Blaine Thomas Boyer (born July 11, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

He played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals.

Boyer attended George Walton Comprehensive High School in Marietta, Georgia.

His first season of pro baseball was with the rookie league team the Gulf Coast Braves, where he went 1–3 with a 2.51 earned run average (ERA).

On June 12, 2005, Boyer was called up to the major leagues directly from the AA Mississippi Braves, and made his debut that day against the Oakland Athletics.

On May 14, 2008, Boyer pitched 1.1 innings to record his first Major League save, against the Philadelphia Phillies.

[11] He returned to baseball the next year, when he signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals on January 3, 2013.

Boyer subsequently signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball after his release from Kansas City.

[13] Boyer signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres on January 9, 2014.

[24] On April 3, 2017, Boyer signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox.

On February 7, 2018, Boyer signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals.

[27] In November 2015, working with non-profit group The Exodus Road, Boyer spent ten days undercover with former MLB first baseman (and his former Braves teammate) Adam LaRoche, helping to identify and rescue underage sex slaves in Southeast Asia.