Jonah Bayliss
| Jonah Bayliss | |
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. -- | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: August 13, 1980 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| June 21, 2005 for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Career statistics (through 2008 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 5-4 |
| Earned run average | 6.75 |
| Strikeouts | 54 |
| Teams | |
Jonah James Bayliss (born August 13, 1980 in North Adams, Massachusetts) is an American professional baseball relief pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He is an alumnus of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Lawrence Academy at Groton in Groton, Massachusetts.
Bayliss was originally a seventh-round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals in 2002, and he made his major league debut with that team on June 21, 2005. Bayliss pitched 11 2/3 innings in relief for the Royals that year, and then he and minor league reliever Chad Blackwell were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for starting pitcher Mark Redman on December 7.
On March 28, 2008, the Pittsburgh Pirates designated Bayliss for assignment.[1] According to Pirates manager Neal Huntington, "Bayliss is the type of player that teams should be looking for on the waiver wire. He has good stuff, but has struggled with control. If he can figure that out, he can be a very solid reliever."
On June 19, 2008, Bayliss was traded by the Pirates to the Toronto Blue Jays. He became a free agent at the end of the season and re-signed with Toronto in February 2009.
Bayliss did not make the Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster and will start the 2009 season with the Triple A Las Vegas 51s. On July 28, 2009, Bayliss was released by the Toronto Blue Jays so that he could sign with The Saitama Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League.
On March 26, 2010, Bayliss was re-signed as a free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays.[2]
On December 15, 2010, Bayliss got out of Free Agency and the Tampa Bay Rays inked him to a minor league deal. During the 2010 season, he still did not have any MLB experience since 2008. He played for Triple-A Round Rock in 2010, and posted a 3.58 ERA.
He is currently pitching in The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball with Lancaster Barnstormers for 2011 season...
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Pittsburgh Pirates Player Profile
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Kansas City Royals players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Spokane Indians players
- Wichita Wranglers players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Massachusetts
- People from North Adams, Massachusetts
