John Brebbia

John Brebbia
Brebbia with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017
St. Louis Cardinals – No. 60
Pitcher
Born: (1990-05-30) May 30, 1990
Boston, Massachusetts
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 28, 2017, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Win–loss record 3–3
Earned run average 2.81
Strikeouts 111
Teams

John Fulboam Brebbia (born May 30, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017.

High school and college

Brebbia grew up in Sharon, Massachusetts, and attended Sharon High School for his first three years of high school before transferring to Wellington High School in Wellington, Florida for his senior year to improve his chances of earning a college baseball scholarship.[1] As a senior at Wellington, he went 10-1 with 0.83 ERA and struck out 18 batters in one game.[2] After graduating, he attended Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, where he was a pitcher for the Elon Phoenix baseball team. During his freshman year, Brebbia helped the Phoenix secure an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. He grew up a fan of the Boston Red Sox.[3]

Career

The New York Yankees selected Brebbia in the 30th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He signed and made his professional debut that same season with the Staten Island Yankees where he was 0-1 with a 0.00 ERA in eight innings. He spent 2012 with the Charleston RiverDogs where he compiled a 3-1 record and 2.96 ERA in 29 relief appearances, and 2013 with Charleston and the Tampa Yankees where he was a combined 0-5 with a 4.06 ERA in 68.2 innings pitched in relief. The Yankees released him in December 2013.

Brebbia played the next two seasons in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball before signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks in September 2015. The Cardinals selected Brebbia from the Diamondbacks in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the 2015 Winter Meetings.[5] In 2016 with both the Springfield Cardinals and Memphis Redbirds he was 5-5 with a 5.03 ERA in 43 games.

Brebbia began the 2017 season with Memphis. The Cardinals promoted Brebbia to the major leagues on May 27, 2017.[6] He was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA in 26.2 innings pitched for Memphis prior to his promotion.[7] He made his major league debut in Colorado on May 28. He remained with the team for the rest of the season, and he finished his 2017 rookie campaign with a 2.44 ERA, 51 strikeouts in 51.2 innings, and a 0.93 WHIP. He began 2018 with Memphis, and was recalled to St. Louis and optioned back to Memphis multiple times during the season. In 45 relief apperances for St. Louis, he was 3-3 with a 3.20 ERA, striking out sixty batters in 50.2 innings pitched.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "John Brebbia grew up rooting for Red Sox but now pitches for Cardinals". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/palmbeachpost/pdf/sports/prepbasball.pdf
  3. ↑ https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2017/08/15/john-brebbia-grew-rooting-for-red-sox-but-now-pitches-for-cardinals/iRgzqePG0AH5BN0hJTaOyM/story.html
  4. ↑ "Pitcher John Brebbia Recalls His Days In Wellington". Gotowncrier.com. July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cardinals DFA Socolovich, call up Brebbia in bullpen shakeup". FOX Sports Midwest. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Perkins, Owen (May 27, 2017). "Cardinals call up John Brebbia to join bullpen". MLB.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ "John Brebbia Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.kmov.com/sports/st-louis-cardinals-player-grades-bullpen/article_cc2452f8-c799-11e8-b8cb-7f5bc9257887.html
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