Enters his fourth season with the Admirals after making 17 starts in 2016.

2016
Second on the team with 69 strikeouts and his six victories co-led the Admirals along with Pacific Association Rookie of the Year, Marquis Hutchinson ... his 99.1 innings worked led the Admirals staff.

2015
Was the ace of the Admirals in 2015, when he made 15 starts, won three games and tallied 79 strikeouts in 90 innings of action ... opened the season by allowing one earned run and striking out eight during 13-3 win over San Rafael on June 2 ... won three of his first four decisions to begin the year, striking out 27 in 24.2 innings ... compiled at least five strikeouts in 10 appearances during the season. 

2014
Began his Admirals career in 2014, when he tossed 36.2 innings towards the end of the season ... averaged nearly a strikeout per inning during his initial season with Vallejo, striking out 36 batters ... struck out an Admirals career-high 12 batters during a 6-5 loss to Sonoma on July 20, which marked his first appearance for Vallejo ... allowed only one earned run and struck out five during 11-5 win over Pittsburg on Aug. 20. 

Personal
Overall, is No. 1 in Admirals history with 184 career strikeouts and No. 2 overall with 11 victories (second only to Nick Flory, who has 12) ... after graduating from Folsom HS in 2005, went to Sierra College and was the ace of the staff during his sophomore season ... was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2007 MLB Draft and played two years in the organization before transitioning to independent baseball ... collected 47 strikeouts and two victories in a pair of seasons and 53.1 innings of affiliated baseball with both the Tri-City ValleyCats and Greeneville Astros ... entering his 12th season of professional baseball ... David Dinelli was born on March 14, 1987.