

Bryan Todd Sammons (born April 27, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.
Career
Amateur career
Sammons attended John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Western Carolina University, where he played college baseball for the Western Carolina Catamounts. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins drafted Sammons in the eighth round, with the 226th overall selection, of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He split his first professional season between the rookie–level Elizabethton Twins and Single–A Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Sammons split 2018 between Cedar Rapids, the High–A Fort Myers Miracle, and Double–A Chattanooga Lookouts, accumulating a 6–8 record and 3.91 ERA with 101 strikeouts over 22 games (21 starts). He spent 2019 with Fort Myers and the Double–A Pensacola Blue Wahoos, registering a 9–6 record and 3.18 ERA with 131 strikeouts across 25 games (24 starts). Sammons did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sammons returned to action in 2021 with the Double–A Wichita Wind Surge and Triple–A St. Paul Saints. In 27 games (21 starts) for the two affiliates, he posted a 4–7 record and 6.52 ERA with 100 strikeouts across 107+2⁄3 innings pitched. Sammons returned to Wichita in 2022, struggling to a 3–6 record and 5.76 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 37 appearances. He was released by the Twins organization on September 5, 2022.
Gastonia Honey Hunters
On January 18, 2023, Sammons signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros. He was released prior to the start of the season on March 26.
On April 28, 2023, Sammons signed with a Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He pitched in 5 games (4 starts) for Gastonia and recorded a 2.29 ERA while striking out 26 batters in 19+2⁄3 innings.
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