Marco Estrada (baseball)

Marco Estrada
Milwaukee Brewers — No. 41
Starting pitcher
Born: July 5, 1983 (1983-07-05) (age 28) Sonora, Mexico
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 20, 2008 for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics (through 2011)
Win-loss record	4–9
Earned run average	5.08
Strikeouts	120
Teams
Washington Nationals (2008–2009) Milwaukee Brewers (2010–present)

Marco René Estrada (born July 5, 1983 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Early life

A graduate of Sylmar High School in Sylmar, California, Estrada attended Glendale Community College and Long Beach State University. He was selected by the Washington Nationals in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1]

Professional career

After being drafted by Washington, Estrada began his minor league career pitching for the Vermont Expos in the short-season New York-Penn League. In three starts and six relief appearances, he pitched 33⅔ innings, compiling a win–loss record of 1–3 and an ERA of 5.08. During that time, he struck out 37 batters while issuing just 16 walks.

Estrada spent the 2006 season with the GCL Nationals, Washington's affiliate in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League, and the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League. He accrued a record of 3 wins and 4 losses and a 3.98 ERA over 61 innings, consisting of 12 starts and 1 appearance in relief, striking out a total of 56 batters and walking just 20.

In 2007, Estrada pitched for the GCL Nationals, the Class A Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League, and the Potomac Nationals in the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. He logged 105⅔ innings in 23 starts, winning 6, losing 8, and recording a 4.85 ERA with 102 strikeouts and 37 walks.

Estrada began the 2008 season with the Harrisburg Senators of the Double-A Eastern League, where he pitched 74⅓ innings in 13 starts, accruing an ERA of 2.66, striking out 67 batters and walking 32. In June he was promoted to the Syracuse Chiefs of the Triple-A International League. He was called up to the majors on August 19 and made his debut the next day. He made 11 appearances as a reliever that season. He pitched in four games (including one start) for the Nationals in 2009, but played the majority of the season with Syracuse.

On February 3, 2010, Estrada was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers. He began the season with the Triple-A Pacific Coast League's Nashville Sounds. He was recalled to the big league club and made his Brewers debut on May 18, 2010, entering the game against the Cincinnati Reds as a relief pitcher in the 5th inning. He recorded nine consecutive outs through three innings before giving up a solo home run to Joey Votto in the bottom of the 8th. He also made his first official at-bat in that game, grounding out in the 6th. He was outrighted to Nashville after the season.

On April 6, 2011, Estrada was again called up to the majors, taking the injured Zack Greinke's spot in the starting rotation.^[2] Estrada has become the long reliever and the backup starter for the Brewers pitching rotation.

In 2011, he was 4-8, with a 4.28 ERA.^[3]

References

1. ^ Piliere, Frankie (January 13, 2006). "Scouting Prospect #49: Marco Estrada". Scout.com. http://stlcardinals.scout.com/a.z?s=321&p=2&c=488720&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fstlcardinals.scout.com%2f2%2f488720.html. Retrieved October 19, 2010. 
2. ^ Haudricourt, Tom (April 6, 2011). "Estrada summoned; Merklinger designated". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/119332899.html. Retrieved April 7, 2011. 
3. ^ "Marco Estrada Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/estrama01.shtml. Retrieved October 3, 2011. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Estrada, Marco
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Date of birth	July 5, 1983
Place of birth	Sonora, Mexico
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