GASTONIA, N.C. – The Gastonia Ghost Peppers have signed former big-league pitcher Jimmie Sherfy to a contract for the 2025 season, announced by general manager Brady Salisbury on Friday.
Sherfy, 33, is a right-hander who has pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers at the MLB level.
The Thousand Oaks, California native was drafted by the Diamondbacks in 2013 out of the University of Oregon.
Sherfy made his MLB debut with Arizona in 2017, a season in which he pitched 10.2 scoreless innings in 11 appearances for the Diamondbacks. The right-hander posted a 1.65 ERA in 15 games pitched the following year.
After spending three seasons in the big leagues for the Diamondbacks, Sherfy pitched for the Giants and Dodgers in 2021.
Sherfy is making his return to Gastonia, having made two appearances for the club in 2022.
He spent last season with the Staten Island FerryHawks, going 0-1 with a 6.91 ERA in 14 relief outings. Sherfy struck out 16 batters in 14.1 innings.
Sherfy is the second player to sign with Gastonia in 2025. The team will aim to announce a player signing every Friday for the remainder of the offseason.
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Gastonia Ghost Peppers concluded its first season of operations with Zawyer Sports & Entertainment – a sports ownership group with professional teams operating in the U.S. and the fourth season for the franchise at CaroMont Health Park in the FUSE District of Gastonia. The Ghost Peppers had a historic inaugural season, leading the Atlantic League with 83 wins and 201 home runs. Gastonia went 46-17 in the first half of the season, which is the highest winning percentage (.730) in a single half in league history. The club became the first organization with multiple 200+ home run seasons and set the league record for highest win percentage in a three-year span (.651 from 2022-2024).