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| caption = Julio with the Indians on April 19, 2008
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| name = Jorge Julio
| name = Jorge Julio
| team = [[Tampa Bay Rays]]
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| position = Relief pitcher
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Jorge Julio
Julio with the Indians on April 19, 2008
Tampa Bay Rays – No. --
Relief pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
debut
April 26, 2001, for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics
(through 2009 season)
Win-Loss17-33
Earned run average4.41
Strikeouts446
Saves99
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Jorge Dandys Julio Tapia (born March 3, 1979, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Rays organization. He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles from 2001–2005, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006, and the Florida Marlins in 2007 before being traded to the Rockies for Byung-Hyun Kim. He had brief stints with the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves in 2008. He bats and throws right-handed.[1]

Julio, who throws extremely hard, features both a four-seam and a two-seam fastball in the 95–100 MPH range and has thrown even harder on occasion. He also has a downward-breaking slider, which comes in at between 86-90 MPH, and occasionally throws a changeup as well.[2]

Baseball career

Baltimore Orioles

Julio's first season in the majors was 2001 with the Orioles, in which he compiled a record of 1 win and 1 loss with a 3.80 ERA in 21.1 innings pitched; however, Julio's first full season in the majors was 2002, in which he went 5–6, posting a 1.99 ERA with 25 saves and 55 strikeouts in 68 innings.[1] He finished third in the American League Rookie of the Year voting with 1 second-place vote and 11 third-place votes.[3] However, he was unable to duplicate his rookie season success in the seasons that followed and eventually lost his job as the Orioles closer to B. J. Ryan at the end of 2004.[4] Julio began 2005 as the set-up man for Ryan. During April of that season, he allowed just one earned run in 12 ⅔ innings pitched; despite that, his performance declined and he finished the season 3–5 with a 5.90 ERA in 67 appearances.[1]

2006 season

On January 21, 2006, Julio was dealt to the Mets with pitching prospect John Maine in exchange for Kris Benson.[5] He began the season in the Mets bullpen, but was traded to the Diamondbacks on May 24, 2006, for Orlando Hernández.[6] He replaced José Valverde as the Arizona closer and saved 15 games in 19 opportunities[1] before losing the closer job to Valverde in early September.[7]

2007 season

On March 26, 2007, Julio was traded to the Marlins for Yusmeiro Petit[8] and was named their closer coming out of spring training.[9] But after failing to record a save in three opportunities, he was removed from the closer role in mid-April.[10] On May 12, 2007, in his last outing as a Marlin, he gave up a walk-off grand slam to Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals.[11] He was traded to the Rockies for Byung-Hyun Kim the following day.[8] He pitched in both a middle relief and a set-up role for Colorado, appearing in 58 games and posting an 0–3 record with a 3.93 ERA for the Rockies.[1]

2008 season

Julio was granted free agency from the Rockies on October 27, 2007[12]; he promptly signed a minor-league deal with the Cleveland Indians on January 31, 2008, and was invited to their spring training camp.[13] His contract was purchased by the team on March 25, 2008, and he was on their opening day roster. However, after 15 generally ineffective relief appearances, he was designated for assignment on May 28, 2008, and was later released on June 2.[13] He posted a 0–0 record and 5.60 ERA in those 15 appearances.[1] Shortly after his release, Julio signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves.[14] In the final month of the 2008 season, Julio appeared in 12 games for the Braves, winning three games and posting a 0.73 ERA.[1]

2009 season

On December 4, 2008, Julio signed a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.[15] On June 2, 2009, Julio was released by the Brewers,[16] after compiling a 1-1 record and a 7.79 earned run average.[1] Julio was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays on June 9, 2009 and reported to their Triple-A affiliate Durham Bulls.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Baseball-Reference. "Jorge Julio Statistics and History". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  2. ^ Hadorn, Chris; Dodson, Ryan. "Jorge Julio, CL, Florida Marlins". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  3. ^ Baseball-Reference. "2002 Awards Voting". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  4. ^ Berney, Louis. "Outside Pitch Cover Story: B.J. Ryan: Orioles Lefthander Makes Transition From Set-Up Man To Closer". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  5. ^ Baseball-Reference. "2006 New York Mets Trades and Transactions". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  6. ^ Baseball-Reference. "2006 Arizona Diamondbacks Trades and Transactions". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  7. ^ McRae, Bryce; Bonini, Ryan R. "Valverde back as Diamondbacks' closer". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  8. ^ a b Baseball-Reference. "2007 Florida Marlins Trades and Transactions". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  9. ^ Frisaro, Joe. "Julio clears up Marlins closer situation". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  10. ^ Barnes, Craig. "Julio out as closer after loss". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  11. ^ Baseball-Reference. "May 12, 2007 Florida Marlins at Washington Nationals Box Score and Play by Play". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  12. ^ Baseball-Reference. "2007 Colorado Rockies Trades and Transactions". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  13. ^ a b Baseball-Reference. "2008 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  14. ^ Dierkes, Tim. "Braves Sign Jorge Julio". Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite web}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  15. ^ Major League Baseball. "Brewers add Jorge Julio to bullpen". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  16. ^ JSOnline. "Julio released; Burns summoned". Retrieved June 2, 2009.

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