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Dinesh Kumar Patel (born 8 May 1989) is an Indian right-handed baseball pitcher who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Along with Rinku Singh, he was the first Indian player ever to sign a contract with a major American baseball team.
Singh was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates organisation after he won a pitching contest on a 2008 reality television show The Million Dollar Arm. He was the first Indian to play professional baseball and spent several seasons in the minor leagues, reaching the Single-A level. [4] He is the subject of the movie Million Dollar Arm.
Refusing to abandon Rinku and Dinesh for the sake of Million Dollar Arm's success, J. B. organizes another tryout, without Chang's support. J. B. is unable to interest any scouts, but Ray arranges for him to meet the head scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who missed the first tryout and agrees to come. Amit, Dinesh, and Rinku prepare a romantic ...
On November 24, the Pirates signed Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel as undrafted free agents, making them the first Indian citizens to sign a contract with any American professional sports team. [43] Both men are pitchers, who were first spotted in the "Million Dollar Arm" contest organized in India by J.B. Bernstein earlier in 2008.
The two 2008 winners, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, were signed to the Pittsburgh Pirates. [2] While Patel returned to India, and hopes to play for the India men's national baseball team , Singh has remained in the United States.
Skenes, a finalist for NL Rookie of the Year, is one of the best young players in the league and will be a key part of the Pirates' rotation going forward.His rookie campaign was one to remember ...
In November 2008, the Pirates became the first MLB team to sign Indian players when they acquired the non-draft free agents of Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. [ 94 ] [ 95 ] This was also seen by Pirates general manager Neal Huntington , as "not only add[ing] two prospects to our system but also hope to open a pathway to an untapped market."
On November 24, the Pirates signed Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh of India. [10] The pair participated in the Million Dollar Arm , a contest held in their home country to discover who out of the 30,000 contestants had the strongest, most accurate arm. [ 11 ]