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Jake Woodford

ジェイク・ウッドフォード　/　じぇいく・うっどふぉーど

American baseball player

October 28, 1996 (age 29)　・　St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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My Take

Jake Woodford strikes me as the kind of pitcher whose career tells the real story of modern baseball: depth matters. Since his 2020 debut with the Cardinals, he's bounced through the White Sox, Pirates, Diamondbacks, and now the Brewers, the journeyman path that rarely makes headlines but keeps rosters functional. There aren't flashy individual awards here, and that's exactly what interests me. Guys like Woodford absorb innings, fill gaps, and earn their place through reliability rather than hype. I respect that grind. Staying in the majors across five organizations is its own kind of achievement that box scores undersell.

Overview

Jacob Robert Woodford (born October 28, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks. He made his MLB debut in 2020 with the Cardinals.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jake Woodford
Name (Japanese): ジェイク・ウッドフォード
Reading: じぇいく・うっどふぉーど
Born: October 28, 1996 (age 29)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rat
Origin: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

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4. Personality

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