 13 walks and 44 strikeouts...On Sept. 4 at Tacoma, spun a season-best eight scoreless frames, allowing six hits and striking out three.