Jesus (De La Cruz) Colome

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: December 23, 1977 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
High School: San Pedro de Macoris (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 2001 (Age 23)   vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Nationals/Mariners/Brewers 2001-2010
Agents: Rob Plummer [*]
Final Game: May 30, 2010 (Age 32)
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• 5/31 Baseball News Source: Alex Colome Wins Major League Debut For Rays: Alex Colome (1-0) allowed an unearned run and five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out seven as the Rays (29-24)...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Rays To Promote Alex Colome: The Rays will promote right-handed starter Alex Colome and add him to their bullpen, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay...
• 5/25 Sports Talk Florida: Is Roberto Hernandez Reclamation Project Nearing An Expiration Date?Roberto Hernandez time in the rotation may end upon the return of David Price....

• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Homer The Difference as Obregon Edges Culiacan: Sometimes a role player comes out of nowhere to be a hero in one isolated game. Other times, an otherwise ordinary player can...
• 1/8 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Felipe Lopez Delivers 3 Hits as Carolina Edges Santurce: After a season of frustration, Felipe Lopez picked a great time to finally break out. Mexican Pacific League Postseason: Venados...
• 1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Mateo Caps Off Huge Day With Walk-off Single as Mazatlan Edges Mexicali: Sometimes you just have it- and when you do, the other team’s worst nightmare is for the game to be on the line when you...
• 1/6 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Mateo Notches 4 Hits as Mazatlan Shuts Out Mexicali: When you’re hitting .583 in the postseason, you’re doing pretty well. When you’re hitting .000, you’re...
• 1/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Singles in Winning Run in 11th as Obregon Wins: There’s nothing better than coming up huge in the Postseason. Not too often under normal circumstances does a player join...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Wes Bankston Slams Two Homers in Mexicali Debut: It’s officially 2013 and things are changing in the Winter Leagues. The leagues in Venezuela, Mexico, and Puerto Rico all...

• 12/31 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Manny Ramirez Laces 3 Hits, Joel Peralta Overpowering as Aguilas Win 3rd Straight: Wow! A non-Jon Weber headline! Why? Because the Aguilas de Mexicali gave him a day off. Instead, we’ll talk about different...
• 12/18 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda, Tigres del Licey Walk to Victory: Even the biggest proponents of on-base percentage will tell you that a walk isn’t as good as a hit. But when you get a lot...
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• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Joel Peralta, Juan Cruz Sharp in Winter Debuts, Wes Bankston Suddenly Red-Hot Again: In Winter Ball, major league players like to go their hometown team and get a few relaxing games in. Their intentions are nice,...

• 11/26 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Scott Kazmir Has Rocky Start, Chris Nowak Slams 2 HRs Off the Bench: It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. Sure, that’s true, but the start is awfully important too. Dominican...
• 11/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jorge Cantu Slams Clutch Homer But Naranjeros Fall in 14: You get a hanging breaking ball and you finally end your frustration- and then your pitchers give it all back. Sounds like the...
• 11/21 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Willy Aybar Notches First 2-Hit Game in Way Too Long: It’s amazing how easy it is to go from a solid major league hitter to a player who needs his best game of the season to...
• 11/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jurickson Profar Slams Walk-Off HR off Enny Romero as Licey Beats Escogido: Sometimes you do everything you can and the player on the other side is just too good. You just have to shake your head and move...
• 11/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Willy Aybar Is Alive (And Out of Jail): You have go back to 2010 in the majors with the Rays to find Willy Aybar playing affiliated baseball. But apparently the ex-Ray...
• 11/9 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Has Disaster Start, Red-Hot Rhyne Hughes Drives in 5: Sometimes you’re going great and then one bad game completely throws you off. Sometimes you’re slumping like crazy...
• 11/5 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Best Efforts of Anderson, Andrus, Nowak Not Enough as Navegantes Fall: At the end of the day, there’s only so much you can do. Honestly, we only care about our team’s prospects and former...
• 11/2 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Wrigley Drills 2 Home Runs to Lead Caracas Over Ex-Rays of Magallanes: Seems like someone is hitting 2 home runs every day in Winter Ball for the Rays! Wes Bankston‘s Navojoa squad was off on...

• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Dominant Again in Zulia Win: After showing flashes in the big leagues in September of 2011, Alex Torres hoped to take the next step in 2012 and solidify himself...

• 9/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Niemann in Trouble, The Plan for Chris Archer: Jeff Niemann‘s shoulder injury that caused him to leave his last start was not supposed to have been serious. Unfortunately,...

• 7/18 Rays Colored Glasses: The History Of The Rays As Trade Deadline Sellers Part 1: The Rays have yet to decide whether they will be buyers or sellers at this year’s trade deadline. Hopefully their win Tuesday...
• 7/12 Rays Colored Glasses: Minor League Review: Alex Colome Could Really Get There: When you gun for upside, risk is a clear downside. But the more annoying side-effect is erraticism. A player may have the ability,...

