Luis Medina (pitcher)

Luis Ángel Medina (born May 3, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization.

Luis Medina
Medina with the Somerset Patriots in 2021
New York Yankees – No. 80
Pitcher
Born: (1999-05-03) May 3, 1999
Nagua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Career

Medina signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in July 2015.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees. In 2017 he pitched for the Dominican Summer League Yankees and Pulaski Yankees.[2] In 2018, he pitched for Pulaski.[3]

Medina started 2019 with the Charleston RiverDogs and was promoted to the Tampa Yankees during the season.[4]

In 2020, he did not play a game because of the cancellation of the MiLB season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, Medina was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.[5]

References
  1. NJ.com, Brendan Kuty | NJ Advance Media for (March 21, 2018). "The next Severino? Yanks' flamethrower, 18, wows scouts". nj.
  2. "Yankees' Medina spins five hitless frames". MiLB.com.
  3. Foley, Conor (March 22, 2019). "2019 Yankees Top Prospects: No. 10 Luis Medina". Times Tribune Blogs.
  4. NJ.com, Brendan Kuty | NJ Advance Media for (June 27, 2019). "How Yankees' prospect, once compared to Luis Severino, is still harnessing 'tremendous' stuff". nj.
  5. "Futures Game rosters are STACKED". MLB.com.


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