Yoervis Medina
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Medina with the Seattle Mariners
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| Philadelphia Phillies | |||
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| Born: July 27, 1988 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 16, 2013, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 10–9 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.08 | ||
| Strikeouts | 147 | ||
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Yoervis José Medina (born July 27, 1988) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs.
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Career
Seattle Mariners
From 2006 to 2009, Medina played for the VSL Mariners in the Venezuelan Summer League. In 2006, he made 17 appearances, four of which were starts. That season, he went 3-4 with a 3.60 ERA. In 2007, he went 4-2 with a 3.42 ERA in 16 games (six starts). He was used almost entirely as a reliever in 2008, going 4-3 with a 1.79 ERA in 17 games (one start). In 2009, he went 3-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 15 games (13 starts).
Medina moved to the United States for the 2010 season, playing for the Everett AquaSox, Clinton LumberKings and Tacoma Rainiers and going a combined 9-2 with a 3.17 ERA in 15 starts. In 82⅓ innings, he struck out 92 batters while walking 31.[1]
Medina made his MLB debut with the Mariners in 2013. He appeared in 63 games that season and posted a 4-6 record and 2.91 ERA. He pitched in 66 games in 2014. He appeared in 12 games with the Mariners in 2015.
Chicago Cubs
On May 19, 2015, Medina was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Welington Castillo.[2] He joined the Triple A Iowa Cubs. He was designated for assignment on August 1 and re-added to the roster in September.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Medina was claimed off waivers from the Cubs by the Pittsburgh Pirates on December 23, 2015.[citation needed]
Philadelphia Phillies
On February 3, 2016, Medina was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade which sent pitcher Jesse Biddle to the Pirates.[3]
References
- ↑ BR Minors
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/phillies-trade-injured-lhp-jesse-biddle
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2016
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Puerto Cabello
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Seattle Mariners players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Venezuelan Summer League Mariners players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- Everett AquaSox players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Clinton LumberKings players
- High Desert Mavericks players
- Arizona League Mariners players
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Jackson Generals (Southern League) players
- Iowa Cubs players
