Seth Greisinger

Seth Adam Greisinger ( born July 29, 1975 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American baseball player in the Japanese professional team Yomiuri Giants on the position of the pitcher. With the national team he won at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, the bronze medal.

Life

Greisinger was active between 1998 and 2005 in the North American Major League Baseball, but could not play due to injury between 1998 and 2002 and came after barely major league operations. For the Detroit Tigers, who had gedrafted him in 1996, it raised in his rookie year in 1998 and 2002 in a total of 29 games ( 8 W - 11 L). He was then 2003 free agent and was at the 2004 Minnesota Twins under contract which gave him free with 12 appearances by the end of the season. He signed a contract with the Washington Nationals, who still passed on him in a player exchange to the Atlanta Braves before the season starts in 2005. With just one major league commitment, he was released in June 2005 by the Braves.

Then moved Greisinger in the South Korean KBO to the Kia Tigers, where he helped in 29 starts ( 14-12 ) to take part in the playoffs in 2006. In 2007, he played the first pitcher to the rotation for the Yakult Swallows Japanese Tōkyō, which made him draw but at the end after failed contract negotiations. Through a two -year contract estimated 500 million yen (about 3.75 million euros ) since he plays for the Yomiuri Giants giants. In Japan Greisinger led with 16 wins in 2007 and 17 of 2008 respectively, the Central League. In 2008 he was included in the Best Nine of the Central League. Opened in 2009, Greisinger Although the season for the Giants, but threw weaker than in previous years. For the season finale 2009, he had elbow pain and had to stay on the bench, in March 2010, he returned for an investigation in the United States. In 2010, he threw physically impaired only in six games ( 0-2, 5:48 ERA ) and suffered for his one-year contract extension with the Giants a significant pay cut.