Virgil Matthew Vasquez (born June 7, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was promoted to the Pirates major league roster on June 26, 2009.
He went 23-3 in his final two years of high school with 179 strikeouts while also hitting over .400. Vasquez was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santa Barbara H...
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Virgil Matthew Vasquez (born June 7, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was promoted to the Pirates major league roster on June 26, 2009.
He went 23-3 in his final two years of high school with 179 strikeouts while also hitting over .400. Vasquez was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santa Barbara High School, but did not sign.
He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and finished his college career with 189 strikeouts, the eighth most in school history. Vasquez was then selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.
Vasquez began the 2006 season with Double-A Erie of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for ERA, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to Triple-A Toledo in early September 2006.
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