{"id":611362,"date":"2026-03-07T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/611362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:22:19","slug":"meet-joseph-contreras-the-son-of-ex-yankee-jose-contreras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/611362\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Joseph Contreras, the son of ex-Yankee Jose Contreras"},"content":{"rendered":"

A high schooler got the best of Aaron Judge during Friday\u2019s World Baseball Classic matchup between Team USA and Brazil.<\/p>\n

Yes, a high schooler.<\/p>\n

With the bases loaded in the top of the second inning, 17-year-old right-hander Joseph Contreras \u2014 son of former Yankee pitcher Jose Contreras \u2014 got Judge to ground into an inning-ending double play.<\/p>\n

Brazil pitcher Joseph Contreras reacts after United States\u2019 Brice Turang hit a double during the second inning of a World Baseball Classic game, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Houston. AP<\/p>\n

Contreras fared better against Judge than Brazil starter Bo Takahashi, who gave up a two-run homer to the three-time American League MVP that gave the U.S. an early 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Despite his brief appearance, Contreras\u2019 outing was impressive, throwing a fastball in the high-90s while giving up one earned run in 1\u2153 innings.<\/p>\n

Brazil pitcher Joseph Contreras throws to a United States batter during the third inning of a World Baseball Classic game, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Houston. AP<\/p>\n

Contreras is the youngest player in the entire 2026 WBC, and currently attends Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia.<\/p>\n

According to MLB.com<\/a>, Contreras is ranked as the No. 47 draft prospect and is committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could fit into the top two rounds as one of the higher-ceiling arms in the high school class, though teams will have to sign him away from a Vanderbilt commitment,\u201d Contreras\u2019\u00a0MLB.com prospect profile says<\/a>. \u201cHe still has room to pack plenty of muscle on his lanky frame, so he could add more power to his heater and his secondary offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contreras\u2019 father, Jose, spent 11 seasons in the big leagues (2003-13), spending time with the Yankees, White Sox, Rockies, Phillies and Pirates.<\/p>\n

Contreras got Aaron Judge to hit into a double play. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Across his MLB tenure, Jose posted a 4.57 ERA and 889 strikeouts through 299 appearances, along with having an All-Star appearance in 2006 with the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Despite Jose being from Cuba, Joseph is eligible to play for Brazil in the WBC because his mother is Brazilian. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A high schooler got the best of Aaron Judge during Friday\u2019s World Baseball Classic matchup between Team USA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2376],"tags":[106,5,18957,8240,4,1690,62,2548,2547,185,4820,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-611362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-brazil","11":"tag-high-schools","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkyankees","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-world-baseball-classic","19":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116186929335031140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}