Gregory Nappo (born August 25, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He reached Triple-A for the first time in 2013. He was born in Manhattan, New York and attended

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. He pitched for the University of Connecticut in 2007 and from 2009 to 2011, posting respective records and ERAs of 4-3, 3.50; 3-4, 6.06; 8-5, 4.44; and 10-2, 2.55. The Florida Marlins drafted him in the 18th round of the

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. He played for the

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and Greensboro Grasshoppers in 2011, going 4-1 with a 3.44 ERA and a 1.055

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in 55 innings; he also averaged 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings. In 2012, with Greensboro, he was 2-2 with a 2.77 ERA in 40 games, striking out 103 batters in 78 innings. On April 24 of that year, he took part in a

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against the Hickory Crawdads, relieving pitcher Jose Fernandez. His WHIP was 1.051. He was a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star that year. In 2013, between the

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(36 G, 1.15 ERA) and Triple-A Zephyrs (2 G, 0.00 ERA), Nappo went 5-1 with a 1.11 ERA. His WHIP was 0.912. In 2014, between the Jacksonville Suns and New Orleans, Nappo was 3-0 with a 2.44 ERA, posting a 0.929 WHIP. He pitched for Jacksonville and New Orleans in 2015 and was 5-3 with a 2.49 ERA, averaging more than a strikeout per inning and posting a 1.031 WHIP. He began 2016 with New Orleans. He played for the

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in the

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qualifiers. On June 19, 2017, Nappo was released by the Marlins.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nappo, Greg 1988 births Living people African-American baseball players American people of Colombian descent Baseball players from Connecticut Greensboro Grasshoppers players Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp players Jacksonville Suns players Jamestown Jammers players Jupiter Hammerheads players New Britain Bees players New Orleans Baby Cakes players New Orleans Zephyrs players People from Madison, Connecticut 2017 World Baseball Classic players UConn Huskies baseball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people