Jonathan de Marte

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27+23 innings. [13] [1]

Pitching for the CornBelters again in 2018, he was 3–4 with 7 saves (tied for 8th in the league) and a 2.87 ERA in 42 relief appearances (tied for 5th), while striking out 58 batters in 53+13 innings. [1] [14]

York Revolutions

On September 6, 2018, de Marte signed with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. [15] He pitched five innings for the team in 2018, and recorded a 3.60 ERA with five strikeouts. [1]

On March 6, 2019, he re-signed with the Revolution, playing with the team until May 10, and pitching 5+23 innings. [11]

Québec Capitales

In 2019, de Marte also played for Les Capitales de Quebec of the Canadian-American Association, beginning pitching for the club on May 17 and accumulating a record of 3-2 and five saves (7th in the league) and a 2.23 ERA. In 40+13 innings for Québec across 35 games, he gave up 27 hits and 15 walks while striking out 42 batters. [11]

He signed a non-binding contract to play for the Perth Heat in the Australian Baseball League in the beginning of 2020. [16]

Chicago Cubs

On February 26, 2020, de Marte signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] On March 15, 2021, de Marte was released by the Cubs organization. [18] [6]

Team Israel

De Marte competed on the Israel national baseball team for qualification for the 2020 Olympics. [19] He pitched in relief in two games as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. [20] [21] He was 2–0 with a 3.60 ERA, as in 5 innings he struck out 5 batters, with his two wins tying for tops in the tournament. [22] [11]

He pitched for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, going 1–0 with a 0.00 ERA as in three relief appearances he pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 hits and no walks as he struck out 8 batters, and was credited with the win against Team Germany. [23] 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. [24] In the tournament he was 0–0 with a 0.00 ERA over 4.0 innings in which he had 7 strikeouts while giving up one hit and zero walks. [25]

In the Olympics, he was slated to be the team's closer. [6] He pitched 1.1 innings over two games for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021. [26]

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Jonathan de Marte
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Jonathan De Marte on the mound during a Quebec Capitales game, August 2019
Pitcher
Born: (1993-04-29) April 29, 1993 (age 31)
Yorktown Heights, New York
Bats: Right
Throws: Right