Jeremiah Ramiro Estrada (born November 1, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Career
Estrada attended Palm Desert High School in Palm Desert, California. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the sixth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Arizona League Cubs. He did not pitch in 2018 due to injury and returned in 2019 to play for the Eugene Emeralds before suffering an injury which caused him to undergo Tommy John surgery.
Estrada did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in 2021 to pitch for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He started 2022 with the South Bend Cubs and was promoted to the Double–A Tennessee Smokies and Triple–A Iowa Cubs during the season.
On August 30, 2022, Estrada was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time as a COVID-19 replacement player. Estrada made his MLB debut that night against the Toronto Blue Jays, striking out two in a scoreless innings of relief. He was removed from the roster and sent outright to Iowa the following day. On September 1, Estrada was selected back to the major league roster. In 5 appearances in his rookie campaign, he registered a 3.18 ERA with 8 strikeouts in innings of work.
Estrada was optioned to Triple-A Iowa to begin the 2023 season.