Ubaldo Jiménez (pronounced ʰəmɛnɛz) (born January 22, 1984, in Nagua, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent on April 25, 2001.
This past season he went 15-12 with a 3.47 ERA in 2009, his second full season in the majors. In the 2008 offseason, he signed a four-year, $10 million dollar contract with club options up to 2013-14.
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Ubaldo Jiménez (pronounced ʰəmɛnɛz) (born January 22, 1984, in Nagua, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent on April 25, 2001.
This past season he went 15-12 with a 3.47 ERA in 2009, his second full season in the majors. In the 2008 offseason, he signed a four-year, $10 million dollar contract with club options up to 2013-14.
With respect to overall power, few pitchers possess the arm strength that makes Jiménez so formidable.
His four-seam fastball is frequently clocked as high as 100 mph, sometimes touching 101 mph, though his average four-seam fastball will typically register between 95-99 mph. Jiménez attains such velocity so frequently, in fact, that he is typically the hardest-throwing starting pitcher in baseball, having averaged a Major League best 96.1 mph during the 2009 season. Additionally, no one threw more pitches over 95 mph (1,342) than did Jiménez during the 2008...
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