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LEFT-HAnDED PiTCHER
Height/Weight: 6-0 / 214 Bats/Throws: Left / Left
Birthdate: November 23, 1985 Opening Day Age: 25
Birthplace/Resides: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic
Major League Service: None
Obtained: Signed as a non-drafted free agent, November 20, 2003
Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through 2011.
CAREER HiGHLiGHTS
The Dominican Republic native signed with the A’s three days before his 18th birthday and has a 25-27
record and a 3.96 ERA (207 er in 470.1 ip) in 114 games, 76 starts, in seven professional seasons…has
407 strikeouts and 193 walks in 470.1 innings…has yielded just 28 home runs, or one per 16.8 innings…
pitched for short-season teams his first five seasons before combining for a 13-6 record and a 3.38 ERA
in 27 starts with Single-A Stockton and Kane County in 2009 to earn A’s Organizational Pitcher of the
Year honors…tied for the Northwest League lead in strikeouts (77) at Vancouver in 2008.
2010 HiGHLiGHTS
Made his Double-A debut with Midland and went 1-6 with a 5.30 ERA in 13 starts before an elbow injury
ended his season in mid-June…matched his career-high in losses…was also charged with a career-high
five balks, which led the Texas League…opponents hit .295, including .196 (18 for 92) by left-handed
hitters and .342 (66 for 193) by right-handers…yielded five of his six home runs to righties…five of the
home runs he surrendered were solo shots…allowed a .350 average with runners in scoring position and
two outs…was 0-4 with a 6.57 ERA in seven starts at home and 1-2 with a 3.93 ERA in six starts on the
road…posted a 3.27 ERA in four starts in April but then had a 6.00 ERA in six starts in May and a 6.61
ERA in three starts in June…compiled a 7.62 ERA and .333 opponents batting average in the first inning…did
not commit an error in 26 total chances in his 13 starts, including five putouts and 21 assists…
the Rockhounds were 5-8 (.385) in his starting assignments…tossed six or more innings in seven of his
13 starts, allowed two runs or fewer six times and walked two batters or fewer eight times.
MiDLAnD: Went 1-1 with a 2.78 ERA and .231 opponents batting average over his first six starts
through May 7…allowed just one run in 6.0 innings in back-to-back starts April 16 and 22 but had a loss
and a no decision in those two outings…his lone win came May 2 at San Antonio when he struck out a
season-high seven in a season-high 7.2 innings…also tossed a season high 104 pitches in that game…
charged with his second loss of the season May 13 against San Antonio, which began a season-ending
five-game losing streak…posted a 7.82 ERA and allowed a .351 batting average over that seven-start
stretch…yielded a season-high seven runs in 3.1 innings in an 8-4 loss to Frisco May 18…walked a
season-high five batters in 4.0 innings, May 23 at Corpus Christi…allowed a season high 10 hits in 4.2
innings against Corpus Christi, June 10…was placed on the disabled list June 16 with a left elbow strain
and missed the remainder of the season.
CAREER
2009—Was named the A’s Organizational Pitcher of the Year after combining for a 13-6 record and a
3.38 ERA in 27 starts with both of the A’s Single-A affiliates…began the season at Kane County of the
Midwest League and went 10-2 with a 3.23 ERA in 16 starts before he was promoted to Stockton of the
California League July 10…posted a 3-4 record and a 3.56 ERA in 11 starts with the Ports…tied for seventh
among all Single-A pitchers in wins and walks (66)…ranked second in the A’s organization in wins,
third in strikeouts (145), tied for third in innings pitched (152.0) and fourth in ERA…allowed a .260
opponents batting average, including .256 against right-handed hitters and .271 against left-handers…
opponents hit .220 with runners in scoring position…yielded nine home runs in 152.0 innings (0.53 per
nine innings) and eight of those were solo shots…combined for a 7-2 record and a 1.99 ERA in 11 starts
in his home ballparks and was 6-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 16 starts on the road…his teams were 18-9 (.667)
in his starting assignments…tossed six or more innings in 16 of his 27 starts, allowed two runs or fewer
18 times and walked two batters 17 times…led Kane County in wins despite his promotion to Stockton
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