Esmerling Vásquez
Dominican Republic baseball player
Esmerling de Jesús Vásquez (born November 7, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Minnesota Twins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Career
Arizona Diamondbacks
Vásquez signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003 by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Vásquez played for the Double–A Mobile BayBears in 2007. He started in all 29 games he played in and went 10–6 with a 2.99 ERA. Following the season, the Diamondbacks named Vásquez as their minor league pitcher of the year. On November 20, 2007, the Diamondbacks added Vásquez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Vásquez was promoted to the major leagues for the first time on April 26, 2009, and made his major league debut later that day.
Vásquez was demoted to the Triple–A Reno Aces on April 17, 2010, to make room for Kris Benson but was recalled 2 days later after Conor Jackson suffered an injury. On May 31, Vásquez committed a balk in the bottom of the ninth against the Dodgers, allowing Casey Blake to score the winning run. The event was known as a "balk-off".
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