Jeff Motuzas

Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 82

Bullpen Catcher

Born: October 1, 1971
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Throws: Right

Jeffrey R. Motuzas (born October 1, 1971 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is a baseball bullpen catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Motuzas attended Nashua High School. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 13th round (343rd overall) of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft. Motuzas played for the Yankees minor league system until he retired from playing in 1996.

Motuzas has served as the bullpen catcher for the Diamondbacks since 1998. Also of note has been Motuzas participating in the Home Run Derby as a Derby pitcher, a role that is almost always filled by players other than actual pitchers.

References

Scott Cacciola (25 March 2011). "Major League Baseball: The Arizona Diamondbacks' Human Garbage Can - WSJ". WSJ. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
"The Telegraph". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
"The Telegraph". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
Jeff Sullivan. "Story About Diamondbacks Bullpen Catcher Says More About Awful Person Livan Hernandez". SBNation.com. Vox Media. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Arizona Diamondbacks current roster

Active roster	6 David Peralta 10 Chris Herrmann 11 A. J. Pollock 13 Nick Ahmed 14 Peter O'Brien 15 Phil Gosselin 16 Chris Owings 21 Zack Greinke 22 Jake Lamb 24 Yasmany Tomás 25 Archie Bradley 26 Shelby Miller 27 Brandon Drury 28 Oscar Hernández 30 Socrates Brito 33 Jake Barrett 35 Braden Shipley 36 Enrique Burgos 38 Robbie Ray 40 Andrew Chafin 44 Paul Goldschmidt 46 Patrick Corbin 48 Randall Delgado 50 Evan Marshall 52 Zack Godley 55 Matt Koch 56 Steve Hathaway 61 Silvino Bracho 99 Taijuan Walker -- Anthony Banda -- Jeremy Hazelbaker -- Tyler Jones -- Domingo Leyba -- Dawel Lugo -- Jeff Mathis -- Ketel Marte -- Jack Reinheimer -- Fernando Rodney -- Jimmie Sherfy -- Ildemaro Vargas

Coaching staff	Manager 17 Torey Lovullo Bench Ron Gardenhire First base 39 Dave McKay Third base Tony Perezchica Hitting 18 Dave Magadan Pitching 23 Mike Butcher Bullpen Mike Fetters Bullpen catcher 83 Mark Reed

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