Jarrod Parker
| Jarrod Parker | |
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| Oakland Athletics – No. 74 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 24, 1988 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 27, 2011 for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Win-loss record | 0-0 |
| Earned run average | 0.00 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
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Jarrod Parker (born November 24, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Diamondbacks 9th overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[1][2] He was drafted straight out of high school from Norwell High School in Ossian, Indiana. On October 28, 2009, Parker underwent successful Tommy John surgery and missed the entire 2010 season.[3]
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[edit] Professional career
[edit] Arizona Diamondbacks
Parker was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 9th overall pick of the 2007 amateur draft and signed with the Diamondbacks on August 15, 2007 for $2.1M. Parker was the first high school arm taken in the draft. It took Parker up until just a few hours prior to the deadline for draftees to sign, as he was weighing his options and had Georgia Tech as his fallback plan.
After signing late, he missed out on pro-ball in the 2007 season, but he jumped right into Single-A in 2008 and held his own as a 19-year-old, pitching for the South Bend Silver Hawks. He had a 12-5 record with a 3.44 ERA, fanning 177 in 117 innings. After starting 2009 at high A Visalia, he was promoted in April to the Diamondbacks Double A affiliate, the Mobile BayBears. During a start on July 30, Parker injured his right elbow. He did not pitch again that season and ended up requiring Tommy John surgery. He spent the 2011 season with Mobile in the South Atlantic League, with an 11-8 record.
He made his MLB debut on 27 September, 2011, against the Dodgers. He pitched five plus innings of shutout ball.
[edit] Oakland Athletics
On December 9, 2011, the Diamondbacks traded Parker, Collin Cowgill and Ryan Cook to the Oakland Athletics for Trevor Cahill and Craig Breslow.[4]
[edit] Pitching repertoire
Parker's main pitch is his 96-MPH fast ball. He has also mixed a modest slider, curve, and change into his arsenal. His curveball and slider both hit 78-MPH but don't have much movement. Much like his breaking pitches, he doesn't use his changeup often either (which is around 82-MPH). He has the command to throw any of his pitches for strikes, which does make them very effective.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Draft Report for Jarrod Parker
- ^ MLB.com 2007 Draft Tracker
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- ^ Gilbert, Steve (9 December 2011). "D-backs pick up Cahill, Breslow from A's". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111209&content_id=26140316&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ [2]
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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