Joel Payamps   Pitcher

       
 
Born: April 7, 1994
Birthplace: Santiago, DR
Height: 6-2
Weight: 225
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
   
Drafted: Not draft eligible
How Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Arizona (Nov. 2020)
College: -
High School: -
   

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Pronunciation: PIE-amps
First Pro Contract: July 2, 2010 (COL)
Signing Scout: Rolando Fernandez and Jhonathan Leyba
Signing Bonus: $465,000
   
Pro Debut: May 31, 2011 (DSL Rockies)
MLB Debut: August 21, 2019 (ARI)
   
Twitter: -
Instagram: @joelpayamps

Claimed off waivers by Toronto (Mar. 2021)
 
 
 
 
 
     
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  Physical Description: Medium-to-large frame. Filled-out upper half, has some projection left in lower half. 

Mechanics: Arduous, effortful low 3/4 delivery. Overuses upper body, could stand to get more torque from his legs. Falls to the first base side. Mediocre control.

Fastball: 93-95 mph four-seamer, uses the pitch about 50% of the time. Not much movement on the pitch. Also throws a 92-94 mph sinker which induces a lot of swings and misses.

Slider: 80-83 mph. Sweeping 10-to-4 movement.
  Changeup: 82-86 mph. Firm pitch with armside run and some sink.

Career
Notes: High profile July 2 signing for Colorado in 2011. Released in May 2015 and signed by Arizona in November 2015. Got cups of coffee with Arizona in 2019 and 2020. Missed part of 2019 with a fractured bone in his foot. Claimed off waivers by Boston in November 2020, and then again in February 2022.

Summation: Emergency up-and-down reliever.

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    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l era g gs sv ip h r er hr hbp bb so whip k/9 bb/9
  2011 DSL Rockies DSL Rk Col 17 1 3 3.29 10 10 0 38.1 35 17 14 1 5 18 38 1.38 8.92 4.23
  2012 DSL Rockies DSL Rk Col 18 1 2 3.02 12 12 0 59.2 43 26 20 1 12 16 38 0.99 5.73 2.41
  2013 Grand Junction Rockies Pio Rk Col 19 4 7 6.06 15 15 0 68.1 87 59 46 6 9 31 63 1.73 8.30 4.08
  2014 Tri-City Dust Devils Nwst A- Col 20 0 2 6.10 7 6 0 20.2 20 15 14 1 3 22 22 2.03 9.58 9.58
  2016 Kane County Cougars Midw A Ari 22 3 3 2.36 13 4 0 49.2 40 15 13 1 4 11 47 1.03 8.52 1.99
  2016 Visalia Rawhide Calif A+ Ari 22 7 5 4.75 15 15 0 83.1 77 48 44 7 6 25 81 1.22 8.75 2.70
  2017 Visalia Rawhide Calif A+ Ari 23 3 1 3.69 8 8 0 46.1 41 21 19 2 1 13 30 1.17 5.83 2.53
  2017 Jackson Generals Sou AA Ari 23 6 6 4.78 17 17 0 92.1 104 56 49 13 4 21 56 1.35 5.46 2.05
  2017 Reno Aces PCL AAA Ari 23 2 0 3.00 2 2 0 12.0 13 4 4 0 0 3 10 1.33 7.50 2.25
  2018 Jackson Generals Sou AA Ari 24 9 4 2.90 25 10 0 90.0 70 31 29 5 5 17 96 0.97 9.60 1.70
  2018 Reno Aces PCL AAA Ari 24 0 4 7.18 6 5 0 26.1 35 25 21 5 1 10 26 1.71 8.89 3.42
  2019 Jackson Generals Sou AA Ari 25 3 4 2.88 7 7 0 40.2 40 17 13 2 0 2 39 1.03 8.63 0.44
  2019 Reno Aces PCL AAA Ari 25 2 2 4.97 8 8 0 38.0 41 22 21 6 1 16 30 1.50 7.11 3.79
  2019 Arizona Diamondbacks NL MLB Ari 25 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 0 3 3 1.75 6.75 6.75
  2020 Arizona Diamondbacks NL MLB Ari 26 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 1.67 6.00 9.00
  2021 Buffalo Bisons TAE AAA Tor 27 1 1 6.75 4 0 0 4.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 1 1.75 2.25 0.00
  2021 Toronto Blue Jays AL MLB Tor 27 0 2 2.70 22 0 0 30.0 21 10 9 3 1 11 22 1.07 6.60 3.30
  2021 Omaha Storm Chasers TAE AAA KC 27 1 0 4.50 8 0 2 8.0 10 5 4 0 0 4 14 1.75 15.75 4.50
  2021 Kansas City Royals AL MLB KC 27 1 1 4.43 15 1 0 20.1 23 12 10 3 0 3 16 1.28 7.08 1.33
  2022 Omaha Storm Chasers IL AAA KC 28 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 0 1 6 1.38 12.46 2.08
  2022 Kansas City Royals AL MLB KC 28 2 3 3.16 29 0 0 42.2 46 19 15 5 2 16 33 1.45 6.96 3.37
  2022 Oakland Athletics AL MLB Oak 28 1 3 3.46 12 0 0 13.0 14 5 5 2 0 0 8 1.08 5.54 0.00
  2023 Milwaukee Brewers NL MLB Mil 29 7 5 2.55 69 0 3 70.2 57 24 20 8 5 17 77 1.05 9.81 2.17
  2024 Milwaukee Brewers NL MLB Mil 30 3 7 3.05 68 0 6 59.0 39 23 20 7 2 18 59 0.97 9.0 2.7
  2025 Nashville Sounds IL AAA Mil 31 1 1 4.73 27 0 6 26.2 24 17 14 2 0 6 30 1.23 10.1 2.0
  2025 Milwaukee Brewers NL MLB Mil 31 0 1 7.23 28 0 1 23.2 29 19 19 3 2 9 22 1.61 10.1 2.0
  2025 Atlanta Braves NL MLB Atl 31 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0.75 6.8 0.0
   
     
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  Southern League Pitcher of the Week (July 31 - Aug. 6, 2017)   -  
   

   
     
 
 
 
     
 
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