Derrick Saito

Derrick Saito

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.
• School California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco State University
• High School Henry Perrine Baldwin High School

• Born December 26, 1987 in Wailuku, HI USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Derrick Saito played in the minor leagues from 2008 to 2010. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 2008 amateur draft from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he was a walk-on, non-scholarship athlete. He began his professional career that same year with the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League, going 3-4, 4.36 in 18 games as a reliever. He started the 2009 season with the Burlington Bees of the Midwest League. He was 2-6, 4.15 in 22 games when on July 10th he was traded to the Seattle Mariners along with fellow pitcher Daniel Cortes in return for major league SS Yuniesky Betancourt. Cortes would eventually pitch in the majors, but not Saito. He finished the season in the same circuit with the Clinton LumberKings, going 0-1, 3.86 in 13 games.

In 2009, his career was completely derailed by an arm injury. He did make 3 rehabilitation starts for the AZL Mariners, pitching a total of 7 innings, but never managed to get himself back into good health and soon had to retire. He has shown some promise, with 124 strikeouts in 117 2/3 innings, but obviously was still a long way away from the Show when injuries got the better of him.

After baseball, he returned to school to obtain a civil engineering degree from San Francisco State University in 2013 and worked as a professional design engineer in Cypress, TX and Palo Alto, CA.