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Jimmy Yacabonis
James Allin Yacabonis (born March 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets.
Yacabonis is the son of Maria and James Yacabonis. His grandfather played professional baseball in Cuba.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in Matawan, New Jersey, he attended the Saint Benedict School in Holmdel, New Jersey, followed by Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft, New Jersey.
At CBA, Yacabonis was a standout right-handed pitcher and served as one of the team's top arms during his junior and senior seasons. He helped lead CBA to strong performances in the highly competitive Shore Conference, earning all-division and all-county recognition.
Yacabonis went on to attend Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he pitched for the Saint Joseph's Hawks. He appeared in 60 games (all in relief) from 2011 to 2013, compiling a career 5–6 record with a 3.63 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 84.1 innings pitched. He set a then-school record with 27 appearances as a junior in 2013 and led the team in saves.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Yacabonis in the 13th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft as the 399th pick overall. He signed and spent 2013 with the Aberdeen IronBirds where he was 3–1 with a 1.52 ERA in 29.2 relief innings pitched. In 2014, he pitched for the Delmarva Shorebirds and Frederick Keys where he compiled a 1–5 record and 5.03 ERA in 38 games pitched out of the bullpen, and in 2015, he returned to Frederick where he posted a 3–3 record, 4.02 ERA, and 1.71 WHIP in 43 games pitched. Yacabonis spent 2016 with both Frederick and the Bowie Baysox where he was 2–4 with a 2.64 ERA in 50 relief appearances, holding hitters to a .216 batting average against. He was promoted to the Norfolk Tides to begin 2017.
Yacabonis was called up to the majors for the first time on June 11, 2017. As he had difficulty finding the strike zone in his first three June 2017 appearances with the Orioles, he was sent back to Norfolk — where as closer he turned in a 0.93 ERA and 0.99 WHIP. He was recalled from Norfolk on July 2, 2017, likely to work in middle relief during his second call-up for the Orioles. He attributes his success in 2017 to his command of a certain pitch. As he says:
I throw predominantly a two-seam fastball, so I feel like a lot of the time the ball might be looking like it’s a fat pitch and then the late movement out of the zone allows me to get that weak contact or sometimes even a swing through and a miss.
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Jimmy Yacabonis
James Allin Yacabonis (born March 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets.
Yacabonis is the son of Maria and James Yacabonis. His grandfather played professional baseball in Cuba.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in Matawan, New Jersey, he attended the Saint Benedict School in Holmdel, New Jersey, followed by Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) in Lincroft, New Jersey.
At CBA, Yacabonis was a standout right-handed pitcher and served as one of the team's top arms during his junior and senior seasons. He helped lead CBA to strong performances in the highly competitive Shore Conference, earning all-division and all-county recognition.
Yacabonis went on to attend Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he pitched for the Saint Joseph's Hawks. He appeared in 60 games (all in relief) from 2011 to 2013, compiling a career 5–6 record with a 3.63 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 84.1 innings pitched. He set a then-school record with 27 appearances as a junior in 2013 and led the team in saves.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Yacabonis in the 13th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft as the 399th pick overall. He signed and spent 2013 with the Aberdeen IronBirds where he was 3–1 with a 1.52 ERA in 29.2 relief innings pitched. In 2014, he pitched for the Delmarva Shorebirds and Frederick Keys where he compiled a 1–5 record and 5.03 ERA in 38 games pitched out of the bullpen, and in 2015, he returned to Frederick where he posted a 3–3 record, 4.02 ERA, and 1.71 WHIP in 43 games pitched. Yacabonis spent 2016 with both Frederick and the Bowie Baysox where he was 2–4 with a 2.64 ERA in 50 relief appearances, holding hitters to a .216 batting average against. He was promoted to the Norfolk Tides to begin 2017.
Yacabonis was called up to the majors for the first time on June 11, 2017. As he had difficulty finding the strike zone in his first three June 2017 appearances with the Orioles, he was sent back to Norfolk — where as closer he turned in a 0.93 ERA and 0.99 WHIP. He was recalled from Norfolk on July 2, 2017, likely to work in middle relief during his second call-up for the Orioles. He attributes his success in 2017 to his command of a certain pitch. As he says:
I throw predominantly a two-seam fastball, so I feel like a lot of the time the ball might be looking like it’s a fat pitch and then the late movement out of the zone allows me to get that weak contact or sometimes even a swing through and a miss.