Jeremy Bleich

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2+1⁄3 scoreless innings, over two games.

On April 29, 2017, Bleich signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was assigned to Oklahoma City of the Triple–A Pacific Coast League. [33] Mid-season, his fastball was up to 95 mph, complemented by his curveball, changeup, and slider, and Oklahoma City pitching coach Matt Herges observed: "He's a strike machine, and he's fearless." [34] He pitched in 31 games for Oklahoma City (for whom he was 5–3 with a 3.22 ERA, allowing opponents a .261 average — .228 by right-handers — as his fastball was in the mid-90s) and seven for the Class Double-A Tulsa Drillers while in the Dodgers system, and had a combined 5–4 record with 3 saves and a 3.77 ERA. [35] [36] [13] On November 6, he elected to be a free agent. [18] [37] [38]

Oakland Athletics

On January 15, 2018, Bleich signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics organization and was invited to Major League spring training. [39] A's general manager David Forst said, "Jeremy proved with his performance last year that he can pitch at this level." [13] He began 2018 pitching for the Triple–A Nashville Sounds. [40] For the 2018 season with Nashville, he was 1–2 with one save and a 2.63 ERA in 51+1⁄3 innings over 38 games. [36]

Major leagues

On July 13, 2018, the Athletics selected Bleich to the 40-man roster and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. [41] He made his major league debut that night against the San Francisco Giants, a decade after being drafted and after pitching for 14 different teams, at 31 years of age. [42] [43] After he pitched in two major league games, he was designated for assignment on August 6. [44] He elected free agency following the year on November 2. [45] He faced 3,106 batters in the minor leagues, before facing just four in the majors. [46]

Boston Red Sox

On December 18, 2018, Bleich signed a minor league deal with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. [47] He pitched in spring training for the Phillies, and was released on March 21, 2019. [48]

On April 17, 2019, Bleich signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox organization. [49] He pitched in the 2019 season with the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, with whom he was 2–2 with a 5.59 ERA, and the Low–A Lowell Spinners, with whom in nine relief appearances he was 1–0 with an 0.71 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 12.2 innings. [18]

Minnesota Twins

Bleich was traded to the Minnesota Twins on July 25, 2019, in exchange for cash considerations. [50] Pitching for the Triple–A Rochester Red Wings in 2019 he was 1–1 with a 5.40 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 13.1 innings. [51] He became a free agent following the 2019 season. [52]

Post-playing career

Since 2020, Bleich has been a hybrid advance scout and analytics whiz for the Pittsburgh Pirates. [53] He has worked on the positioning and shifting of the defense, in part by combining tendencies gleaned from advance scouting and from the available statistics. [53]

International team experience

Team USA

Bleich was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2005, as it placed second at the 2005 Pan American Championships in Mexico. [18]

Team Israel

Bleich pitched for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, in September 2016. [54] Bleich first pitched during the second game of the series, throwing 23 pitches over 1+2⁄3 innings, giving up two hits while recording three strikeouts. [55] Bleich again pitched during the third and final game of the series, throwing 13 pitches over 2⁄3 of an inning, giving up two hits, an unearned run, and a walk. [56]

Bleich pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament, in March 2017. [57] [58] [59] He appeared in three games, and struck out two batters in 2+1⁄3 innings. [60] Bleich said: "It was an unbelievable experience.... Those guys will forever be like family. We battled together in a tough environment and we succeeded." [13]

He pitched for Team Israel in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, going 0–0 with a 0.00 ERA, as he pitched in one game, tossing three innings in relief against Team Italy and giving up one hit and two walks while striking out six. [61] He also pitched for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [3] In the tournament he was 1–1 with an 11.57 ERA over 4.2 innings. [62]

He pitched for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021. [63] He was 0–1 with a 3.86 ERA in three relief appearances, in which he limited opposing batters to a .125 batting average. [63]

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Jeremy Bleich
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitcher
Born: (1987-06-18) June 18, 1987 (age 36)
Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 13, 2018, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 20, 2018, for the Oakland Athletics
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