Jason Pridie

Jason Orville Pridie was born on October 9, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected him in round two of the 2002 MLB Draft. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 2005 Rule 5 Draft, but was returned to Tampa Bay after failing to make the Opening Day roster. Pridie was eventually traded to the Twins two years later, coming over with Delmon Young and Brendan Harris for Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza.

His big league debut came as a September call-up in 2008. Pridie entered as a pinch runner for Delmon Young in the seventh inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, scoring the go-ahead run on a Joe Mauer double. However, he later committed a crucial defensive error in the ninth inning that forced the game into extra innings. Minnesota lost in 11 innings. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was primarily used Pridie as a pinch runner down the stretch. He appeared in ten games with no starts, going hitless in four at-bats.

Pridie hit .265 with 53 RBI and 25 stolen bases for the Rochester Red Wings (AAA) in 2009. His only Major League action came as a pinch runner on June 20th against the Houston Astros. Minnesota waived him after the season, and he was claimed by the New York Mets.

The rest of his big league career was 122 games over five seasons with five different clubs. 101 of those games came with the Mets in 2011, where he hit .231 with 20 RBI and seven stolen bases.