Jhony Brito

Jhony Rafael Brito (born February 17, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees.

New York Yankees
Brito signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent on November 9, 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Yankees. Brito spent the 2017 season with the Low-A Staten Island Yankees, making three scoreless starts and with eight strikeouts He underwent Tommy John surgery later that season, ending his year and causing him to miss the entirety of the 2018 season as well. He returned in 2019 to play with the Single-A Charleston River Dogs, appearing in 22 games (9 starts) and posting a 6–4 win–loss record and 3.58 earned run average (ERA) with 79 strikeouts and two saves in $100 2/3$ innings pitched.

Brito did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 he split the year between the High-A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double-A Somerset Patriots, making 22 starts in total and registering a 7–7 record and 3.55 ERA with 118 strikeouts in $116 2/3$ innings pitched. Brito spent the 2022 season with Somerset and the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, pitching to a cumulative 11–4 record and 2.96 ERA with 91 strikeouts in $112 2/3$ innings across 26 games (23 starts).

On November 10, 2022, the Yankees selected Brito to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Brito was initially optioned to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to begin the 2023 season. However, after Luis Severino suffered a lat injury, Brito was added to the major league rotation to begin the year. He made his major league debut on April 2. On May 20, Brito was optioned to Triple-A Scranton to make space on the roster for Severino's return.

San Diego Padres
On December 6, 2023, the Yankees traded Brito, Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Randy Vásquez, and Kyle Higashioka to the San Diego Padres for Juan Soto and Trent Grisham.