Ron Marinaccio

Ronald James Marinaccio (born July 1, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Career
Marinaccio is from Toms River, New Jersey. He attended Toms River High School North, and played baseball for the school's team. He graduated from high school in 2013. Marinaccio attended the University of Delaware and played college baseball for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. He missed what would have been his freshman season in 2014 when he had reconstructive surgery on his elbow and took a redshirt. After being a starting pitcher in 24 of his first 25 college games, he became a relief pitcher in 2017, his junior year.

The New York Yankees selected Marinaccio in the 19th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. During the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, Marinaccio worked with Daniel Moskos to improve his pitching. His velocity increased from 90 - 91 mph to 94 - 95 mph. In 2021, Marinaccio pitched for the Double-A Somerset Patriots, where Moskos was the pitching coach. On August 8, 2021, while pitching for Somerset, Marinaccio pitched in a combined no-hitter started by Luis Severino and also pitched by Shawn Semple. The next day, the Yankees promoted him to the Triple–A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. He had a 1.82 earned run average (ERA) with 64 strikeouts in $39 2/3$ innings pitched in 22 games with Somerset and a 2.36 ERA in 18 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The Yankees added Marinaccio to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season. He was named to the Yankees Opening Day roster for the 2022 season. He made his major league debut on April 9. He had a 2.05 ERA in 40 games for the Yankees in 2022 and a 3.99 ERA in 45 games in 2023. The Yankees demoted Marinaccio to Scranton/Wilkes Barre during the 2023 season, and he allowed 15 earned runs in $15 1/3$ innings while walking 18 for the RailRiders. Marinaccio was optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to begin the 2024 season.

Personal life
Marinaccio married Gianna Fiore in Fredon Township, New Jersey, on December 2, 2023.