J.B. Bukauskas #50

Name is pronounced “buh-COW-skus”...The initials “JB” simply stand for Jacob Bukauskas...Adopted the nickname in Little League when there were three kids named Jacob on his team...He and his wife, Sydney, have two sons named Baylor and Brantley...Graduated from Stone Bridge (Va.) High School...Went 21-3 with a 0.88 ERA in his three-year career...Threw a no-hitter in his first high school outing...Attended the University of North Carolina, where he played three seasons (2015-17) and went 21-6 with a 3.18 ERA...Was teammates and roommates with Zac Gallen, who is now a pitcher with the Arizona Diamondbacks...Was named 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year and was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award...Enjoys hiking, the outdoors and spending time with his family.

2024

Last season was limited to just six relief appearances with Milwaukee due to injury...Was placed on the 15-day injured list on 4/14 with a right lat strain and transferred to the 60-day injured list on 5/10...Had multiple rehab assignments but ultimately missed the remainder of the season.

2023

Was claimed off waivers by Seattle from Arizona on 1/17...Made four relief appearances at Triple-A Tacoma and one with Seattle (4/9 at Cleveland)...Was designated for assignment by Seattle on 4/13 and claimed off waivers by Milwaukee on 4/18...Did not surrender a run in five relief appearances with Milwaukee (6ip, 4h, 0r, 1bb, 6k)...Had four stints with the team (5/16-5/19, 7/1-7/4, 8/28-9/1 and 9/20-9/26)...Was on the 15-day injured list from 5/20-6/11, retroactive to 5/17, with a cervical strain and again from 9/27 through the remainder of the season, retroactive to 9/25, with a right ring finger tendon injury...Went 5-2 with a 2.92 ERA and six saves in 32 relief appearances at Triple-A Nashville.

2022

Went 0-1 with a 2.66 ERA and 1 save in 21 relief appearances at Triple-A Reno...Was on the 60-day injured list from 3/23-7/19 with a right shoulder strain...Following the season pitched for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League (1g).

2021

Was 2-2 with a 7.79 ERA (15 ER in 17.1 IP) in 21 games in his first Major League season... On April 20 @ Reds, was the first pitcher since Josh Ravin/LAD on June 2, 2015 [GM 2] @ Coors Field to pick up a win in his Major League debut with just one batter faced... On 10-day injured list from May 15-June 30 (strained right elbow flexor)... Made 13 appearances with Triple-A Reno (0-2, 4.26 ERA).

2020

Spent the entire season at the D-backs' Alternate Training Site...Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Corpus Christi (Astros) before being acquired by Arizona…went 2-5 with a 5.44 ERA (56 ER in 92.2 IP) in 22 games (16 starts) between Corpus Christi and Double-A Jackson (D-backs)...Did not pitch after Aug. 10 due to right elbow inflammation.

2018

Had a breakout season in the minors, b\pitching to a 4-2 record with a 2.14 ERA (14ER/59IP) with 71 strikeouts and 24 walks in 14 starts across five levels in Houston's system...made two starts in April at Class A Quad Cities before getting sidelined with an injury... did not pitch again until June 29, when he made a start for the GCL Astros...moved up to Tri-City, where he posted 8.1 scoreless innings across three outings... was bumped back up to Quad Cities and made two starts in July before receiving a promotion to Class A Advanced Buies Creek...posted a 1.61 ERA (5ER/28IP) with 31 strikeouts in five starts with Buies Creek...moved up to Double A Corpus Christi for his final start of the season on Sept. 2 and threw 6.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball...made one start for the Hooks in the playoffs, allowing one run on three hits over 6.0 innings pitched...pitched for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League, going 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA (9ER/24.1IP) and 24 strikeouts in six starts.