Jairo Iriarte

Jairo Alejandro Iriarte

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut September 3, 2024

• Born December 15, 2001 in La Guaira, Vargas Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Jairo Iriarte was signed by the San Diego Padres as an international amateur free agent out of Venezuela on July 2, 2018. He began his professional career the next year with the DSL Padres, going 1-2, 3.31 in 12 games, but had to sit out the 2020 season when the minor leagues were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He went stateside when he resumed his career in 2021, pitching for both the ACL Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm and going 0-5, 11.40, most of the damage coming from his four-game stint with Lake Elsinore during which he was battered for 27 runs - all earned - in 9 innings. In 2022, he spent a full season with the Storm in the California League, with better results, as he finished at 4-7, 5.12 in 21 games, including 18 starts. He struck out 109 batters in 91 1/3 innings. In 2023, he made 14 starts for the Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League before earning a promotion to the San Antonio Missions of the AA Texas League. there, he made 7 starts in 13 appearances, and altogether, his record was 3-4, 3.49 with 128 strikeouts in 90 1/3 innings.

He was with the Padres in spring training in 2024 when he was included in a blockbuster trade, being one of four players sent to the Chicago White Sox in return for ace Dylan Cease. Accompanying him were Drew Thorpe, Steven Wilson and Samuel Zavala, with Wilson the only one of the four with big league experience. He spent the season in AA with the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League, going 5-7, 3.71 in 23 games, with 122 strikeouts in 126 innings. He made his major league debut with the White Sox on September 3rd, pitching an inning in relief and giving up a run in a 9-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.

Related Sites

• Jairo Iriarte on mlb.com
• BR Minors page