Jake Layton Fishman (born February 8, 1995) is an

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in the

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organization. Fishman was selected in the 30th round of the

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by the

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...

. He was on the roster for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and is slated to play for the team at the

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. In 2019 he obtained

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, and pitched for Team Israel in

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in Tokyo, in the summer of 2021. He made his MLB debut with the

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on July 31, 2022. He elected to become a free agent in November 2022 and signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics in December 2022. In high school, in 2013 he was named to the

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All-Star First Team, and to the Massachusetts All-Star Team. In college, in 2016 with the

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, Fishman led all of college baseball with an 0.41

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. He was named the

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's Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year, All-Liberty League First Team both as a pitcher and as a utility player, and a D3baseball.com All-American.

Early and personal life

Fishman was born in

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, to Hutch Fishman and Cindy Layton, and is Jewish. He attended

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and had his bar mitzvah at Congregation Klal Yisrael in

Sharon, Massachusetts Sharon is a New England town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,575 at the 2020 census. Sharon is part of Greater Boston, about southwest of downtown Boston, and is connected to both Boston and Providence by ...

, where he now lives. As a minor leaguer, to supplement his income during the off-season Fishman gives pitching lessons or works as a strength trainer at a gym.

High school

Fishman attended

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in Massachusetts, where he was an

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and pitcher. He was captain of his high school baseball team during both his junior and senior years. The now-6'-3" pitcher said he was only 5' 7" until he had a 7-inch

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in his junior year. In his senior year he was named to the

All-Star First Team, was runner-up to be the Hockomock League MVP, and was named to the Massachusetts All-Star Team. He graduated in 2013.

College

Undrafted out of high school, Fishman didn't receive an

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offer. Fishman then attended

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Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...

for three years. In his

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season, he pitched to a 7–0

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with a 2.29

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(ERA) and 49

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s in 63

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. Fishman was named Division III Upstate Baseball Pitcher of the Week after pitching a

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in his second college start on March 29, 2014. Fishman also played

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and

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and batted for Union, hitting .400 with 24

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(RBI) and 12

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s. In the off-season, he played for the

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of the

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. In 2015, Fishman went 4–2 with a 1.48 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 42 innings. At the plate, he hit .477 with 23 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. He was named to the NCAA 2015 Academic All-District 3 Baseball Team as a designated hitter, with a 3.32

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and a major in Managerial Economics. He was also named a 2015 ''

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'' College Baseball All-American with first baseman Simon Rosenbaum and first baseman/outfielder

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, among others. In his junior, and final, season with the

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, in 2016 Fishman led all of college baseball with a 0.41 ERA, and had a 7–0 record with 3 shutouts and a league-leading 85 strikeouts and 11 walks in 66 innings pitched. He had an 0.894

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, 11.6 strikeouts/9 innings, and 7.7 strikeouts/walk. He threw a

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in the low-90s."Baseball’s Jake Fishman drafted into MLB,"
Concordiensis, October 2016. He also batted .361/.438/.489 in 133 at bats, with 29 runs, 14 RBIs, and 7 stolen bases in 8 attempts. At the end of the season he was named the

's Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year, and All-Liberty League First Team both as a pitcher and as a utility player. Fishman was also selected to the 2016 USA Baseball

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Midseason Watch List, the only NCAA Division III baseball player named to the list. He was the first Union player to receive D3baseball.com All-American honors at pitcher, and was chosen as an

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(ABCA) Second-Team All-American at utility."Fishman drafted & signed by Toronto,"
''Union Athletics'', June 11, 2016. In his three years pitching for Union, he went 18-2 with a 1.36 ERA, and as a hitter he batted .410.Ken Schott (February 19, 2017)
">"Fishman hoping to play for Israel in WBC,"
''The Daily Gazette''. After the college season, he pitched one game during the summer for the

Wareham Gatemen The Wareham Gatemen are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Wareham, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Gatemen play their home games at Clem Spillane Fi ...

of the

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, and was drafted the following day. Fishman planned to continue attending classes for his Union College degree in the fall of 2016, and to finish his degree requirements. He ultimately finished his degree in

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and

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in 2019. When Fishman made his major league debut in 2022, he was the first Union alumnus to appear in a major league game since

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in 1912.

Minor leagues

Toronto Blue Jays

Fishman was selected in the 30th round of the

by the

. He said: "It was the best feeling in the world." In being selected, he became the first Union College player to be taken in an MLB draft. He signed with the Blue Jays on June 17, for a

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of $50,000 and payment of his senior year tuition, approximately $65,000. Fishman was assigned to the Rookie-level

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. In 2016 in seven appearances, including one start, he posted a 0–1 record, 4.80 ERA, and 13 strikeouts in 15 innings pitched. He was promoted to the

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of the Rookie

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on August 20, but did not appear for the team before the end of the season. In 2017, Fishman pitched one scoreless inning for the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, pitched in 14 relief appearances for the

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of the Class A-

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for whom he was 1-0 with 1 save and a 1.17 ERA and 4 walks and 23 strikeouts in 23 innings, and pitched four times in relief for the

