T.J. Sikkema #53

Selected in the Competitive Balance Round A (No. 38 overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of the University of Missouri... signed with the Yankees on June 7, 2019 and received a $1.95 million bonus... appeared in four games with Staten Island in 2019 but did not pitch at all in 2020 or 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic (2020) and lat and shoulder issues (2021)... was on the 60-Day injured list from May 29, 2021 until November 2021... made his full-season Yankees debut on May 8, 2022 with Hudson Valley at Jersey Shore... went 1-1 with a 2.48 ERA in 11 appearances with the Yankees in 2022 before he was traded along with Beck Way and Chandler Champlain to the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Andrew Benintendi on July 27, 2022... joined Quad Cities following the trade.

At Missouri, he picked up a number of honors:

• 2019 Baseball America Second Team All-American
• 2019 NCBWA Second Team All-American
• 2019 Perfect Game / Rawlings Third Team All-American
• 2019 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American
• 2019 ABCA Division I Midwest First Team All-Region
• 2019 NCBWA District 6 Player
• 2019 Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
• 2019 Second Team All-SEC
• 2019 SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 22-28)
• 2018 Preseason Second Team All-American (Perfect Game)
• 2017 Freshman All-American
• 2017 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2x SEC Freshman of the Week

Went 7-4 with a 1.32 ERA, 101 strikeouts and .175 BAA over 88 2/3 innings (17 appearances, 13 starts) at Mizzou in 2019... his 1.32 ERA was No. 3 in the NCAA and No. 1 in the SEC... his 0.96 WHIP finished 22nd in the nation and sixth in the SEC... he had five, 10-plus strikeout performances, the most by a Tiger hurler since Kyle Gibson produced four in 2009... as a sophomore in 2018, he finished the regular season ranked ninth in the SEC in strikeout-walk-ratio and was 10th in strikeouts per nine innings... as a freshman in 2017, he ranked eighth in the SEC in ERA and seventh among all freshmen nationally and was named a Midseason First-Team All-American by PerfectGame.com, the only freshman of the team... majored in health science

Prior to Mizzou, Sikkema attended Central DeWitt High School and played for his father, Shane Sikkema... guided Central Dewitt to a state quarterfinal appearance as a senior, going 8-1 with a 1.03 ERA and 107 strikeouts... limited batters to .107 hitting during his senior season and had a quarter of his team’s 32 wins that year while hitting .483 with 11 RBIs... in his high school career, Central Dewitt went 133-78 while he went 30-5 on the mound with a 0.83 ERA and 370 strikeouts, limiting batters to .136 hitting... was named to the All-State Super Team in both 2015 and 2016... also played soccer, earning All-District honors in 2015 and 2016... was a four-time honor roll member, multiple time academic all-district as well... played four sports all four years of high school: baseball, basketball, football and soccer

High School honors include four-time selections for:

• All-Conference
• All-District
• Iowa Newspaper Association All-State
• IHSSA All-State
• Iowa High School Baseball All-State