Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jorge Guzman was born January 28, 1996, in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Guzmán signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in June 2014. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Dominican Summer League Astros and also played for the Gulf Coast Astros that season, posting a combined 5.04 ERA in 55.1 innings pitched between both teams. In 2016, he played for the Gulf Coast Astros and Greeneville Astros and pitched to a combined 3-4 record and 4.05 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 40 innings pitched between both clubs.

On November 17, 2016, Guzmán was traded from the Astros, along with Albert Abreu, to the New York Yankees for Brian McCann. He spent the 2017 season with the Staten Island Yankees where he posted a 5-3 record and 2.30 ERA in 13 games started.