Matt Daley

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Matt Daley

|image=IMG 1753 Matt Daley.jpg

|caption=Daley with the Colorado Rockies

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1982|6|23}}

|birth_place=Queens, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 25

| debutyear = 2009

| debutteam = Colorado Rockies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 5

|finalyear=2014

|finalteam=New York Yankees

| statyear =

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 2–3

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 4.47

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 98

| teams =

Colorado Rockies ({{by|2009}}–{{by|2011}})
New York Yankees ({{by|2013}}–{{by|2014}})

}}

Matthew Thomas Daley (born June 23, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees. He retired after the 2014 season and is now a professional scout for the Yankees.{{Cite book| editor1-last=Norris| editor1-first=Josh| title=Baseball America 2016 Directory| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=2016| isbn=978-1-932391-62-6}}

Early life

Daley was born in Queens, New York, and raised in Garden City, New York, where he graduated from Garden City High School in 2000 after helping GCHS win the New York State Class B baseball championship. Daley attended Bucknell University. He pitched for Bucknell's baseball team and had Tommy John surgery while in college.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/04/who_is_matt_daley_the_yankees_newest_reliever.html|title=Who is Matt Daley, the Yankees' newest reliever?|work=NJ.com|date=April 19, 2014 |accessdate=February 23, 2015}} He was a member of Delta Upsilon. He graduated with a degree in accounting and economics.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/03/dalessandro_jersey_guy_matt_daley_has_a_place_in_yankees_history_now_he_wants_a_place_on_the_yankees.html|first=Dave|last=D’Alessandro|title=Yankees' Matt Daley has a place in history. Now he wants a place on the team|work=The Star-Ledger|date=March 9, 2014|page=section 5. pg. 5|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}

Baseball career

=Colorado Rockies=

Daley was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colorado Rockies on June 11, 2004. Daley made his Minor League debut in 2004 with the Casper Rockies. He spent 2005 with the Asheville Tourists, and split 2006 between the Modesto Nuts and the Tulsa Drillers. He spent the 2007 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers. Daley spent the 2008 season with two teams, playing for the Drillers and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, going 4–6 in 63 games in Tulsa and Colorado Springs.

He made his major league debut on April 25, 2009, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching 1 inning and getting his first strikeout. Daley went from July 8 to August 16 without letting up a single run. His {{frac|14|2|3}} inning scoreless streak was the longest by a Rockies reliever in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090816&content_id=6451528&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Rockies' Daley proving stingy in bullpen | MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date= |accessdate=September 7, 2013}}

Daley split the 2011 season between Triple-A Colorado Springs and the Rockies. He had rotator cuff surgery in August, and missed the entire 2012 season.

=New York Yankees=

After the 2011 season, Daley signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, receiving an invitation to spring training.{{cite web|url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120208&content_id=26622054&vkey=pr_nyy&c_id=nyy |title=Yankees sign INF Russell Branyan, RHP Manny Delcarmen, INF Bill Hall, LHP Hideki Okajima and OF Dewayne Wise to Minor League contracts |publisher=Newyork.yankees.mlb.com |date=February 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 7, 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Yankees promoted Daley to the major leagues on September 6, 2013, and he made his first appearance with the Yankees that night.{{cite web|url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130906&content_id=59736756¬ebook_id=59756596&vkey=notebook_nyy&c_id=nyy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204005418/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130906&content_id=59736756¬ebook_id=59756596&vkey=notebook_nyy&c_id=nyy |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 4, 2013 |title=Daley makes Yankees debut after promotion |publisher=Newyork.yankees.mlb.com |date=July 9, 2013 |accessdate=September 7, 2013}} On September 26, 2013, Daley was the pitcher that replaced Mariano Rivera in Rivera's last career game. After the season, Daley was non-tendered by the Yankees, making him a free agent.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AnthonyMcCarron/status/407646513007837184|title=Anthony McCarron on Twitter|work=Twitter|accessdate=February 23, 2015}} He was re-signed to a minor league deal on December 19, 2013.

Daley began the 2014 season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and was promoted to the major leagues on April 19 replacing Cesar Cabral who had been designated for assignment after hitting 3 batters and being ejected in the previous night's game.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/04/yankees_designate_cesar_cabral_for_assignment_add_matt_daley.html|title=Yankees designate Cesar Cabral for assignment, add Matt Daley|work=NJ.com|date=April 19, 2014 |accessdate=February 23, 2015}} Daley pitched 1.1 innings that night and had 6 runs (4 earned) scored against him. He was designated for assignment the next day, but cleared waivers and went back to Scranton. He was called back up to the major leagues in May, and optioned back to the minors on July 12. He was called up to the Yankees again on August 4, but designated for assignment four days later. The Yankees released Daley on September 2.{{cite web|url=http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2014/09/02/gardner-batting-third-jeter-second/|title=Gardner batting third, Jeter second - The LoHud Yankees Blog|work=The LoHud Yankees Blog|accessdate=February 23, 2015}}

Daley retired at the end of the 2014 season due to shoulder issues and was hired by the Yankees as a professional scout.{{cite news|last1=Boland|first1=Erik|title=Carlos Beltran likes Yankees' chances -- if they stay healthy|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/carlos-beltran-likes-yankees-chances-if-they-stay-healthy-1.9969129|accessdate=February 24, 2015|publisher=Newsday|date=February 23, 2015}}