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Right-handed pitcher with outstanding size and frame ... Has an unorthodox delivery which makes him very effective ... Possesses a very strong arm and has an excellent work ethic, both on and off the mound ... Has three pitches he throws for strikes, including a very good fastball ... Began the 2010 season as the top closer, but missed most of the year with shoulder tendinitis ... Changed roles from a midweek starter to reliever at the end of the 2009 season.
Selected in the 18th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees ... Named 2009 Top Prospect in the Alaska League by Baseball America ... Named to the 2009 ACC Honor Roll.
2010
Missed most of the season with shoulder tendinitis ... Held a 5.23 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 10.1 innings ... Recorded two saves ... Threw a perfect ninth inning of relief, striking out the side, and combining for the shutout in the season-opener against Missouri State (2/19) ... Added two more strikeouts in a relief appearance during the series finale against the Bears (2/21) ... Picked up the first save of his career, pitching 1.1 innings against Georgia Southern (2/24) ... Earned his second save of the season entering in the ninth against Xavier (2/26) ... Pitched a scoreless ninth inning while combining with Deck McGuire for a shutout of Rutgers (3/5) ... Worked another scoreless inning against Wake Forest (3/13) ... Returned after missing over two months of action, striking out all three batters faced in a setup role against No. 5 Miami (5/14).
2009
Made 22 appearances on the year, five of which were midweek starts ... Started the third game of two weekend ACC series' ... Was third on the team in strikeouts (54) and tied for third in wins (5) ... Went 5-3 with a 4.69 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched ... Tossed 10 scoreless outings ... Finished the season allowing just one run of three of his last four outings ... inherited 13 runners on the season, none of which scored ... Worked a career-long 6.2 innings at Georgia Southern (2/25) to pick up the first win of his career ... Worked two innings in relief against Maryland (3/8), holding the Terps hitless while striking out two of the seven batters he faced ... Struck out a career-high seven batters in a career-long outing of eight innings to earn his second win of the season against Kennesaw State (3/11) ... Limited the Owls to just two runs on six hits ... Held Kennesaw State (3/18) to three hits while striking out three in five innings of work to earn his fourth win of the season a week later ... Worked 4.1 scoreless innings against Virginia Tech (3/22), allowing just two hits while striking out five to earn his fourth win of the season ... Struck out the only batter he faced in Tech's 11-10 loss to Virginia (4/11) to end the top of the ninth, and then stranded the bases loaded in the top of the ninth the following day to help preserve a 4-4 tie ... Struck out a career-high eight batters in five innings against Georgia State (4/15) to earn his fifth win of the season ... Struck out two in an inning of work against Georgia (5/12) ... Made two scoreless outings in the ACC Championships, including striking out two in 1.1 innings against Florida State (5/23) ... Pitched a scoreless inning of relief while striking out two in a 9-3 win over Georgia State in the opening game of the NCAA Atlanta Regional (5/29) ... Worked 4.2 innings of relief allowing just one run with four strikeouts in the regional final against Southern Miss. (6/1).
2008
Made 20 appearances on the season, all out of the bullpen ... Took part in three of the Yellow Jackets' five shutouts on the season ... Struck out 29 batters in 30 innings of work ... Twelve of his 20 appearances were scoreless outings ... Held Georgia Southern (2/27) to two hits while striking out four in his first collegiate appearance ... Struck out the side in a 1-2-3 inning against Rutgers (3/2) ... Tossed a scoreless eighth inning against Kennesaw State (3/18) and threw two shutout innings at Boston College (3/29) ... Made a scoreless relief appearance at Georgia Southern (4/16) and had a pair of scoreless outings vs. Wake Forest (4/25, 4/27) by facing the minimum while working an inning in relief in both contests ... Threw two shutout innings against Coastal Carolina (5/3) and another vs. Clemson (5/11) ... Worked 1.1 scoreless innings against Georgia (6/1) in the NCAA Athens Regional.
High School
Three-year letterwinner for coach Jeff Markle at Parkville High School ... Tabbed a Louisville Slugger High School All-American in 2007 ... Holds the school strikeout record for a season (125) and a career (316) ... Named first-team all-metro by the Baltimore Sun after going 9-2 with a 0.45 ERA while holding opponents to a .112 average in 2007 ... Posted a career record of 23-8-3 with a 0.91 ERA in three years at Parkville ... Earned first-team Baltimore County and second-team all-metro honors by the Baltimore Sun in 2006 ... Participated in the Brooks Robinson all-star game ... Rated the No. 4 player in Maryland in 2006, according to Baseball America Prospect Plus ... Also lettered two years in cross country and two years in indoor track ... Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... Graduated in the top five percent of his class.
Personal
Full name is Kevin Walker Jacob ... Born March 26, 1989 ... Son of Larry and Sally Jacob ... Majoring in management at Georgia Tech.
Career StatisticsYear ERA W-L App/GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA BK 2008 4.50 0-0 20/0 0 0/3 0 30.0 38 18 15 17 29 7 1 1 142 .309 8 2 0 0 0 2009 4.69 5-3 22/7 0 0/0 0 55.2 58 34 29 29 54 8 1 7 249 .270 12 2 0 3 0 2010 5.23 0-0 10/0 0 0/3 2 10.1 11 6 6 6 13 2 0 1 46 .297 2 2 1 0 0 TOTAL 4.69 5-3 52/7 0 0/6 2 96.0 107 58 50 52 96 17 2 9 437 .285 22 6 1 3 0
