Jason Grilli
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"Jason Michael Grilli" is an Italian American professional baseball pitcher (baseball)/pitcher who plays for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Taken as the fourth overall selection of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft/1997 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants, Grilli was one of the top starting pitcher prospects in all of the Minor League Baseball/minor leagues, ranked #54th in 1998 and #44 in 1999. The Giants traded him to the Miami Marlins/Florida Marlins in 1999, for whom he debuted on May 11, 2000.

However, it was not until 2011 that Grilli's career took off as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. That year, he carried a 2.48 earned run average (ERA) and 10.2 Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched/strikeouts per nine innings (K/9) rate in 32 innings pitched (IP), and further improved in 2012, when his strikeout rate climbed to 13.8. In 2013, Grilli made his first 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star team and became Pittsburgh’s Closing pitcher/closer at the age of 36. From 2011–14, he compiled a 3.09 ERA with 11.9 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 and a 34.2 percent ground-ball rate in IP. He has also pitched for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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I want this spot; there's no doubt. I'm trying to stick the nail in the coffin right now.

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Whatever it might be, I just know I can be an asset to this team. Hopefully I can prove that once again this spring.

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That guy, I will take him No. 1 pick, playing behind me anywhere. You just can't help but love him. That guy plays so hard. He's throwing curveballs, change-ups out there. He was throwing with all his might.

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To grace my father's number, pitch in a Tigers uniform and get my first win (as a Tiger) and have him in the stands, you can't script it any better than that.

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I have no pressure because I've always been the dark horse. I think I've shown this organization a little bit, and I'm ready to compete for the fifth spot.

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I think a lot of people are not taking us seriously. I think they're counting us out. We might surprise some people when they don't expect us to win. It takes a lot of the pressure and heat off of us. That might work to our advantage.

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We've got the pope on our side.

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This is the best team by far that I've ever been a part of. We don't want it to end. Hopefully we'll go out there and win six more games, win this whole thing.

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I'm really looking forward to the competition. This is a huge honor, and I'm really starting to get the feel for how important this is going to be.

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