[3] Fresno State won the 2008 College World Series, though Scheppers did not play in the tournament due to an injured rotator cuff and labrum in his shoulder.

[6] Scheppers signed with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball for the 2009 season.

Scheppers was chosen in the supplementary first round, with the 44th overall selection, of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers.

Teams passed on him again due to injury concerns, as some believed he had a partially torn labrum, which would require surgery.

[7] Scheppers also was the pitching coach for the junior varsity baseball team at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, California, for the 2009 season.

On the same day, he made his Major League debut for the Texas Rangers in relief of Yu Darvish, and gave up a solo home run and struck out 2 in 1+2⁄3 innings in a 7–1 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

[citation needed] In 2013, Scheppers made 76 relief appearances for the Rangers, tied for the third-most in the American League.

[12] In 2013 Scheppers reported that he was randomly assaulted and "sucker punched" in Cleveland while walking back to the team hotel after dinner.