Jorge DePaula

Infobox MLB player
name = Jorge DePaula


width = 150
caption =
team = Edmonton Cracker Cats
number = --
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|11|10
birthplace = Sabana Grande, Dominican Republic
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 5
debutyear = 2003
debutteam = New York Yankees
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-1
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 4.00
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 12
teams =
*New York Yankees (by|2003-by|2005)

Jorge A. DePaula (born November 10, 1978 in Sabana Grande, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Edmonton Cracker Cats of the Golden Baseball League.

1997-2001

On January 13, mlby|1997, DePaula signed with the Colorado Rockies and pitched in their organization until April 20, mlby|2001, when he was sent to the New York Yankees as the PTBNL for Craig Dingman.

2001-2006

DePaula played in the Yankees minor leagues until by|2003. After spending most of the year with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. He pitched in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees from mlby|2003-mlby|2005. He first pitched for the team after September callups in the 2003 season, but his main presence was not known until the beginning of the mlby|2004 season, when he was the team's fifth starter. However, after only one start and two relief appearances, it was clear that he needed Tommy John surgery, and did not pitch again at the major league level until September 2 of the next season.

2007-present

In by|2007, DePaula pitched in the Rockies organization again, playing for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers and Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. On April 22, by|2008, DePaula signed with the Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the Golden Baseball League.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/depaujo01.shtml Baseball reference:Jorge Depaula]
* [http://goldenbaseball.com/ArDisplay.aspx?ID=4170&SecID=303} Edmonton Cracker-Cats Sign ex-Yankee Pitcher Jorge DePaula]