Jonathan comes to Hot Corner Athletics for his fourth offseason in professional baseball and first in WNY. Throughout the last three offseasons, de Marte has trained over 60 pitchers in the Richmond, VA area, specializing in throwing programs and pitching development. He credits his baseball development knowledge to Cressey Sports Performance and everything he has learned in his time working with their coaches.

de Marte grew up in Westchester County, NY and attended Lakeland HS where he was a four year varsity starter and helped lead his team to a state semi finals appearance in 2010.

de Marte attended the University of Richmond where he earned a degree in Rhetoric and Communications and minored in Education in Society. He also received a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Richmond. Jonathan endured several injuries in his first four years and made the transition from a starting pitcher to infielder in graduate school. In his final year as a Graduate Senior he returned to the mound as a reliever.

Jonathan signed his first pro contract with the Normal Cornbelters of the Frontier League in 2017. In the end of 2018 he was traded to the York Revolution of the Atlantic League where he spent the rest of ’18 and the beginning of 2019. After being released by the Revolution, de Marte signed with the Quebec Capitales of the Can-Am Professional Baseball League where he was named the team’s Rookie of the Year. Throughout the 2019 season, Jonathan was allowed by the Capitales to play in the European Championships with the Israeli National Baseball Team, the first country to qualify for the 2020 now 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Jonathan became a dual citizen in Israel in the Fall of 2018. In 2019 he threw 15 innings for Team Israel in four different European Tournaments (Olympic Qualifiers) tallying four wins and only three earned runs.

Following the European Qualifiers, Jonathan played winter ball for the Perth Heat in the Australian Baseball League.

After the ABL season, de Marte signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Cubs and just finished pitching in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with Team Israel.