John Brebbia
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Position:
RHP
Born:
05/30/90
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
185
B/T:
L/R
Acquired:
Acquired in the Minor League phase of the 2015 Rule 5 Draft from Arizona on December 10, 2015 (STL). Originally drafted in the 30th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft (NYY).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 1-1 with three saves and a 1.69 ERA in 26 2/3 innings at Memphis (Triple-A), striking out 29 and walking five, while allowing just 16 hits for a .172 batting average against. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Memphis on May 27, when RHP Miguel Socolovich was designated for assignment. MLB Debut Date: 05/28/17 |
Debut Details
| May 28, in an 8-4 loss to the Rockies. The last of four pitchers, He came on in relief of right-handed reliever Matt Bowman, who had allowed four runs, with two outs and one on in the bottom of the eighth and got Trevor Story to line out to left to end the inning. |
Player Notes
| John Fulboam Brebbia took the scenic route to make his surprising debut with the Cardinals. Originally drafted out of Elon University in North Carolina by the Yankees back in 2011, he signed late that summer and spent the next two seasons playing at the lower levels of the system, making it as high at Tampa (High A) before being released after the '13 season. He spent the next two summers playing in the independent American Association for the Sioux Falls Canaries and Laredo Lemurs before signing with the Diamondbacks as a minor league free agent on September 21, 2015. However he never actually played a game in the Arizona system, being acquired three months later by the Cardinals in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft. In 2016, he combined to go 5-5 with a 5.03 ERA in 43 games between Springfield (Double-A) and Memphis, striking out 68 and walking 19 in while allowing 82 hits in 68 innings. |