Jacob Steinmetz (born July 19, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
[3] The team won the 2012 National Junior Baseball League 9U level championship, with him as the starting center fielder as he batted .415 with an on base percentage of .642, and an ERA of 3.20.
[6][7] He then switched to the Elev8 Baseball Academy in Delray Beach, Florida in March 2021, for two months, after his last season of high school ball with HAFTR was cancelled due to the pandemic.
[8][7][4] His travel team was the Long Island Titans Body Armor, with whom he was named the Most Valuable Pitcher as it won the 2020 PG Super25 17u Northeast Super Qualifier Championship.
And obviously he's got the body and the size and the projection for what you're looking for... [he's] supremely talented... we weren't taking him to make this impactful statement [by drafting an Orthodox Jewish player].
[24][25] In January 2022, Steinmetz was rated Arizona's #25 prospect, and he was noted for his strong curveball (which ESPN described as "knee-buckling") and a 97-mph fastball.
In Israel's third game in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Steinmetz pitched 1+2⁄3 innings against the Dominican Republican and struck out Manny Machado, Jeremy Peña, and Gary Sanchez.