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**Marc Rzepczynski**
Marc Rzepczynski
	Toronto Blue Jays — No. 34
	Pitcher
	Born: August 29, 1985 (age 24); Yorba Linda, California
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
	July 7, 2009 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Teams
	Toronto Blue Jays (2009–present);

Marc Walter Rzepczynski (pronounced Zep-CHIN-ski) (born Yorba Linda, California on August 29, 1985), is an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher, who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. He stands 6'1" and weighs 205 pounds. He made his Major League debut on July 7, 2009, in a starting role, on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays. He earned his first major league win on July 18, 2009 by defeating the Boston Red Sox. He pitched 6 innings and gave up one run.

[edit] Amateur career

Rzepcynski attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California, and played college baseball at the University of California, Riverside.

[edit] Draft and minor league career

In June 2007, Rzepczynski was drafted in the 5th round (175th overall) of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He made his professional debut later in 2007, pitching for the short-season Jays' Class A affiliate Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League. With Auburn, he posted a 5-0 won-lost record and a 2.76 ERA in 11 games (7 starts), with 49 strikeouts and 17 walks in 45.2 innings pitched.

In 2008, Rzepczynski advanced to the Class A Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League, where he finished with a 7-6 won-lost record and a 2.83 ERA in 22 starts, with 124 strikeouts and 42 walks over 121 innings pitched. His statistics were the third-best among all pitchers in the Toronto minor-league system.

In 2009, Rzepczynski through early July had split his season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Jays' AA team in the Eastern League, and the Las Vegas 51s, the Jays' AAA team in the Pacific Coast League. His 2009 statistics between AA and AAA combined for 16 games (all starts), with a 9-5 won-lost record, a 2.66 ERA, 104 strikeouts, and 40 walks, in 88 innings pitched.^[1]

[edit] Promotion to Major League Baseball

A series of injuries to pitchers at the major league level had plagued the parent Blue Jays for the first three months of the 2009 season, leading to opportunities for several rookies to advance to the top level. Scott Richmond, himself a rookie starter who had pitched very well for Toronto, became the latest casualty, when he went on the disabled list on July 4, retroactive to July 1, due to biceps tendinitis. Richmond, before play on July 6, ranked 16th of 40 eligible American League pitchers in Earned Run Average (ERA). Brett Cecil, another rookie who is already in the Jays' starting rotation, started on July 5 on short notice in Richmond's stead, against the New York Yankees, but this still left Toronto with only four healthy starters, leading to Rzepczynski's promotion and opportunity.^[2] Rzepczynski pitched solidly in his debut against the defending American League champion Rays, lasting 6 innings, during which he gave up 2 hits and 1 earned run, walked 4, and struck out 7 in a no-decision; the Jays lost 3-1 in 11 innings. In his second big-league start, Rzepczynski again pitched well, but took the loss against the Baltimore Orioles on July 12, lasting 6 innings and allowing 3 earned runs; Toronto lost the game 4-2. Rzepczynski won his first major-league game on July 18, defeating the American League leading Boston Red Sox; he pitched 6 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 4 hits, walking 4 and striking out 4; Toronto won 6-2. Jays Manager Cito Gaston stated before the game that Rzepczynski would remain in the rotation for at least the next couple of weeks, pending Richmond's return from the disabled list.

[edit] References

^ http://lasvegas.51s.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t400&t=p_pbp&pid=519240
^ Rookie lefty Rzepczynski called up, by Jordan Bastian, http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090706&content_id=5728292&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

[0] ttp://lasvegas.51s.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t400&t=p_pbp&pid=519240

[1] Rookie lefty Rzepczynski called up, by Jordan Bastian, http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090706&content_id=5728292&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor

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Contents

[edit] Amateur career

[edit] Draft and minor league career

[edit] Promotion to Major League Baseball

[edit] References

[edit] External links