Tyler Allen Glasnow is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Tyler Glasnow parents: Meet Greg Glasnow, Donna Glasnow
Tyler Glasnow was born on August 23, 1993, to Greg and Donna Glasnow. He came from an athletic family, Tyler’s father Greg swam and played water polo, his mother Donna is a retired gymnast who went on to coach for Cal State Northridge, and his older brother Ted was a decathlete for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Greg and Donna have also served as hardwood retailers in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1979. Glasnow attended William S. Hart High School in Santa Clarita, the alma mater of other Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers James Shields, Trevor Bauer, and Mike Montgomery.
Glasnow made his professional debut in 2012 for the Gulf Coast Pirates of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League 2012 where he went 0–3 with a 2.10 ERA in 11 games (ten starts), and also started one game for the State College Spikes of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League.