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of the Class A

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, for whom he was 0-1 with a 4.05 ERA and zero walks and 15 strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Fishman began the 2018 season pitching for the

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of the Class A-Advanced

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, for whom he was 2-3 with 8 saves (10th in the league) and a 2.68 ERA, as in 44 games (tied for 2nd in the league) he pitched 57 innings, walked 11, and struck out 56 batters, as he had the best

on the team (1.000) and held batters to a 50.9% ground ball rate. He pitched in one game for the

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of the Class AAA

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, pitching 1.1 perfect innings with one strikeout. Lefties batted .197/.250/.250 against him, in 76 at bats. Blue Jays pitching coordinator Jeff Ware described Fishman as "the kind of pitcher that gives lefties nightmares at the dish." In 2019, Fishman pitched for the

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of the Class AA Eastern League. He was 1-1 with 4 saves and a 3.45 ERA in 42 relief appearances (tops on the team), as he pitched 62.2 innings with 74 strikeouts (averaging 10.6 strikeouts per 9 innings), and induced

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s 50.9% of the time. He held lefties to a .223/.281/.258 slash line and a .540 OPS, and his fastball was top-10 in horizontal movement among upper-level lefties. Fishman did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the

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Miami Marlins

On December 10, 2020, Fishman was selected by the

in the First Round, with the 12th pick, of the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. Pitching for the

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in the 2021 season, he was 5-1 with one save and a 3.67 ERA, pitching 45.1 innings over 34 games (2 starts). Lefties hit .200/.234/.267 against him, in 90 at bats. Fishman began the 2022 season back with Jacksonville, pitching as a reliever. On July 31, the Marlins selected his contract.Jordan McPherson (July 29, 2022)
"Miami Marlins place Trevor Rogers on IL. Two more players added from Triple A,"
''Miami Herald''. At the time, in AAA Fishman had a 1.87 ERA with 43 strikeouts and 16 walks in 43.1 innings. He had an 0.992 WHIP (10th-best in the International League), 5.6 hits per 9 innings (7th), a 54.3% ground-ball rate, 24.4% strikeout rate, and 9.1% walk rate, had held lefties to a batting slash line of .163/.240/.233 in 86 at bats, and had pitched at least two innings in 14 of his 25 relief appearances. In his minor league career through 2022, he was 13-8 with 15 saves and a 2.97 ERA in 279 innings in which he struck out 288 batters, with a WHIP of 1.12. He walked 2.4 batters and struck out 9.3 batters per 9 innings.

Major leagues

Miami Marlins

On July 30, 2022, baseball writer

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tweeted: "Good to see Jake Fishman coming up to the Marlins. Almost as good as Johnny Podres finishing his career with the Padres." The next day, Fishman made his MLB debut with the Marlins. In 11 innings with the Marlins over seven games, he was 0-0 with a 4.09 ERA and a WHIP of 1.18. He threw a sinker 60% of the time (with an average drop of 38 inches; the MLB average was 23 inches), and a

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40% of the time (with an average drop of 48 inches; the MLB average was 37 inches). On November 2, he was sent outright to the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. He elected to become a

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Oakland Athletics

On December 20, 2022, Fishman signed a minor league contract with an invite to spring training with the

Team Israel

2017

Fishman was on the roster to play for Team Israel at the

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. Team Israel coach Jerry Weinstein had been Fishman's coach when he played for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League in 2016.

2021; the Olympics

In November 2019, he obtained

so that he could play for Team Israel in

in Tokyo. Fishman pitched for Team Israel at the

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in the summer of 2021, as Israel was one of six teams to qualify for the Olympic Games. He pitched in a win against

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, and in losses to Team South Korea and the bronze-medal-winning Team Dominican Republic. He said, "They were the most intense games I’ve ever been a part of."

2023; World Baseball Classic

Fishman committed to play for Team Israel again in the

, to be held starting in Miami during March 11–15. He will be playing for Team Israel manager

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, and alongside two-time All Star outfielder

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, Gold Glove outfielder

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, starting pitcher

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, reliever

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, and others.

References

External links

* * *Noah Berger (August 30, 2022)
"What a Relief: Jake Fishman; Noah is joined by Jake Fishman, the most appropriately named Marlins player of all time,"
''Fish Stripes'' (''audio interview''). {{DEFAULTSORT:Fishman, Jake 1995 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Baseball players from Massachusetts Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Dunedin Blue Jays players Gulf Coast Blue Jays players Jewish American baseball players Jewish Major League Baseball players Israeli American Israeli baseball players Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp players Lansing Lugnuts players Major League Baseball pitchers Miami Marlins players New Hampshire Fisher Cats players Olympic baseball players of Israel People from Newton, Massachusetts People from Sharon, Massachusetts Union Dutchmen baseball players Vancouver Canadians players Wareham Gatemen players 2017 World Baseball Classic players 21st-century American Jews

Early and personal life

High school

College

Minor leagues

Toronto Blue Jays

Miami Marlins

Major leagues

Miami Marlins

Oakland Athletics

Team Israel

2017

2021; the Olympics

2023; World Baseball Classic

See also

References

External links