Andy Parrino

Andrew B. Parrino (born October 31, 1985) is an American former professional baseball player. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics.

Andy Parrino
Parrino with the San Diego Padres
Shortstop / Second baseman
Born: (1985-10-31) October 31, 1985
Brockport, New York
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 26, 2011, for the San Diego Padres
Last MLB appearance
June 17, 2015, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average.175
Home runs2
Runs batted in14
Teams

College

Parrino has Albanian origin from Italy, Sicily. Parrino played three years of college baseball at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. He was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2007.[1] He was only the second position player to make it to MLB out of Le Moyne.[2]

Professional career

San Diego Padres

Parrino was drafted by the Padres in the 26th round of the 2007 MLB draft and signed by the team's Northeast Scouting Director, Jim Bretz. He was promoted to the Padres on August 26, 2011, to make his MLB debut.[3][4] He played in 24 games in 2011, playing third, shortstop, second, and the outfield. Parrino collected 8 hits in 44 at-bats.

Parrino opened 2012 as the Padres' utility infielder, edging out Everth Cabrera in spring training.[5] He made 24 starts at shortstop (18), second (5), and third (1) before being placed on the disabled list June 3 with a sprained right wrist.[6] Parrino spent July and August with the Triple-A Tucson Padres, batting .328 in 65 games. He was recalled from Triple-A on September 5 and finished out the season with 7 more starts in 15 games played, picking up 8 hits in 24 at-bats. For the season, he totaled a .207 batting average with a .316 on-base percentage.

Oakland Athletics

Parrino was traded to the Oakland Athletics on November 16, 2012, with Andrew Werner for Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones.[7]

At the end of 2013 spring training, Oakland optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento.[8] On April 10, 2013, Parrino was recalled by Oakland to replace the injured Scott Sizemore.[9]

On February 27, 2014, Parrino was designated for assignment by the Athletics.[10] The Texas Rangers claimed him on March 3.[11] He was claimed off waivers by the Athletics on April 21, 2014.[12] Parrino was recalled to the Athletics on August 15, after an injury to starting shortstop Jed Lowrie.[13]

On January 10, 2015, Parrino was designated for assignment.[14] On May 22, Athletics purchased his contract from Triple-A Nashville.[15] He played 17 games for the Athletics before being returned to Nashville, where he played the rest of the season. He elected to become a free agent at the season's end.

Chicago White Sox

On December 10, 2015, Parrino signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox. He became a free agent on November 7, 2016.

References
  1. Poliquin, Bud (September 24, 2011). "Poliquin: Le Moyne's Andy Parrino is a San Diego Padre... and he's truly loving every minute of it". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  2. Heilbrunn, Sharon Annie (April 14, 2012). "Ten Questions with Andy Parrino". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. Eddy, Matt (September 28, 2011). "2011 Big League Debuts and Their Signing Scouts". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  4. "Parrino to make major league debut Friday - Time Warner Cable News". Centralny.ynn.com. August 25, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. Center, Bill (April 3, 2012). "Padres Opening Day 25-man roster". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  6. "Padres reinstate INF Logan Forsythe from 60-day DL and OF Mark Kotsay from 15-day DL". Padres Press Release. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  7. "A's trade P Tyson Ross to Padres". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 16, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  8. Michael Wagaman. "Cespedes homers in A's win". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  9. "Sizemore will miss season with torn ACL, Parrino recalled". CSN Bay Area. April 10, 2013. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  10. Slusser, Susan (February 27, 2014). "A's add Jake Elmore, designate Andy Parrino for assignment - Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat". Blog.sfgate.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  11. Durrett, Richard. "Texas Rangers claim utility man Andy Parrino - ESPN Dallas". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  12. Espinoza, Alex (April 21, 2014). "A's claim Parrino off waivers from Rangers". MLB.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  13. "Athletics place shortstop Jed Lowrie on disabled list, recall Andy Parrino". Sports Illustrated. August 15, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  14. "A's Trade Two Former Snappers to Rays". MILB.com. January 10, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  15. Kolligian, Michael (May 22, 2015). "A's place Mujica on DL, promote Parrino". MLB.com. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
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