| Justin Jarvis | |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Concord, North Carolina |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
Justin Jarvis (born February 20, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Jarvis attended Mooresville High School in Mooresville, North Carolina, before transferring to Lake Norman High School in Mooresville for his senior year in 2018.[1] As a senior in 2018, he threw a perfect game and went 8–2 with a 1.60 ERA and 95 strikeouts over 57 innings.[2] After the season, he was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifth round with the 155th overall selection of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[3] [4] He signed with the Brewers, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.[5]
Jarvis made his professional debut in 2018 with the Arizona League Brewers, pitching to a 6.63 ERA over 19 innings. He played the 2019 season with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, pitching in 18 games (11 starts) and going 4–1 with a 3.50 ERA and 52 strikeouts over innings.[6] After not playing a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season, he returned to Wisconsin in 2021, going 1–7 with a 5.40 ERA and 62 strikeouts over 17 starts. He played in the Arizona Fall League for the Salt River Rafters following the end of the season.[7] He opened the 2022 season back with Wisconsin and was promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers in August.[8] Over 28 starts between the two teams, he went 11–9 with a 3.83 ERA and 150 strikeouts over 141 innings. He returned to Biloxi to open the 2023 season.[9] In late June, he was promoted to the Nashville Sounds.[10]
On July 31, 2023, the Brewers traded Jarvis to the New York Mets for Mark Canha.[11] He was assigned to the Syracuse Mets. Over 26 starts between Biloxi, Nashville, and Syracause, he went 6-11 with a 5.31 ERA and 138 strikeouts over innings.[12] He became a free agent after the 2024 season.[13]