JONATHAN ALBALADEJO RUMORS

Diamondbacks agree to terms with RHP Albaladejo

Righthander Jonathan Albaladejo agreed to a one-year deal worth $490,000 with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Albaladejo pitched with the New York Yankees in 2010 before spending last season in Japan. The 29-year-old Albaladejo posted a 6-3 mark with a 4.15 ERA in four seasons with the Yankees and Washington Nationals.
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  December 14, 2011

D-backs add reliever Jonathan Albaladejo

The Diamondbacks have signed 29-year-old right-handed pitcher Jonathan Albaladejo and added him to the 40-man roster. Albaladejo, 6-feet-5 and 255 pounds, pitched in Japan in 2011 after posting 43 saves and a 1.42 earned run average for the New York Yankees' Triple-A team in Scranton-Wilkes Barre in 2010. He has a 6-3 record and 4.15 ERA in 63 major league appearances for the...
Via Fox Sports Arizona  |  December 13, 2011

Arizona Diamondbacks Add Another Arm to Already Deep Bullpen

Less than 24 hours after adding reliever Takashi Saito to their bullpen, the Diamondbacks signed former Yankees and Nationals reliever Jonathan Albaladejo to a deal and assigned him to the club’s 40-man roster. Albaladejo spent last season pitching in Japan. Drafted by the Pirates in the 19th round of the 2001 draft, the right-hander made his major league debut in 2007 in the...
Via Rant Sports  |  December 13, 2011

Yankees Lose Another Player to Japan

Last week former Yankees reliever Jonathan Albaladejo signed a contract with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan. Another player, third baseman Marcos Vechionacci, will join him. Vechionacci, 23, was once a pretty big prospect for the Yankees. In 2004 he had an .844 OPS while playing in Rookie-Ball and Short Season-A-Ball. He was very young...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily  |  November 30, 2010

Jonathan Albaladejo signs with the Yomiuri Giants

After being released by the Yankees to pursue a contract in Japan, we learn that right-hander Jonathan Albaladejo has agreed to a one-year, $950k deal with Hideki Matsui’s old team, the Yomiuri Giants (of Japan’s Central League). Albaladejo was reportedly close to signing with the Giants last week, but, at that time, details of the deal were unknown. By joining Yomiuri...
Via The iYankees Blog  |  November 27, 2010

Yankees Release Jonathan Albaladejo

The Yankees have released 28-year-old reliever Jonathan Albaladejo, who will go play baseball in Japan next year, according to Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News. This comes as today is the last day to add players to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. Albaladejo had no future with the Yankees so they cut him and will likely add some players to the roster soon...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily  |  November 19, 2010

Albaladejo to Provide Relief?

Jonathan Albaladejo who was racking up awards and ridiculous numbers in Triple-A, finally was given another opportunity to pitch with the Yankees yesterday when he was called up to replace Andy Pettitte who was placed on the DL. We have all been frustrated by his major league performances in the past, but it looks like it could be “sink or swim” time for the intimidating (6...
Via Sliding Into Home  |  July 21, 2010

Yanks Call Up Albaladejo & Tonight's Lineup

The Yankees (finally) called up Jonathan Albaladejo today. He will be taking Andy Pettitte's place on the roster. Albaladejo has had a great year with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 41 games he has 31 saves and a 0.96 ERA and has not given up a run since June 25th.And here's the lineup:Derek Jeter SSNick Swisher RFMark Teixeira 1BAlex Rodriguez 3BRobinson Cano 2BJorge...
Via Sliding Into Home  |  July 20, 2010

Jonathan Albaladejo is pitching well for Scranton Yankees

Jonathan Albaladejo is pitching well for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. In 19 games he is 1-1 with a 13 saves in 21.1 innings pitched. He has given up only four earned runs and walked only seven batters. He has 24 strikeouts and a .169 batting average against. His ERA is 1.69. His 13 saves are tops in the International league. Granted, he’s 27 years old but the fact is...
Via Yankees Daily  |  May 22, 2010

Albaladejo Drops 30lbs

From Marc Carig:The last time many of you saw Jonathan Albaladejo, he had just gotten smoked in the head with a baseball, and his black eyes made him look like a raccoon. A fat raccoon.That's not me being harsh, I'm only using Albaladejo's own self description, just the way he did the other day when he was telling me about finishing the season at a bloated 290 pounds...
Via Sliding Into Home  |  February 24, 2010
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