Antonio Senzatela

BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Senzatela was born January 21, 1995, in Valencia, Venezuela. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The Colorado Rockies signed Senzatela as an amateur free agent and began playing with the DSL Rockies in 2012. In 2014, MiLB.com named Senzatela as one of the Rockies' Organization All-Stars after he posted a 15–2 win-loss record with a 3.11 earned run average (ERA) for the Asheville Tourists of Class A South Atlantic League, helping the team to win the league championship. Prior to the 2015 season, he was named by MLB.com as the Rockies' 11th best prospect.

The Rockies added Senzatela to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season. In 2016, he pitched for the Hartford Yard Goats of the Class AA Eastern League. Senzatela made the Rockies Opening Day roster in 2017 and he made his major league debut on April 6. Senzatela had a 3–1 win-loss record and a 2.81 ERA in five starts in April and was named the National League's Rookie of the Month. 

After pitching to a 9–3 record and a 4.68 ERA in 88 ⅓ innings (15 starts), Senzatela was shifted to the bullpen in order to monitor his innings, due to him missing most of the 2016 baseball season due to various injuries. Senzatela finished the season with a 10-5 record in 36 games, 20 starts. He began the 2018 season in the bullpen but after 10 appearances, he was sent down to AAA.

In 2020 he was 5-3 with a 3.44 ERA and had the lowest strikeouts/9 IP ratio of all NL qualified pitchers (5.0). In 2021, he set career highs in starts (28), innings pitched (156+2⁄3) & strikeouts (105) despite posting a record of 4-10 with a 4.42 ERA. Following the season, the Rockies gave Senzatela a 5-year extension worth $50.5 million.

On April 23, 2022, in a game against the Detroit Tigers, Senzatela allowed Miguel Cabrera's 3,000th hit. The play was a single into right field. The Rockies would eventually lose 13–0. On August 18th, Senzatela left his start against the Cardinals with a left knee sprain. The next day, an MRI revealed a torn ACL which ended Senzatela's 2022 season. He finished with a record of 3–7 with a 5.07 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 92+1⁄3.