Dellin Betances

Dellin Betances
New York Yankees — No. 68
Pitcher
Born: March 23, 1988 (1988-03-23) (age 23) Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 2011 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics (through 2011)
Win-loss record	0-0
Earned run average	6.75
Strikeouts	2
Teams
New York Yankees (2011–present)

Dellin Betances (born March 23, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees.

Early life

At the age of 10, Betances was a Yankee fan who sat with the Bleacher Creatures for the perfect game of former Yankees pitcher David Wells in 1998. He credits his family taking him to Yankee games with his choosing baseball over basketball.^[1]

He attended Grand Street Campus School in Brooklyn, New York. In 2005, Betances was an Aflac All-American and played for the Team USA Junior National Team.^[2] Betances played baseball in the summer in the Youth Service League.^[3]

Professional career

Betances was drafted in the eighth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He received a $1 million signing bonus to forego his commitment to Vanderbilt University.^[1]

Betances was rated the Yankees' third best prospect for 2007,^[4] and their fifth best for 2009, according to Baseball America.^[5]

Betances spent 2007 with the Class-A Short Season Staten Island Yankees and 2008 with the Class A Charleston RiverDogs. In 2009, he pitched for the Tampa Yankees, the Yankees Class A-Advanced affiliate. Betances had surgery late in the 2009 season, which was erroneously reported as Tommy John surgery,^[6] but was instead a ligament reinforcement procedure.^[7]

Following the 2010 season, Betances was added to the Yankees' 40 man roster.^[8] He began the 2011 season with the Double-A Trenton Thunder, and was promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on August 13.^[9]

On September 8, 2011, Betances was promoted to the majors for the first time.^[10] Betances had a pitching session in the street in front of his Teaneck, New Jersey home with his brother before joining up with the Yankees in Anaheim.^[11] Betances and fellow prospect Andrew Brackman made their MLB debuts on September 22, 2011.^[12]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Marchand, Andrew (1998-05-17). "Spring Training 2011: New York Yankees prospect Dellin Betances was in stands for David Wells' perfect game - ESPN New York". ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=marchand_andrew&id=6133982. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
2. ^ Aflac All-American Roster^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Weinreb, Michael (2006-06-06). "Towering Brooklyn Prospect Has Got Game, but It's Baseball". Nytimes.com (Brooklyn (NYC): The New York Times). http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/sports/baseball/06betances.html. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
4. ^ New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects, 2007, Baseball America. Published November 8, 2006.
5. ^ New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects, 2009, Baseball America. Published November 10, 2008.
6. ^ "Betances out after Tommy John surgery". Thunderbaseball.wordpress.com. 2009-08-30. http://thunderbaseball.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/betances-out-after-tommy-john-surgery/. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
7. ^ "Twitter / Tyler Kepner: To clarify on Yanks prospe". Twitter.com. 2009-09-01. http://twitter.com/TylerKepner/statuses/3698910287. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
8. ^ "Yankees add three to 40-man roster | The Lohud Yankees Blog". Yankees.lhblogs.com. 2010-11-19. http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2010/11/19/yankees-add-three-to-40-man-roster/. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
9. ^ Nalbone, John (2011-08-15). "Top New York Yankees pitching prospect Dellin Betances promoted to Triple-A Scranton W-B". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/thunder/index.ssf/2011/08/top_new_york_yankees_pitching_1.html. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
10. ^ Hale, Mark (2011-09-09). "Yankees' Swisher says he's hurting". NYPOST.com. http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/cryptic_swisher_says_he_hurting_2dHg5GhJbYg44TQ5OGFR6H. Retrieved 2011-09-09. 
11. ^ Craig, Marc. "Teaneck resident Dellin Betances is thrilled to be called up by Yankees", The Star-Ledger, September 10 2011. Acecssed September 11, 2011. "Nobody seemed to notice. But Yankee fans who might have been driving through a certain part of Teaneck on Thursday morning could have caught a glimpse of one of their team’s top prospects. Before catching a flight to the West Coast, and before he joined the Yankees today, their latest September call-up, right-hander Dellin Betances, held a quick throwing session in front of his home. With his older brother Anthony catching, Betances threw a light flat ground session to stay sharp."
12. ^ McCarron, Anthony (2011-09-23). "Yankees' Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman debut | New York Daily News". Nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2011/09/yankees-dellin-betances-and-andrew-brackman-debut. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Dellin Betances on Twitter

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Name	Betances, Dellin
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Date of birth	March 23, 1988
Place of birth	Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York
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