Jonathan Bermúdez #51

Graduated from Jose Felipe Zayas High School in Coamo, Puerto Rico in 2014...went on to play for four different colleges in four years...went from Miami Dade JC (2015) to Polk State (2016) to Saint Leo(2017) to Southeastern (2018)...Starred at Southeastern in his senior year, going 15-2 with a 1.95 ERA (24ER/110.2IP) with 153 strikeouts in 17 starts...named the NAIA Pitcher of the Year after setting single-season program records in wins and strikeouts, which included a16-strikeout no-hitter...also named the Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year...went 2-0 in the Avista-NAIA World Series, helping the team to its first-ever NAIA Championship...following the season, selected by Houston in the 23rd round of the June 2018 draft...signed by Astros scout Joey Sola...Was one of only two native Puerto Rican’s on the Astros Spring Training roster, along with C Martín Maldonado...shockingly, the Astros have had only four Puerto Rican pitchers in club history, most recently LHP Xavier Cedeño, who made 52appearances for the Astros in the 2011-13 seasons...Added to the Astros 40-man roster on Nov. 19, 2021...the 2022 season is his first at Major League Spring Training.

2021

Named the Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Year and an Organizational All-Star by MLB.com in 2021 after combining for a 3.24 ERA (40ER/111IP) in 25 games (20 starts) between Triple A and Double A... combined to strike out 146 in 111.0 innings for a 11.8 strikeouts-per-9.0 ratio, good for second-best in the Astros minor league system (min. 70 IP)... earned one weekly award, as he was named the Triple A West Pitcher of the Week on Sept. 19 after tossing 6.0-scoreless innings in one start that week.

2020

Did not appear in an official game in 2020 with minor league baseball shut down during the pandemic...worked out on his own in Dallas, gave pitching lessons to local youth and played in recreational league on weekends.

2019

Had a solid second season as a pro in 2019 advancing all the way to Double A...combined to go 6-3 with a 3.71 ERA (32ER/77.2IP) in 23 games (10 starts) between Class A Quad Cities (18g) and Double A Corpus Christi (5g)...all five of his Double A appearances came in relief (1ER/9.2IP)…following the season, pitched for Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League, making four scoreless relief appearances (0ER/3IP)…was managed in Carolina by current Astros hitting coach Alex Cintrón.

2018

Made his professional debut in 2018 with 10 relief appearances for the GCL Astros.