In the minor leagues, Whitesell was a Carolina League mid-season All Star in 2005, and an Eastern League mid-season All-Star team in 2007. In 2008, Whitesell was voted the Diamondbacks\' 2008 Minor League Player of the Year, a Baseball America Triple-A All Star, and the Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year. Baseball America also ranked him the best power hitter in the organization, and as having the best strike zone discipline in the organization.\n', '

Whitesell played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball for parts of 2008 and 2009. He played in the Washington Nationals organization for part of 2010, and played in the Japanese League for four years from 2010–13.\n', '

Whitesell is Jewish. He attended Rialto High School in Rialto, California, and pitched and played first base for the school\'s Rialto Knights, with teammate Ricky Nolasco who now pitches for the Los Angeles Angels. He was chosen to the first team All-Citrus Belt League and All-San Bernardino County in his sophomore and junior years.\n', '

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