Jonathan de Marte

Jonathan de Marte (born April 29, 1993) is an American-Israeli professional baseball player who plays as pitcher for the Israel national baseball team. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 205 lb. As a high school player, he was a two-time New York State Gatorade Player of the Year. He played college baseball for the University of Richmond.

In 2018, he became a dual Israeli citizen. In 2020, he signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs; however, he did not pitch for them due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He plays for the Israel National Baseball Team, and pitched for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He also pitched for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.

Early life and education de Marte was born into a Jewish family. His father, Vincent de Marte, is a criminal defense lawyer, and his mother, Dorrie Derfler, is a probation officer. Jonathan celebrated his bar mitzvah at Temple Beth Am in Yorktown Heights. Growing up in Yorktown Heights, New York, He was also named the 2010 Louisville Slugger New York Player of the Year, a 2011 Louisville Slugger All-American, a two-time State Player of the Year by the New York Sportswriters, a two-time All-State pick, and a three-time All-Section and All-League honoree. The following season, before joining the disabled list due to injury, he was 2–4 with a 9.97 ERA.

York Revolutions On September 6, 2018, de Marte signed with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He pitched five innings for the team in 2018, and recorded a 3.60 ERA with five strikeouts.

On March 6, 2019, he re-signed with the Revolution, playing with the team until May 10, and pitching innings.

Chicago Cubs On February 26, 2020, de Marte signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 15, 2021, de Marte was released by the Cubs organization. He pitched in relief in two games as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. He was 2–0 with a 3.60 ERA, as in 5 innings he struck out 5 batters, with his two wins tying for tops in the tournament. He also pitched for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In the tournament he was 0–0 with a 0.00 ERA over 4.0 innings in which he had 7 strikeouts while giving up one hit and zero walks.

In the Olympics, he was slated to be the team's closer.