Joan Adon

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30+23 innings. [1] He spent the 2019 season with the Hagerstown Suns, going 11–3 with a 3.86 ERA and 90 strikeouts over 105 innings. [1] In 2020, he was named to Washington's 60-man player pool, working out at the alternate training site in Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the coronavirus-shortened MLB season. [2] After the season, the Nationals selected Adon's contract, adding him to their 40-man roster. [3]

Adon split the 2021 minor league season between the Wilmington Blue Rocks, the Harrisburg Senators, and the Rochester Red Wings, going a combined 7–6 with a 4.97 ERA and 122 strikeouts over 105 innings. [4] [5] [6]

On October 3, 2021, Adon was promoted to the active roster to make his MLB debut versus the Boston Red Sox. [7] He pitched into the sixth inning, striking out nine, while giving up two earned runs: a fourth-inning solo homer by Rafael Devers, then a runner bequeathed to reliever Patrick Murphy who came around to score in the sixth. His nine strikeouts were the most by a pitcher making his MLB debut in the 2021 season. [8]

Adon made the rotation to begin the 2022 season, despite only having made five starts above the High-A level. [9] Adon was the first pitcher to record his 10th loss during the season, which happened on June 7 after a start against the Miami Marlins in which he yielded 8 runs in 3 innings pitched, his worst start of the season. [10] After the game, he was optioned to Triple-A Rochester, as Stephen Strasburg came off the injured list on June 9 to take his place in the rotation. At the time, Adon was 1–10 with a 6.95 ERA and 1.76 WHIP in 12 starts, walking 5.66 batters per 9 innings, all league-worst totals among pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched. [11] In addition, his whiff rate was the lowest in the major leagues, as batters made contact on 86.6% of their swings. [12] His one win, his first in the major leagues, came in a start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 19, in which he threw 6.1 scoreless innings. [13] Adon was brought back up to the major leagues to start the first game of a double-header against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 17, but after recording his 11th loss, Adon was sent back down to Triple-A the following day. [14]

Adon was optioned to Triple–A Rochester to begin the 2024 season. [15]

Pitch types

Adon pitches with a fastball that averaged about 94 miles per hour (151 km/h) in his 2019 campaign with the Class-A Hagerstown Suns, as well as a slider and changeup, [16] although his changeup was used sparingly at the time of his demotion from the big leagues in June 2022. [17]

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Joan Adon
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Adon with the Nationals in 2022
Washington Nationals – No. 60
Pitcher
Born: (1998-08-12) August 12, 1998 (age 25)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
October 3, 2021, for the Washington Nationals