Michael Schwimer

Michael Fredarick Schwimer (born February 19, 1986) is an American businessperson and former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2011 and 2012.

He shot 43% from the 3-point line that year, and led the team to the Sleepy Thompson Championship where he was named MVP over Roy Hibbert.

[2] Out of high school Schwimer was offered Division 1 scholarships to play football, basketball, and baseball.

[6] In 2006, Schwimer set a UVA single-season record for appearances (36), as he held batters to a .212 batting average in 60.2 innings.

[6] In the summer of 2007, he pitched 33.1 innings for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, going 2–2 with 3.51 ERA.

[4] He started 2010 with the Reading Phillies, for whom he was an Eastern League Mid-Season All Star while he earned a team-leading 11 saves with a 3.60 ERA.

[5][4][13] Schwimer finished the season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Triple-A International League, with a 1.35 ERA as he held batters to a .080 batting average with runners in scoring position.

[12][16][17] He sported an improved "nasty" change-up, better location of his low-90s-to-95-mph four-seam fastball, and his slider as he relied on deception and control for his strikeouts.

On his second pitch in the major leagues, he gave up a game-tying home run to Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa.

[29] Schwimer was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on February 23, 2013, in exchange for minor-league first baseman Art Charles.

[36] Schwimer started Jambos Picks, a tout service, back in August 2019 only to reverse the course of the business just five months later.

[40] During Episode 1, Schwimer won the first six-figure pot of the new season with two-pair in a hand against Tom Dwan who had an over pair.

[43] Later in the episode, Schwimer made trips on the river, but ran into the full house of John Andress.

On the penultimate hand of the episode, Schwimer would go bust when he called all-in on the river with two pair, but was up against the flopped set of Kenney.

[12] During his playing career, he trained with former number one ranked professional tennis player Andy Roddick in the off-season.