About Jake Fishman

Jake Layton Fishman (born February 8, 1995) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher for the Las Vegas Aviators, in the Oakland Athletics organization. Fishman was selected in the 30th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He was on the roster for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and is slated to play for the team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. In 2019 he obtained Israeli citizenship, and pitched for Team Israel in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in the summer of 2021. He made his MLB debut with the Miami Marlins on July 31, 2022. He elected to become a free agent in November 2022 and signed a minor league deal with the Oakland Athletics in December 2022.