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NY pitcher becomes 1st known drafted practicing Orthodox Jew by Dennis Waszak Jr., The Associated Press Posted Jul 12, 2021 4:51 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 12, 2021 at 4:57 pm EDT MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred kicks off the first round of the 2021 MLB baseball draft, Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major league team, going in the third round 77th overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Steinmetz, from the Long Island hamlet of Woodmere, is a 17-year-old right-hander whose repertoire features a fastball that sits in the mid- to upper-90s and a knee-buckling curveball. His draft stock rose considerably while playing for the Elev8 Baseball Academy in Delray Beach, Florida, this year after previously competing for his high school tea

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