Yerry Paulino De Los Santos (born December 12, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the

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of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Career

De Los Santos signed with the

organization in July 2014 for a $100,000

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as an international free agent from the Dominican Republic. He pitched for the Dominican Summer League Pirates in 2015, and had

Tommy John surgery Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, colloquially known as Tommy John surgery (TJS), is a surgical graft procedure where the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's bo ...

and missed the 2016 minor league season. In May 2019, he was promoted to the Greensboro Grasshoppers. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, De Los Santos pitched for the Altoona Curve and

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, while missing most of the season with a forearm injury. Following the 2021 season, he was eligible for free agency, but re-signed with the Pirates for the 2022 season. On April 13, 2022, De Los Santos combined with Chase De Jong and

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to throw a

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for the

of the Triple-A

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. On May 22, the Pirates selected De Los Santos's contract, promoting him to the major leagues for the first time. He made his MLB debut on May 25. On August 12, De Los Santos was placed on the 60-day injured list with a right shoulder latissimus dorsi muscle strain. In 26 appearances for Pittsburgh in his rookie campaign, De Los Santos registered an 0–3 record and 4.91 ERA with 26 strikeouts and 3 saves in 25.2 innings pitched. De Los Santos was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis to begin the 2023 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Los Santos, Yerry Living people 1997 births People from Samaná Province Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Major League Baseball pitchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Greensboro Grasshoppers players Altoona Curve players Indianapolis Indians players Bristol Pirates players Gulf Coast Pirates players Dominican Summer League Pirates players Gigantes del Cibao players

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