Gage Jump

Nationality

United States

Born

2003-04-12

Height

6' 0"

Weight

200 lbs

Number

#61

Gage Lee Jump (born April 12, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2026. Early life and amateur career Jump attended JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2021, he went 9-0 with a 0.63 ERA. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) to play college baseball for the UCLA Bruins. Jump made seven appearances as a freshman for UCLA in 2022, going 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA. Jump underwent Tommy John surgery and missed all of the 2023 season. After the season, he transferred to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play for the LSU Tigers. Jump pitched in 17 games (making 15 starts) for LSU in 2024, going 6-2 with a 3.47 ERA and 101 strikeouts over 83 innings.