Emiliano Fruto

Emiliano Ricardo Fruto [froo'-toh] (born June 6, 1984) is a Colombian former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners in its 2006 season.

In 2007, Fruto joined the starting rotation of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, although he had been employed primarily as a reliever in past seasons.

In his first start, against the Louisville Bats on April 10, he pitched six hitless innings, striking out five batters and walking one.

Fruto became a free agent at the end of the 2008 season and signed a Minor League contract with an invitation to spring training with the Atlanta Braves in January 2009.

He left the team on June 9 to play for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League,[1] where he pitched in 20 games before returning to Sioux City in July.