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Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura pitching in the Futures Game July 14, 2013. Citi Field New York NY
Kansas City Royals – No. 30
Pitcher
Born: (1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 33)
Samana, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
debut
September 17, 2013, for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics
(through 2014 season)
Win–loss record14-11
Earned run average3.22
Strikeouts170
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Yordano Ventura Hernandez (born June 3, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He was twice named to the All-Star Futures Game. Ventura made his MLB debut on September 17, 2013. Known as a 'power pitcher', his fastball has been much valued by the Royals for the past few years. In 2014, Ventura made the news when his 96.2 mph average fastball velocity (96.4 for two-seamers) ranked second-best in the whole of MLB among starters, putting him just behind Garrett Richards.[1]

Professional career

Minor Leagues

Ventura signed with the Kansas City Royals as an international free agent in 2008, receiving a $28,000 signing bonus.[2] He began the 2012 season with the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, and was named to appear in both the Carolina-California League All-Star Game and the All-Star Futures Game. He was promoted to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League later that season.[3]

The Royals invited Ventura to spring training for 2013.[4] Ventura began the 2013 season with Northwest Arkansas, but received a promotion to the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL) in June, after he pitched to a 2.34 earned run average (ERA) and 74 strikeouts in 57+2⁄3 innings pitched with the Naturals.[5] He was again named to the World Team's roster for the All-Star Futures Game.[6]

Kansas City Royals

2013 season

The Royals promoted Ventura to the major leagues to make his debut on September 17, 2013, following the Storm Chasers' victory in the PCL championship series. He pitched for the Royals instead of pitching for the Storm Chasers in the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game against the Durham Bulls of the International League.[7] In three starts for the Royals, Ventura pitched to a 3.52 ERA.[8]

2014 season

During spring training in 2014, Ventura won the final spot in the Royals' starting rotation over Danny Duffy.[8] During the regular season of 2014, Ventura went 14-10 with a 3.20 ERA.[9] He started the second game of the playoff series between the Royals and Angels on October 3, 2014, pitching seven innings and giving up one run, in a game the Royals won 4-1 over the Angels.[10] In Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants Ventura allowed two runs in a 7-2 win for the Royals. In Game 6, with the team down in the series 3-2, Ventura threw seven shutout innings in a 10-0 victory, forcing a Game 7. Prior to the game, Ventura had dedicated his performance to his friend and fellow countryman Oscar Taveras who was killed in a car accident on October 26. Ventura pitched the game with the message "RIP O.T #18" written on his hat.

2015 season

Named the opening day starter, he started against the Chicago White Sox on April 6, 2015, where he pitched 6 innings until leaving the game with a right thumb cramp. He got plenty of support as the Royals won 10-1 over the White Sox.[11] During a game against the Oakland Athletics on April 18, 2015, Ventura was ejected for the first time in his MLB career after intentionally hitting Brett Lawrie with a pitch.[12] On April 22, 2015, Ventura was fined an undisclosed amount and was not suspended for any games.[13] On April 23, 2015, Ventura was ejected for a second time after causing a bench-clearing incident by yelling profanity at Adam Eaton.[14]

Scouting report

Ventura can throw a fastball topping out at 102 mph. His repertoire of pitches also includes a curveball, and a change-up.[15][16]

As stated before, Ventura's 96.2 mph average fastball velocity (96.4 for two-seamers) brought him the coveted slot of being ranked second-best in the whole of MLB among starters in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/8-mlb-pitchers-throwing-100-mph-or-faster-in-2014.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3MacECC3m
  2. ^ "Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Royals' Investment In Yordano Ventura Paying Off". Baseball America. June 14, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  3. ^  / . "Pitcher Yordano Ventura promoted to Class AA Northwest Arkansas | royals.com: News". Kansascity.royals.mlb.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ "Royals invite 21 non-roster players to big-league camp". KansasCity.com. October 18, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Jirschele: New Chaser Ventura has better fastball than Greinke". Omaha.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Kansas City Royals prospects Miguel Almonte, Yordano Ventura successful in Futures Game appearances | royals.com: News". Mlb.com. July 14, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "Royals call up Yordano Ventura to start Tuesday for injured Danny Duffy". KansasCity.com. September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Yordano Ventura wins final spot in Royals’ rotation". KansasCity.com. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014. {{cite web}}: C1 control character in |title= at position 42 (help)
  9. ^ ESPN statistics on Yordano Ventura
  10. ^ Mellinger, Sam (October 4, 2014). "Yordano Ventura comes of age in Royals' extra-inning ALDS game two". Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  11. ^ Short, D.J. "Ventura does well on opening day despite thumb cramp". hardballtalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  12. ^ Townsend, Mark. "Ventura ejected for beaning Lawrie". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  13. ^ McCullough, Andy. "Ventura fined an undisclosed amount for hitting Lawrie". kansascity.com. The Kansas City Star. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  14. ^ Jackson, John. "Royals stand by Ventura after third incident in month". m.royals.mlb.com. Mlb.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  15. ^ "FanGraphs Yordano Ventura Pitch FX". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  16. ^ "Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Yordano Ventura Brings The Heat". Baseball America. July 8, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

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