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Robert benincasa rhp washington nationals
Robert Benincasa (born September 5, 1990) is an American baseball pitcher currently in the Washington Nationals organization. He is presently with the Potomac Nationals.
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Benincasa was born in Tampa, Florida and attended Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33rd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft that year, but did not sign a contract. He then attended Florida State University from 2010 to 2012. His first year there, he was 2-0 with a 5.32 ERA in 22 innings. He also pitched for the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska Baseball League that year, posting a 4.91 ERA in 18.1 innings. In 2011, he was 2-2 with a 3.34 ERA in 32.1 innings (and he had a 5.65 mark in 11 games for the Cape Cod League's Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox) and in 2012, he was 4-2 with 16 saves, 58 strikeouts, seven walks and a 1.32 ERA in 41 innings. He was named an All-American by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association that year. The Nationals drafted him in the seventh round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.
He pitched for the Auburn Doubledays his first professional season, going 2-0 with a 3.09 ERA in 16 games; in 23.1 innings, he had 32 strikeouts. John Sickels ranked him among the Nationals top prospects following the season. In 2013, he was 0-5 with 40 games finished, 27 saves and a 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings ratio in 45 games between the Hagerstown Suns and Potomac Nationals. He pitched for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League after the regular season and had a 4.00 ERA in nine games. He was a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star and a Carolina League Post-Season All-Star that year. Going into the next season, he was again named among the Nationals' top prospects. Between Potomac and the Harrisburg Senators in 2014, he had a 4.23 ERA and 18 saves in 46 games. He made only three appearances for Harrisburg in 2015, posting a 0.00 mark, and began 2016 with Potomac after starting the year on the disabled list.