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Jacob Webb

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Born
1993 (30 years old)

Birth Place

Riverside, California, USA

Position
Pitcher

Status
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71

Height
6' 2"

Weight
210

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Baltimore Orioles

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Jacob Lawrence Webb (born August 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels. He played college baseball at Tabor College and was selected by the Braves in the 18th round of the 2014 MLB draft. On June 7, 2022, Webb was traded to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations. The Braves designated Webb for assignment on June 16, and sent him to the Gwinnett Stripers on June 19.
He was drafted by the Braves in the 18th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Career
Amateur career
Webb attended Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, California, and played college baseball at Tabor College. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

Professional career
He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Braves, going 2-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 33.2 innings. He missed the 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. In 2016, he played for the Rookie Advanced Danville Braves and the Class A Rome Braves, accumulating a 0-0 record with a 4.85 ERA in 12.1 innings.

He split the 2017 season between the Class A-Advanced Florida Fire Frogs and the Double-A Mississippi Braves, accumulating a 5-2 record with a 2.07 ERA in 65 innings. He split his 2018 season between Mississippi and the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers, going 3-4 with a 3.15 ERA in 53 innings.

The Braves added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. During the 2018 offseason, he played for the Estrellas de Oriente of the Dominican Winter League.

He opened the 2019 season with the Gwinnett Stripers. On April 14, he was recalled to the major leagues for the first time. He made his major league debut on April 16, recording a third of an inning pitched on a strikeout of Ketel Marte. Webb earned his first win and save in a series against the Colorado Rockies. Webb's season ended in August after suffering an elbow impingement. He posted a 4–0 record with a 1.39 ERA over 32.1 innings in 2019 for the Braves.

In 2020 he was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 8 relief appearances over 10 innings.