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Jacob Steinmetz is the first Orthodox player drafted by a Major League Baseball team. (Courtesy of the Steinmetz family via JTA) JTA — If all goes well for Jacob Steinmetz, he could run into a kosher food problem in the near future. Steinmetz, a 17-year-old pitcher from suburban New York with a blazing fastball, made history on Monday as the first Orthodox Jewish baseball player to be drafted by a major league team. The Arizona Diamondbacks chose the Long Island native with the 77th overall p...

NY pitcher becomes 1st known drafted practicing Orthodox Jew by Dennis Waszak Jr., The Associated Press Posted Jul 12, 2021 4:51 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 12, 2021 at 4:57 pm EDT MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred kicks off the first round of the 2021 MLB baseball draft, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to...

AP — Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a US major league team, going in the third round — 77th overall — to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The 6-foot-5 (195-centimeter), 220-pound (100-kilogram) Steinmetz, from the Long Island hamlet of Woodmere, is a 17-year-old right-hander whose repertoire features a fastball that sits in the mi...

NY pitcher becomes 1st known drafted practicing Orthodox Jew MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred kicks off the first round of the 2021 MLB draft, Sunday in Denver. AP Modified: 7/12/2021 6:21:32 PM Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major league team, going in the third round — 77th overall — to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The 6-foot-5...

New York teen, 17, makes history as the first Orthodox Jewish player to be drafted to the MLB as he joins the Arizona Diamondbacks Jacob Steinmetz, 17, of Woodmere, was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday afternoon, being the 77th overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft He is the first Orthodox Jewish player to make it to the big leagues  Steinmetz told the New York Post he keeps the Sabbath and eats only Kosher food, but plays during the Sabbath and on Jewish holidays Its never been frustr...

2021/07/13 06:52 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred kicks off the first round of the 2021 MLB baseball draft, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred kicks off the first round of the 2021 MLB baseball draft, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Jacob Steinmetzs blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first kn...

Steinmetz recently told the New York Post he keeps the Sabbath and eats only Kosher food, but plays during the Sabbath and on Jewish holidays — although he walks to games during the Sabbath rather than taking transportation. No practicing Orthodox Jewish player has made it to the big leagues. The selections during the nine rounds Monday were made by teams on a conference call after the first night was a primetime event at Denver’s Bellco Theater with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing ...