Joel De La Cruz
| Joel De La Cruz | |||
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| Atlanta Braves | |||
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| Born: June 9, 1989 Bajos de Haina, San Cristóbal Province |
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Joel De La Cruz (born June 9, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization.
Career
De La Cruz signed with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and was assigned to the team's Arizona League affiliate. The Yankees signed De LA Cruz in 2010.[1] He spent the his first season with the Yankees in the Dominican Summer League and was promoted to the Tampa Yankees of the Florida State League during the 2011 season. De La Cruz split the 2012 season between the Charleston RiverDogs and Tampa. He was assigned to Tampa for the entirety of the 2013 season. The Yankees promoted De La Cruz to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League at the start of 2014, and later promoted him to the Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. He started the 2015 season with the Trenton Thunder. The Yankees promoted him to the major leagues on April 13, 2015 to replace Kyle Davies.[2] The Yankees outrighted him off of the 40-man roster on April 18.[3] He then split the season between Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. De La Cruz became a minor league free agent after the 2015 season, and signed with the Braves.[4][5] The Braves promoted De La Cruz to the major leagues on April 11 and May 20, 2016,[6][7] each time for one day only.[8]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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