Jonathan Balentina
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Jonathan Balentina
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
- School University of Maine
- High School Peter Stuyvesant College
- Born September 9, 1989 in Willemstad Netherlands Antilles
Jonathan Balentina was 6-1 with a 2.43 ERA for the 2007 Santa Maria Pirates to help them win the Curacao pennant. He went 0-2 with a 8.40 ERA as a college freshman, then was 3-0 with a save and a 3.88 ERA as a sophomore. He was a Baseball All-Academic for the America East Conference. He missed the 2010 season due to a medical redshirt but was healthy enough to join the Netherlands Antilles national team for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
He was born three years to the day after another Antillean native who played for the University of Maine, Curt Smith.
