The Cheese Man while pitching for Team Italia in WBC
Jason Michael Grilli is a right-handed pitcher who currently plays for the Cleveland Indians. He was born November 11, 1976 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Grilli’s professional baseball career started out when he was a first round draft pick of the Major League Baseball draft by the San Francisco Giants in 1997. He was selected fourth overall by the Giants out of Seton Hall University, where he majored in Business Marketing.
Later in 1999, he was a key component of a mid-season trade that brought Livan Hernandez to the Giants, and sent Grilli to the Florida Marlins. In 2004, Jason was picked up by the Chicago White Sox and in 2005; he signed a contract with the Detroit Tigers, where he participated in the 2006 World Series.
Jason is the son of former Major League pitcher, Steve Grilli, who pitched for four seasons in the late 1970s, including three with the Detroit Tigers. Jason wears number 49 in honor of his father and carries the nickname “Cheese Man” as dubbed by his third-base coach Gene Lamont. In the off-season, Grilli trades hats and operates his private corporation, Perfect Pitch Marketing Group. For more information go to www.JasonGrilli.com.
Jason recently shared a few things about himself and his life as a baseball player with Extraordinary Living Magazine: Click here to read the article
