:Clint Everts

{{short description|American professional baseball pitcher|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = Cypress, Texas, U.S.

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Clinton Charles Everts (born August 10, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played Minor League Baseball from 2003{{cite news |author1=Hillary Read |title=Teen hurler set to impress for Vermont (part 1) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115308267/teen-hurler-set-to-impress-for-vermont/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The Burlington Free Press |date=17 June 2003 |pages=5B |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}{{cite news |author1=Hillary Read |title=Teen hurler set to impress for Vermont (part 2) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115308285/expos-texas-teen-throws-heat-for/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The Burlington Free Press |date=17 June 2003 |pages=6B |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} to 2013 and last pitched for the independent Sugar Land Skeeters in 2014.

Career

Everts attended Cypress Falls High School, where he pitched alongside Scott Kazmir.{{cite news |author1=Richard Justice |title=Cypress Falls' Dynamic Duo |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/cyfalls052502.html |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Baseball America |date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615171335/https://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/cyfalls052502.html |archive-date=15 June 2017}} He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.{{cite news |author1=Nathaniel Stoltz |title=Here's a Thought: For Once, I Agree With Omar Minaya |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/311212-heres-a-thought-for-once-i-agree-with-omar-minaya |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Bleacher Report |date=19 December 2009}} He was rated as a top-100 prospect by Baseball America prior to the 2003 and 2004 seasons. During his third season, he underwent Tommy John surgery.{{cite news |author1=Richard Justice |title=They were 2 of the best HS arms in '02 ... and now? |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/scott-kazmir-clint-everts-2002-mlb-draft |access-date=3 January 2023 |work=MLB.com |date=2 June 2020}}

Everts pitched in the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals farm system{{cite news |author1=Todd Jacobson |title=Everts waiting on his chance |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=20060512&id=OzQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5AgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4266,3427138 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=The Free Lance-Star |date=12 May 2006 |page=C10 |via=Google News}}{{open access}} until he signed with a major league contract with the New York Mets prior to the 2010 season. He was sent to AA prior to the start of the season, and was designated for assignment on April 11.{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2010/04/11/jose-reyes-puts-new-york-mets-first-during-melee-with-nationals/|title=Jose Reyes puts New York Mets first during melee with Nationals |first=Peter|last=Botte|work=New York Daily News|date=April 11, 2010|accessdate=June 16, 2024}}

On June 216, 2010, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete a previous trade which sent Jorge Padilla to New York Mets' AAA affiliate, Buffalo Bisons.{{cite news |title=Familiar faces |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259859907/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Press and Sun-Bulletin |date=13 July 2010 |page=7B |quote="He was traded to the Blue Jays on June 26 in a deal that brought Triple-A outfielder Jorge Padilla to the Mets' organization" |via=Newspapers.com}}{{closed access}}

In 2013, he played in the Australian Baseball League, pitching for the Canberra Cavalry. He last played for the Sugar Land Skeeters from 2013 to 2014.{{cite news |author1=David Fanucchi |title=Catching up with Cy Falls alum and Skeeters pitcher Clint Everts |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/tomball/sports/article/Catching-up-with-Cy-Falls-alum-and-Skeeters-9444489.php |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Houston Chronicle |date=19 July 2013}}{{cite news |author1=Jim Storer |title=July 31, 2014: Clint Everts flirts with no-hit bid for Sugar Land Skeeters |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-31-2014-clint-everts-flirts-with-no-hit-bid-for-sugar-land-skeeters/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=Society for American Baseball Research}}

In May 2017 he was named the Interim Director of Baseball/Head Varsity Coach for the 2017/18 school year for St. John's School in Houston, Texas, in his third year on the school's coaching staff.{{cite news |title=Clint Everts Announced as Interim Director of Baseball/Head Varsity Coach for 2017/18 |url=https://www.sjs.org/news-detail?pk=883559 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=St. John’s School |date=3 May 2017}}