Joseph Anthony Palumbo Jr. (born October 26, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

[1][2] Due to institution age rules, he was forced to reclassify back to a sophomore and complete five years of high school.

[2] He instead pitched for the Long Island Black Sox, a local men's league baseball team, where he was seen by Rangers area scout Takeshi Sakurayama.

[3] After signing, he made his professional debut with the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, going 1–1 with a 5.03 ERA in 19+2⁄3 innings pitched in which he struck out 22 batters.

After compiling a 0.66 ERA with 22 strikeouts over 13+2⁄3 innings in three starts,[5] he underwent Tommy John surgery in April, and missed the remainder of the season.

Palumbo was ranked as the #105 overall prospect in baseball by ESPN's Keith Law, on his just missed preseason 2019 Top 100 list.

[22] He made 3 appearances for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, struggling immensely to the tune of a 33.75 ERA with one strikeouts in 1.1 innings pitched.

[25] On February 22, 2024, it was announced that Palumbo would be signing with the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars for their inaugural season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.