Juan Salas
Juan Salas | |
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Relief pitcher | |
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | November 7, 1978|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 5, 2006, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
Last appearance | |
September 15, 2008, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 1–1 |
Earned run average | 4.44 |
Strikeouts | 42 |
Teams | |
Juan Salas (born November 7, 1978) is a professional baseball relief pitcher. Salas signed with Tampa Bay on July 8, 1998, as an amateur free agent, and made his Major League debut September 5, 2006.
Salas is notable for being converted from playing
The 2006 season was the breakout year in Salas' minor-league career; he gave up no earned runs in 23 games for Montgomery, earned 14 saves, and struck out 52 batters in 342⁄3 innings. This earned him an appearance in the 2006 All-Star Futures Game for the World Team. He finished off a no hitter started by Jason Hammel on July 17, 2006, beating the Columbus Clippers 4-1. He was called up to the Triple-A Durham Bulls, with whom he went 1-1 with a 1.57 ERA and three saves in 27 games, striking out 33 batters in 282⁄3 innings. The Devil Rays then called him up to help out their bullpen; he made eight appearances with Tampa Bay in the 2006 season and won a roster spot out of spring training with the Devil Rays in 2007. In 2007, he went 1-1 with a 3.95 ERA in 12 games and was suspended in May for 50 games for using performance-enhancing drugs.[2][3] To take his place on the roster, the Devil Rays recalled Tim Corcoran from Durham.
Salas started the
On February 12,
. He was released on May 6.See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
- ^ Formally the Tampa Bay Devil Rays through the 2007 season.
- ^ "Dominican ball players rate high in steroids use". Dominican Today. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ "Reliever Salas suspended 50 games for failed drug test". Associated Press. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
- ^ Lancaster, Marc. "Tampa Bay Online". Pitchers do job at plate, too. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
- Baseball-Almanac.com
- Salas' question answered by BaseballAmerica.com
- Inside The Dugout Futures Game discussion