Luis Medina (pitcher)

Luis Ángel Medina (born May 3, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Luis Medina
Medina with the Somerset Patriots in 2021
Oakland Athletics – No. 46
Pitcher
Born: (1999-05-03) May 3, 1999
Nagua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 26, 2023, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through May 11, 2023)
Win–loss record0–2
Earned run average8.18
Strikeouts9
Teams

Career

New York Yankees

Medina signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in July 2015.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees. In 2017 he pitched for the Dominican Summer League Yankees and Pulaski Yankees.[2] In 2018, he pitched for Pulaski.[3]

Medina started 2019 with the Charleston RiverDogs and was promoted to the Tampa Yankees during the season.[4] The Yankees added Medina to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft after the 2019 season.[5]

In 2020, Medina did not play a game because of the cancellation of the MiLB season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He began the 2021 season with the Hudson Valley Renegades and was promoted to the Somerset Patriots during the season.[6] In June 2021, Medina was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[7] The Yankees optioned Medina to Somerset for the 2022 season.[8]

Oakland Athletics

On August 1, 2022, the Yankees traded Medina, JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk, and Cooper Bowman to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino.[9] He spent the remainder of the year with the Double-A Midland RockHounds, making seven starts and pitching to a 1-4 record and 11.76 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 20+2⁄3 innings pitched.

Medina was assigned to the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators to begin the 2023 season. In three starts, he registered a 3.86 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 9+1⁄3 innings of work before the Athletics promoted Medina to the major leagues on April 25. He made his major league debut in a start against the Los Angeles Angels the following day.[10] The day after, the Athletics optioned Medina to Las Vegas.[11]

References
  1. NJ.com, Brendan Kuty | NJ Advance Media for (March 21, 2018). "The next Severino? Yanks' flamethrower, 18, wows scouts". nj.
  2. "Yankees' Medina spins five hitless frames". MiLB.com.
  3. Foley, Conor (March 22, 2019). "2019 Yankees Top Prospects: No. 10 Luis Medina". Times Tribune Blogs.
  4. NJ.com, Brendan Kuty | NJ Advance Media for (June 27, 2019). "How Yankees' prospect, once compared to Luis Severino, is still harnessing 'tremendous' stuff". nj.
  5. "Yankees protect Deivi Garcia, Estevan Florial before MLB Rule 5 Draft". Northjersey.com. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  6. "Yanks arms growing together at Double-A". MLB.com.
  7. "Futures Game rosters are STACKED". MLB.com.
  8. "Yankees Option RHP Luis Medina To Double-A Somerset | Patriots". Milb.com. March 22, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  9. Hoch, Bryan. "Yanks get Montas, Trivino from A's for 4 prospects". MLB.com.
  10. "Athletics' Luis Medina: Starting Wednesday vs. Angels". cbssports.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  11. https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-a-s-reinstate-rhp-acevedo-from-il-option-rhp-medina-to-las-vegas
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