Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jake Barrett was born July 22, 1991, in Upland, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The Arizona Diamondbacks chose Barrett in the third round of the 2012 MLB Draft. He signed and played for the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Class A Midwest League in 2012, and the Visalia Rawhide of the Class A-Advanced California League and Mobile BayBears of the Class AA Southern League in 2013. After the 2013 season, the Diamondbacks assigned him to the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League (AFL), and he appeared in the AFL Fall Stars Game. He pitched for Mobile and the Reno Aces of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in 2014, where he had a combined 3.09 earned run average. He pitched for Mobile and Reno again in 2015. The Diamondbacks added him to their 40-man roster after the season.

Barrett was chosen for the United States national baseball team's roster for the 2015 Pan American Games.

On April 4, 2019, the New York Yankees claimed Barrett off of waivers. On May 4, he was recalled from the Class AAA affiliate of the Yankees, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders to replace James Paxton. Barrett was outrighted off the Yankees roster on November 4 and became a free agent.