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My Take
Albaladejo is the kind of journeyman reliever whose career rewards a closer look. Standing 196cm, he had the frame and the arm, and his record-setting Triple-A save total in 2010 showed flashes of a genuine late-inning weapon. The big-league time was brief, but what I find compelling is how he kept finding stages to dominate, racking up saves in Japan and shining in Puerto Rican and Caribbean winter ball. Players like him remind you that baseball is a global game and that a 'short' MLB stint can sit inside a long, well-traveled career. Hometown San Juan fans had plenty to cheer.
Overview
Jonathan Albaladejo (born 1982) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher from San Juan. A right-handed reliever, he pitched in Major League Baseball for the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees in the late 2000s. He is especially remembered for a dominant 2010 season in the minor leagues, where he set a single-season saves record for the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, and he also enjoyed a long, successful career pitching in Japan and the Caribbean winter leagues.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jonathan Albaladejo
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョナサン・アルバラデホ
- Reading
- じょなさん・あるばらでほ
- Born
- October 30, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.