Dellin Betances is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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26 Facts About Dellin Betances
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Dellin Betances played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees and New York Mets from 2011 to 2021.
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Dellin Betances attended many New York Yankees games with his family as a child.
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At the age of 10, Dellin Betances attended the perfect game of then-Yankees pitcher David Wells in 1998, sitting with the Bleacher Creatures.
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Dellin Betances played baseball in the summer in the Youth Service League.
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In 2005, Dellin Betances was named an Aflac All-American, the first player from New York City to receive the honor.
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Dellin Betances was expected to be chosen in the first round of the 2006 MLB draft.
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Dellin Betances was rated the Yankees' third best prospect for 2007, and their fifth best for 2009, according to Baseball America.
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Dellin Betances spent 2007 with the Staten Island Yankees of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League and 2008 with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League.
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Dellin Betances had surgery late in the 2009 season, which was erroneously reported as Tommy John surgery, but was instead a ligament reinforcement procedure.
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Dellin Betances began the 2010 season with Tampa, and received a midseason promotion to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League.
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Dellin Betances had a pitching session in the street in front of his Teaneck, New Jersey home with his brother before joining up with the Yankees in Anaheim.
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Dellin Betances was optioned back to Triple-A on May 24,2013 after Ivan Nova was activated from the disabled list.
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On September 17,2014, Dellin Betances struck out Kevin Kiermaier in the eighth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays to notch his 131st strikeout, surpassing Mariano Rivera's Yankees team record for strikeouts by a relief pitcher, set in 1996.
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Dellin Betances finished in 3rd place in voting for the American League Rookie of the Year Award, behind Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker and White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu.
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Dellin Betances became the first Yankees reliever in franchise history to reach the 100-strikeout club in back-to-back seasons, needing only 64 innings to do it this year.
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On May 14,2017, Dellin Betances became the Yankees' closer in place of an injured Chapman, who had returned to the Yankees at the beginning of the season.
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However, Dellin Betances' command returned to his career norms and he set a career high in strikeout rate.
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Dellin Betances was not selected for the All-Star Game, breaking a streak of four straight appearances.
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On March 19,2019, it was announced by the team that Dellin Betances would start the season on the injured list due to a right shoulder impingement.
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Dellin Betances was transferred to the 60-day injured list, and was revealed that he was diagnosed with a bone spur behind his right shoulder, putting his chances of playing in 2019 in jeopardy.
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On June 30, it was announced that Dellin Betances would undergo season-ending surgery on his bothersome shoulder, ending his 2021 season at one inning of work.
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Dellin Betances allowed 17 runs in 13 innings over 15 games for the Oklahoma City Dodgers before he was released on August 17,2022.
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