Yusmeiro Petit

Yusmeiro Petit

Seattle Mariners – No. 54
Pitcher
Born: November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) (age 27)
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
May 14, 2006 for the Florida Marlins
Career statistics
(through 2009 season)
Win–loss record     10–20
Earned run average     5.57
Strikeouts     176
Teams

Yusmeiro Alberto Petit (born November 22, 1984) is a Venezuelan Major League Baseball relief pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. Petit throws right-handed. He was signed by New York Mets as non-drafted free agent on November 15, 2001. He has played for the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks at the major league level.

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Professional career

New York Mets

Petit made his professional debut in 2002 with the Venezuelan Summer League where he went 3-5 with 2.43 ERA in 12 games, 11 starts.

In 2003 Petit split the season between the Rookie-Level Kingsport Mets and the Short-Season Brooklyn Cyclones. He finished third in the Appalachian League in strikeouts, fourth in strikeouts per nine innings and fifth in ERA. Petit also placed second in Appalachian League in fewest bases on balls per nine innings and allowed the second fewest runners per nine innings. He was named Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 14 to July 20. He was promoted to Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League on August 23. He recorded 20 strikeouts in 1213 innings with the Cyclones.

He spent time with the Class-A Capital City Bombers, the Class-A Advanced St. Lucie Mets and the Double-A Binghamton Mets during the 2004 season. He finished second among all Minor League pitchers with 200 strikeouts and first in strikeouts per nine innings with a 12.92 clip. Petit received the Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year Award as top pitcher in the Mets organization. He began the season at Capital City of the South Atlantic League where he was selected to the Mid-Season All-Star team. He notched 122 strikeouts and walked only 22 walks in 83 innings with the Bombers. He was first in the league in wins and strikeouts before he was promoted to St. Lucie of the Florida State League on July 26. He had 62 strikeouts in 4413 innings with St. Lucie. He was soon promoted to Binghamton of the Eastern League on August 28. Petit made two starts for Binghamton and fanned 10 batters in seven innings on August 28. He pitched 23 scoreless innings for the World Team at the 2004 All-Star Futures Game on July 11 in Houston, Texas. He was 4-3 with a 2.15 ERA in 11 starts in the Venezuelan Winter League.

Petit spent time with Binghamton and the Triple-A Norfolk Tides in 2005. He went 9-3 with 2.91 ERA in 21 starts at Double-A, then went 0-3 with 9.20 ERA in three starts with Norfolk after being promoted on August 22. He made four starts for the Norfolk Tides, including one in the playoffs against the Toledo Mud Hens. He lost all three regular-season starts, allowing 16 runs on 24 hits in 1423 innings. He did however earn a win in the playoff start against Toledo, allowing three earned runs on six hits in eight innings, recording 14 strikeouts. He was named to the Eastern League's mid-season All-Star team and finished second in the league in ERA. He again pitched in the Venezuelan Winter League, going 5-1 with one save and 2.01 ERA in nine games.

Florida Marlins

In November, 2005 the Mets traded Petit along with Mike Jacobs and Grant Psomas for Carlos Delgado.[1] He appeared in 15 games, one start, with the Marlins, going 1-1 with 9.57 ERA during his three major league stints. He pitched primarily out of bullpen, going 0-1 with 10.18 ERA in 14 outings as a reliever. He made his major league debut on May 14 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, allowing one hit with two strikeouts in one inning. He held the Atlanta Braves scoreless in three innings during second appearance on May 17 at Turner Field, recording a career-high three strikeouts. Petit suffered first major league loss on May 19 against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, allowing a 10th-inning walkoff home run to Aubrey Huff. He was optioned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes on June 18 after going 0-1 with 7.36 ERA in seven outings. He was recalled on July 4, and went 1-0 with a 10.57 ERA in two games before he was optioned back to Albuquerque on July 17. He was again recalled on September 1 going 0-0 with 11.74 ERA in final six appearances of season. He made his first major league start and earned first major league win on July 5 against the Washington Nationals.

Arizona Diamondbacks

He was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 26, 2007, for Jorge Julio.[2] He picked up his first win for the Triple-A Tucson Sidewinders on April 15 against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, tossing six innings, allowing two earned runs off six hits with five strikeouts. He was recalled on April 22 and made his D-backs debut that night against the San Francisco Giants, allowing two runs over seven innings in the loss. He earned wins in five of his next six starts, going 5-0 with a 2.21 ERA. He earned his first win for the D-backs on July 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals, allowing one run over 513 innings.

Going into the 2009 season, Petit was the likely candidate for the fifth starter role in the pitching rotation or a long-relief role, out of the bullpen.[3][4] He started the season in the major leagues for the first time in his career and posted a 0-1 mark with a 4.70 ERA in six relief appearances before being optioned to Tucson on April 27. He made 11 starts for the Sidewinders, going 3-3 with a 4.80 ERA. Petit was recalled on June 27 and remained in the Majors for the remainder of the season. He made his first start of the season for the D-backs on July 2 and earned a no-decision in a 4-3 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers after allowing only one run on two hits with four strikeouts in six innings. He held opposing batters to a .216 batting average for the season, including a .213 average as a starter. In 2009, Petit was mainly a spot starter for the Diamondbacks rotation and went 3-5 with a 4.31 ERA in 19 games, eight starts.

On August 4, 2009, Petit took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates before it was broken up in the eighth with a single by Ronny Cedeno. It was the only hit he allowed in eight innings. He finished the season 3-10 with a 5.82 ERA in 23 games, 17 starts.

Seattle Mariners

Petit was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners on November 5, 2009.[5][6] He was designated for assignment on February 6, 2010. On February 9, Petit cleared waivers and was sent to Triple-A. On March 17, he was released. However, he re–signed to a minor league deal 10 days later.

He is currently a free agent as he was released during the 2011 season as he hasn't appear in any game with any of seattle mariners minor league affiliation.

References

  1. ^ "Mets, Marlins complete Delgado trade". Sporting News. sportingnews.com. November 24, 2005. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=38131. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
  2. ^ Tristan H. Cockcroft (March 26, 2007). "Trade Spin: Jorge Julio sent to Florida". ESPN. insider.espn.go.com. http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?id=2813536&action=login&appRedirect=http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story%3fid%3d2813536. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
  3. ^ Steve Gilbert (February 5, 2009). "D-backs facing tough choices in camp". Major League Baseball. arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090205&content_id=3803074&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Arizona Diamondbacks Bullpen Battle". Scout.com. eastcarolina.scout.com. March 21, 2009. http://eastcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=47&p=2&c=849300. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
  5. ^ Jim Street (November 5, 2009). "Mariners claim Petit off waivers". Major League Baseball. seattle.mariners.mlb.com. http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091105&content_id=7626884&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Mariners claim Petit off waivers from Arizona". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. seattlepi.com. November 5, 2009. http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/mlbnews.asp?articleID=267199. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 

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