#22

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Full Name:
 

Frederick Alfred "Rick" Porcello III ​

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Nicknames:

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“Veintidos"

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Born:  
   

December 27, 1988

Morristown, New Jersey

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Family:  

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Father: Fred

Mother: Patricia
Grandfather: Sam Dente
Older brother: Zach

Younger brother: Jake

Uncle: Steve

 

His family lives in Vermont

 

His brother Zach is a pitching coach at Seton Hall University.
 

His younger brother Jake is a 2009 graduate of Seton Hall Prep. Jake was drafted by the Tigers in the 48th round of the 2009 draft.
 

His grandfather played for the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series.

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Friends:  

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Family friend: Kevin (mother calls him her adopted son)

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School:  

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Seton Hall Preparatory School (West Orange, New Jersey)
Mascot: Pirates

Although Porcello signed a letter of intent to attend the University of North Carolina, he later declined to enter MLB.

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Baseball Related:

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2007 - Drafted by the Detroit Tigers ($11.1 million - highest contact from a high schooler ever at the time).

2009 - Major league debut for the Tigers.

2014 - Traded from the Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Yoenis Cespedes, Alex Wilson, and Gabe Speier.

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Extra:

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Porcello is a resident of Chester Township, New Jersey

In 2009 (while playing for Detroit) he hit Kevin Youkilis in the back with a retaliatory pitch. Youkilis charged the mound and both players were ejected.

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After winning the 2016 AL Cy Young award, Justin Verlander’s wife (Model Kate Upton) tweet to the MLB that she was thought she was the only one allowed to “F@ck" her husband.

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Sample Heckles:

 

"You didn't deserve the Cy Young you won. Kate Upton was right".

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@RickPorcello