Edwin Almonte (born December 17, 1976, in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher, currently playing for the Newark Bears, which is a professional independent baseball team. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santiago is a province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is the heart of the country In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of The Newark Bears are a professional baseball team based in Newark New Jersey, in the United States He is 6'3", weighs 220 lbs, and bats and throws right-handed. Someone who is right-handed will prefer to use this hand for everyday activities such as writing, maintaining personal hygiene, Cooking and so forth He attended Seward Park High School in New York and St. Francis College.
Baseball career
Almonte was drafted in the 26th round of the 1998 draft by the Chicago White Sox. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. He spent the next five years in the White Sox organization, reaching as high as the AAA Charlotte Knights, before joining the New York Mets in 2003. The Charlotte Knights are a Minor league baseball team representing Charlotte North Carolina. "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to In 12 games with the Mets in 2003, Almonte had an 11. 12 ERA, 5 walks, and 7 strikeouts. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched
In December 2003, Almonte signed with the Boston Red Sox, and spent the year with the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The Pawtucket Red Sox (known colloquially as the PawSox) are the Minor league baseball Triple-A affiliates of the Boston Red Sox and belong to While he was there, he had a record of 5-6, with a 5. 50 ERA. He walked 22 and struck out 37. He left the Red Sox and became a free agent in March 2004. In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. He signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers on February 16, 2005 and became a free agent at the end of the season. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series
Scouting report
Almonte has a fastball that sits in the low-90's. He also has an average slider and changeup.