Jeff Urgelles

Jeffrey Urgelles (born June 19, 1982 in Miami, Florida) is the bullpen coordinator for the Miami Marlins.^[1]

Life

He graduated from Southwest Miami High School, and from Broward Community College with an AA in Liberal Arts, where he was 2nd-Team All-Conference. He transferred to Savannah State University and was a First-Team All-Conference selection. He was a firefighter-paramedic for Miami-Dade County, Florida. He is married.^[2]

Playing career

He bats Right, and throws Right; his height is 6' 1"; his weight is 200 lb. He was a 26th round selection of the Cincinnati Reds in 2003, and spent three seasons in the Reds system before ending his career in the Blue Jays' organization.^[3] He had a .235 career average with eight home runs and 82 RBI in 192 games. In his first professional season, he led the Gulf Coast League in doubles (20), and ranked third in extra-base hits (22). He posted a 5 for 5 game with five doubles, three runs scored and three RBIs on July 17, 2003 at the Gulf Coast League Twins.

References

↑ Joe Capozzi (April 11, 2009). "Marlins' Jeffrey Urgelles moves from an ambulance to the bullpen". Palm Beach Post.
↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=fla&coachorstaffid=449085
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=urgell001jef

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12157732@N06/5723741194/
http://sabrpedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Urgelles_(993e)

Miami Marlins current roster

Active roster	3 Adeiny Hechavarria 9 Dee Gordon 11 J. T. Realmuto 13 Marcell Ozuna 14 Martín Prado 18 Tomás Telis 19 Miguel Rojas 20 Justin Nicolino 21 Christian Yelich 27 Giancarlo Stanton 30 Hunter Cervenka 32 Derek Dietrich 34 Tom Koehler 35 David Phelps 41 Justin Bour 43 Odrisamer Despaigne 44 A. J. Ramos 46 Kyle Barraclough 49 Brian Ellington 51 Ichiro Suzuki 54 Wei-Yin Chen 55 Nefi Ogando 61 Adam Conley 62 José Ureña 64 Nick Wittgren 65 Austin Brice 66 Jarlin García 67 Jake Esch 68 Destin Hood 77 Yefri Pérez -- Elvis Araújo -- Luis Castillo -- Tayron Guerrero -- Austin Nola -- J. T. Riddle -- Drew Steckenrider -- Edinson Volquez

Coaching staff	Manager 8 Don Mattingly Bench 58 Tim Wallach First base 7 Perry Hill Third base 33 Fredi González Pitching 47 Juan Nieves Assistant Hitting 4 Frank Menechino Hitting 4 Mike Pagliarulo Outfield/Base running 26 Lorenzo Bundy Bullpen -- vacant Catching 23 Brian Schneider Administrative 72 Pat Shine Bullpen coordinator 75 Jeff Urgelles

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