Yusmeiro Alberto Petit (born November 22, 1984, in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners. Petit throws right-handed. He was signed by New York Mets as non-drafted free agent on November 15, 2001. He has played for the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Major League level.
Petit made his professional debut in 2002 with the Venezuelan Summer League where he went 3-5 with 2.43...
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Yusmeiro Alberto Petit (born November 22, 1984, in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners. Petit throws right-handed. He was signed by New York Mets as non-drafted free agent on November 15, 2001. He has played for the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Major League level.
Petit made his professional debut in 2002 with the Venezuelan Summer League where he went 3-5 with 2.43 ERA in 12 games, 11 starts.
In 2003 Petit split the season between the Rookie-Level Kingsport Mets and the Short-Season Brooklyn Cyclones. He finished third in the Appalachian League in strikeouts, fourth in strikeouts per nine innings and fifth in ERA. Petit also placed second in Appalachian League in fewest bases on balls per nine innings and allowed the second fewest runners per nine innings. He was named Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 14 to July 20. He was promoted to Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League on August 23. He...
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