• 3/8 MLB Dirt: 2012 Tampa Bay Rays Top 16 Prospects: Every year the Tampa Bay Rays appear to be in the top 5 of all farm systems and this year is no different. Armed with the best...

• 9/23 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: James Shields: Talk about putting the cart before the horse.  The season isn’t even over and it’s time to start stirring the pot...

• 6/21 The Process Report: The International Arms And Other Links: Not sure if anybody else has realized this, but the Rays international efforts have paid off in pitching depth. Prior to 2006,...

• 5/23 B-R Blog: 5+ Career Games Since 1919 With 1 IP Or Less & 5+ ER Allowed: Since 1919, how many pitchers have 5 or more games in their career where they lasted 1 inning or less in the game and allowed...

• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Colorado Rockies: The Rockies are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League/International Signings Jorge de la Rosa, SP: three...

• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies To Sign Jesus Colome: The Rockies agreed to sign Jesus Colome to a minor league deal, according to Jack Etkin of Inside the Rockies. The Rockies consider...
• 2/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rockies | Jesus Colome signed: The Colorado Rockies signed free-agent RP Jesus Colome (Rangers) to a minor league contract, InsideTheRockies.com's Jack Etkin...[+] reports.

• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Colome, Hawpe, D'Backs, Pirates: Links for Wednesday, a year to the day after the Rangers acquired Ivan Rodriguez... The Rangers signed Jesus Colome,...
• 8/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Jesus Colome signed: The Texas Rangers signed free-agent RP Jesus Colome (Dodgers) to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Oklahoma, MiLB.com...[+] reports.

• 6/28 MLBTradeRumors: Will Dodgers Pursue Bullpen Help?: The Dodgers need bullpen help, in the opinion of Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times.  Manager Joe Torre has been leaning heavily...
• 6/28 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Jack Taschner: The Dodgers signed lefty reliever Jack Taschner to a minor league deal.  Albuquerque Isotopes GM John Traub confirmed in an email...
• 6/27 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 6/20/10 - 6/26/10: Do you know what time it is?  If you said "game time", I'll award you partial credit.  It's Sunday night, which means it's time...
• 6/24 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Sign Jesus Colome: The Dodgers signed Jesus Colome, according to the roster of the team's Triple A affiliate. The Mariners designated the right-hander...
• 6/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Jesus Colome signed: The Los Angeles Dodgers signed RP Jesus Colome (Mariners) to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Albuquerque, according...[+] to the Chicago Examiner.
• 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Jesus Colome releasedThe Seattle Mariners released RP Jesus Colome Tuesday, June 8, according to CBSSports.com. ...[+] The Seattle Mariners released RP Jesus Colome Tuesday, June 8, according to CBSSports.com.
• 6/3 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Claim Kanekoa TexeiraThe Royals claimed pitcher Kanekoa Texeira off of waivers from the Mariners, according to Yahoo's Jeff Passan. ...
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Two cut: The Seattle Mariners designated RP Jesus Colome and P Kanekoa Texeira for assignment, according to a press release by the team....[+]
• 6/1 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Designate Colome, Texeira For Assignment: The Mariners designated pitchers Jesus Colome and Kanekoa Texeira for assignment, according to a team press release.  The moves...

• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Jesus Colome suffers loss Saturday: Seattle Mariners RP Jesus Colome (0-1) was tagged with the loss Saturday, May 15, against the Tampa Bay Rays, according to The...[+] Associated Press. He allowed a game-winning solo home run to 1B Willy Aybar without recording an out.
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Walk-off Willy: The Mariners scored early, but the Rays scored more late. Seattle scored single runs in the first and fourth innings to take...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Jesus Colome not available Thursday: Seattle Mariners RP Jesus Colome (hip) will not be available to pitch Thursday, May 13, after suffering a strained hip flexor...[+] Wednesday, May 12, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.
• 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Why The Mariners Don't Need A Lefty Reliever: Believe it or not, the Mariners have not used a left-handed reliever all season long. Conventional wisdom would have us believe...

• 4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Mariners, Indians, Salome: Friday night linkage.. Rather than place Jesus Colome on waivers, the Mariners optioned Shawn Kelley to Triple-A Tacoma to...
• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Ian Snell could be bumped from rotation: Seattle Mariners SP Ian Snell looks like the most likely candidate to be bumped from the starting rotation to make room for SP...[+] Cliff Lee (abdominal), who is scheduled to make his season debut Friday, April 30, according to MLB.com's Jim Street. Snell would move to the bullpen. SP Ryan Rowland-Smith is not one of the candidates to move to the bullpen, according to manager Don Wakamatsu. RP Jesus Colome is the leading candidate to be sent to the minors to make room for Lee on the roster.