Who is J P Arencibia?

J P Arencibia is a popular Cuban American former professional baseball catcher and now a studio commentator on Bally Sports Florida.

From 2010 to 2015, he played in Major League Baseball with the Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, and Tampa Bay Rays.

J P Arencibia: Age, Family, Siblings

Jonathan Paul Arencibia was born on the date of 1986/1/5 in Miami, Florida. He holds the Nationality of the United States and holds the Cuban-American Ethnicity.

His maternal grandparents were of Basque and Canarian descent from Cuba, and they moved to the United States with his mother when she was only two years old. He hasn’t shared his parent’s and siblings’ details with the local public.

Education, School, College

He went to attend his high school named Westminster Christian in Miami, Florida. He also played the games like football and basketball in his high school but excelled in baseball. Later he played Under-18 Florida Bombers.

After that, he attended the University of Tennessee where he played college baseball where he had won awards like USA Baseball Richard W “Dick” Case Player of the Year in 2006.

Because he was a good defensive catcher, the Blue Jays elected to maintain him as a catcher rather than move him to first base. He also played baseball in Cuba.