Kevin Pucetas

{{short description|American professional baseball pitcher (born 1984)}}

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| birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina

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| throws = Right

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Kevin Randall Pucetas (born November 27, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher.

Career

Pucetas attended Broome High School and Limestone College.{{Cite news |last=Shanesy |first=Todd |date=2006-02-02 |title=Pitching with power |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8mstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l4oFAAAAIBAJ&dq=kevin-pucetas&pg=6439%2C515347 |access-date=2025-03-07 |work=Herald-Journal |page=D8 |via=Google News Archive}} Pucetas was selected in the 17th round of the 2006 MLB amateur entry draft. He participated in the 2008 All-Star Futures Game.{{cite web |last=Kaegel |first=Dick |date=May 24, 2013 |title=Royals get right-hander to complete Guillen deal |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101015&content_id=15637576&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105121525/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101015&content_id=15637576&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |archive-date=2012-11-05 |website=MLB.com}}{{cite web |last=Czerwinski |first=Kevin T. |date=May 24, 2013 |title=Pucetas refuses to be overlooked |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=3112689&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220000714/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/3112689/ |archive-date=2015-02-20 |website=MLB.com}} For the Fresno Grizzlies in 2009, Pucetas was 10–6 with a 5.04 earned run average.

On October 15, 2010, Pucetas was traded to the Kansas City Royals as the player to be named later that sent José Guillén to the San Francisco Giants.{{cite web |last=Shanesy |first=Todd |date=October 15, 2010 |title=Broome product Pucetas traded to Kansas City |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2010/10/15/broome-product-pucetas-traded-to-kansas-city/29841223007/ |accessdate=2025-03-07 |website=GoUpstate.com}}{{Cite web |date=2010-10-15 |title=Royals acquire pitcher from Giants |url=http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/15/2317583/royals-acquire-pitcher-from-giants.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017083507/http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/15/2317583/royals-acquire-pitcher-from-giants.html |archive-date=2010-10-17 |website=Kansas City Star}}{{cite web |date=October 15, 2010 |title=Royals acquire pitcher Kevin Pucetas from Giants to complete Jose Guillen trade |url=https://royals.mlblogs.com/royals-acquire-pitcher-kevin-pucetas-from-giants-to-complete-jose-guillen-trade-ec5a034281ac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128213703/http://mlb.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/kc/y2010/m10/d15/c15637470.jsp |archive-date=2016-01-28 |accessdate=2025-03-07 |website=MLB.com}}

He was designated for assignment on June 10, 2011.{{cite web|last=Nicholson-Smith|first=Ben|title=Royals Designate Kevin Pucetas For Assignment|url=http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/06/royals-designate-kevin-pucetas-for-assignment.html|work=MLBTradeRumors.com|date=June 10, 2011 |accessdate=June 10, 2011}}

Pucetas was released by the Royals and picked up by the Washington Nationals on March 28, 2012.

Pucetas was signed to a minor league contract by the Texas Rangers on January 15, 2013. The deal did not include an invite to Major League camp. Pucetas pitched for the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League in 2013. After the season, he agreed to try to become a knuckleball pitcher.{{cite web |last=Fraley |first=Gerry |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Texas Rangers try to find the next R.A. Dickey |url=http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/texas-rangers-try-to-find-the-next-r-a-dickey.html/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911001941/http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/texas-rangers-try-to-find-the-next-r-a-dickey.html/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |website=Dallas Morning News}}

Pucetas signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants for the 2015 season, making his way back to the team that first drafted him. He became a free agent after the 2015 season.

References

External links

Category:Baseball players from Spartanburg, South Carolina

Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Salem-Keizer Volcanoes players

Category:Augusta GreenJackets players

Category:San Jose Giants players

Category:Fresno Grizzlies players

Category:Omaha Storm Chasers players

Category:Limestone Saints baseball players

Category:21st-century American sportsmen