Hamilton College pitcher Jack Eshleman '25 (Collegeville, Pa./Devon Preparatory School) has signed a professional contract with Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays as an undrafted free agent.

Eshleman, who collected all-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and all-region team (American Baseball Coaches Association and D3baseball.com) honors after the 2024 season, is the first Hamilton baseball player to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball organization in more than 100 years (Stephen W. Royce '1914 signed with the New York Giants in 1914).

Eshleman's agent is Hamilton alum John Shinn '02. No contract details were released. Eshleman is in Dunedin, Fla., where the Blue Jays' Single-A minor league affiliate is located.

In just three seasons with the Continentals, Eshleman ended up second on the program's all-time list with 162 strikeouts in 122.2 innings pitched. He won nine games and lost just four in his career and posted a team-record 2.57 earned run average (minimum 90 innings pitched).

In 2024 Eshleman was 18th in NCAA Division III with a 2.05 earned run average, 10th with a 0.91 WHIP, 26th with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 5.75 and 34th with 6.32 hits allowed per nine innings. His opponents hit just .199 against him with one home run, and he struck out a program-record 69 batters. Eshleman finished with 57 innings pitched, a 4-1 record and three complete games in eight starts.