Jeremy Bleich #24

Full name is Jeremy Michael Bleich... attended Stanford University, where he went 3-3 with a 2.09 ERA during his junior year in 2008, allowing just 11ER in 47.1IP and leading the team in ERA (min. 5G)... missed eight weeks of the season (March through mid-May) with a strained ligament in his left elbow... started the opening game of the 2008 College World Series vs. Florida State, recording a no-decision despite allowing 1ER while striking out a season-high seven batters in 5.0IP... his sixth-inning leadoff HR allowed to FSU's Dennis Quinn on his 89th and final pitch of the game snapped a 25.2-inning stretch without allowing an earned run... faced fellow Yankees-draftee Jack Rye in the game, with Rye going 0-for-3 with 1K... earned Cape Cod League All-Star honors while playing for the Wareham Gatemen in 2006... was on the U.S.A. Junior National Team in 2005.

2009

Combined to go 9-10 with a 4.86 ERA in 27 starts with Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton... ranked fifth among all Yankees minor leaguers with 116K... began the season with Tampa, going 6-4 with a 3.40 ERA in 14 starts... won his final three decisions with Tampa, holding his opponents to 1ER in 18.1IP (15H, 2R, 3BB, 13K)... was promoted to Trenton on 6/30, going 3-6 with a 6.65 ERA in 13 starts

2008

Made his professional debut with short-season Single-A Staten Island, making one start and allowing 2H and 2ER in 3.0IP (4K, 1HR)... made one postseason relief appearance for Staten Island, tossing 4.0 scoreless innings (2H, 4K)... pitched for the Waikiki BeachBoys in the Hawaiian Winter Baseball League following the season, going 3-2 with a 1.77 ERA in seven starts (35.2IP, 29H, 10R, 7ER, 12BB, 33K, 1HR).