Jon Duplantier

I've always had a soft spot for pitchers like Jon Duplantier, the kind of guy whose career reads like proof of how stubbornly hard this game is. Back in 2016 the Diamondbacks grabbed him in the third round and for a stretch he was a genuinely exciting prospect, the type scouts get giddy about, before injuries and the merciless margins of big-league hitting turned everything into a grind. What I love is that he didn't just quietly fade away. He packed up that arm and crossed the Pacific, suiting up for the Hanshin Tigers and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and to me that takes real guts. He's a walking reminder that a baseball life is never one tidy straight line, and that chasing the next mound, wherever in the world it happens to be, counts as its own kind of win.

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Name (English)

Jon Duplantier

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・デュプランティエ

Reading

じょん・でゅぷらんてぃえ

Born

July 11, 1994 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Newark, Delaware, United States

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Seven Lakes High School

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Tags

• Delaware
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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