The frequent negative news around various starters for the Yankees, brought with it one to smile, enjoy and delight: The emergence of Jhony Brito. With his compatriots Frankie Montás and Luis Severino, as well as Carlos Rodón starting on the disabled list, Brito emerged among the possible replacements.
But it was not fortuitous, he had just thrown 5.2 perfect acts against the Blue Jays in his last appearance in the preseason. This opened a space for him in the decimated rotation of the striped.
On Sunday, the 25-year-old did not make those who praised his virtue as a good pitcher look bad, after navigating through five innings, in which he did not allow runs, allowed two isolated hits, issued one walk and struck out six against the Giants. in a new success for the Yankees in the recently started campaign.
A native of Sosua, Puerto Plata, who took his first steps in the Juan Rosario League of this community, Brito was not afraid to wear the famous uniform, much less perform on the historic stage.
He had already drawn much attention from manager Aaron Boone, who in a bullpen session in Tampa watched him throw strike after strike on his varied four-pitch combination.
“He can help us a lot,” Boone said for the occasion to a group of team instructors.
But, who is Jhony Brito, who without projection, at least this year, may be able to help resolve a critical situation for the Mules?
his first league
The manager who welcomed him as a child, Juan Rosario, says that he was forged in his league and his position was always that of pitcher. “Since he was little, he showed a lot of willingness to play and to learn about the art of throwing, we had him until he got the opportunity to go after a signature,” Rosario told Listín Diario.
At the age of 13, he undertook the search for his destiny towards Santo Domingo, arriving in the northern part, at the Franklin Ferreras Academy, where he began to perfect the nascent repertoire that he already had in his old league.
Agreement for 35 thousand dollars
After several years working there, he managed to sign with the Yankees on July 2, 2015 for $35,000, at the age of 17, a fact that became the great dream he had. “He had many conditions, he knows a lot about the art of pitching, he showed it in each of his presentations,” Ferreras said on his side about this new wonder of his academy who climbs the major leagues and who in this aspect joins Manuel Margot, Domingo Acevedo, Víctor Robles, José Peña among others.
He had a combined Double-A and Triple-A job last year going 11-4 with a 2.96 ERA.
This fact helped him considerably to be included in the Yankees’ roster of 40 and once there, he struggled to have a brilliant day in training, which he did and this was added to the injuries to several of the starters that the manager Boone had projected for the start of the season.
Will Brito have arrived to stay? Will the Dominican Republic have another new pitching wonder? At least he got off to a good start and time will tell how long he will be able to survive at the highest level.
