2026 Baseball Roster

18 Richard De Jesus

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 165
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
  • Highschool Bernardino Cordero Bernard Professional High School
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Summer 2025 (Puerto Rico 18U National Team): Represented Puerto Rico in the U-18 Baseball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan…Made two starts, posting a 0.00 ERA while striking out 12 to just two walks across 11 innings of work…limited opposing batters to a .079 batting average against…Winning pitcher with four innings pitched and eight strikeouts against South Africa on June 9…Faced just two batters above the minimum en route to striking out four across seven shutout innings with just one hit allowed against Chinese Taipei on June 12…

High School/Club: Attended Bernandino Cordero Bernard Professional High School…

Personal: Engineering major at UMES…Plans to become an electrical engineer after graduating…Favorite teams are the Houston Astros and New York Mets…Favorite professional athlete is former Reds and current Yankees pitcher Fernando Cruz

Favorite baseball memory is the day he pitched seven shutout innings against Chinese Taipei at the 18U Baseball World Cup with all of his family and friends watching…Favorite thing about being a baseball player is the different experiences that he has had meeting new people, visiting new countries, and traveling to new places…It means a lot to play at an HBCU for him because “It means having achieved another goal in my life; it means continuing to work hard to become a professional.”

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