Adam Ottavino

Adam Robert Ottavino (born November 22, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010 and the Colorado Rockies from 2012 to 2018.\n', ' Ottavino was born in Manhattan and moved to Brooklyn when he was 3. He attended elementary school at P.S. 39, The Henry Bristow School in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, junior high school at I.S.240 Andreas Hudde and graduated from the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope in 2003. The Tampa Bay Rays selected Ottavino in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB draft, but he did not sign.\n', ' Ottavino enrolled at Northeastern University, where he played college baseball for the Northeastern Huskies baseball team. Ottavino holds both the Northeastern career and single season records for strikeouts. In 2005, he was named America East Conference\'s Pitcher of the Year.\n', '