Jacob Daniel Faria (born July 30, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).\n', '

Faria attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, California. He committed to play college baseball at Cal State Fullerton. \n', '

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Faria in the 10th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Rays. Faria played 2012 and 2013 with the Princeton Rays. He pitched 2014 with the Bowling Green Hot Rods and started 2015 with the Charlotte Stone Crabs. After going 10–1 with a 1.33 earned run average (ERA) in 12 games, he was promoted to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits. In his second start with Montgomery tied a team record with 14 strikeouts over seven no-hit innings. Faria started 2016 with Montgomery and was called to the Durham Bulls in June. Entering the 2017 Season, Faria was considered by Baseball America to be the 8th best prospect in the Rays farm system.. He started the season with the Bulls, and was promoted to the Rays on June 6. \n', '

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