The 9th best reliever in the 2017 Valley League season is Strasburg’s Thomas Nicoll!
The 6-foot righthander, a senior at Florida A&M, put up the following stats for the Express last summer:
| Stras | ERA | W | L | G | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | BAVG | WIP | BB/9 | K/9 |
| 2017 | 1.92 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18.7 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 0.222 | 1.123 | 2.4 | 10.6 |
Of pitchers surveyed for this list, Thomas finished 8th in BB/9. His best game was probably his first, when he threw 3 shutout innings against the New Market Rebels on June 3rd.
Thomas spent his first two college seasons at Tallahassee Community College before transferring to Florida A&M in 2017:
| ERA | W | L | G | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | WIP | BB/9 | K/9 | |
| 2015 | 5.04 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 30.3 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 1.749 | 4.2 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 3.65 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 37.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 1.432 | 4.9 | 9.0 |
| 2017 | 3.24 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 41.7 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 1.343 | 3.5 | 7.8 |
Congratulations on your excellent summer, Thomas!
