minor league teams, there are no Catholic churches, so De Fratus found it easy to slide away from leading a Catholic lifestyle. However, upon realizing that there is more to life than material success, he discovered a need for God, and has thus developed his faith. Aside from his faith, he enjoys writing and recording music, and playing the guitar. He has two brothers, the older of whom, Steve, played in the minor leagues, and the younger of whom, Chris, caught a foul ball during De Fratus's major league debut. During the offseason preceding the 2015 season, De Fratus became involved in some controversy involving Phillies blogger Bill Baer and the Black Lives Matter campaign when he tweeted, "I'm sick of this black vs white and men vs women garbage that's been going on. We're just people. #AllLivesMatter," to which Baer responded with a scathing column on Crashburn Alley, a blog affiliated with ESPN, in which he stated that De Fratus is "complicit in perpetuating a system which inflicts violence on those who didn’t have the luxury of being born white and male and straight and in an economically-stable area." Subsequently, De Fratus penned a retort to Baer via Facebook, in which he commented, "I sincerely hope that you will take the time to talk to me personally next time before you decide to hide behind your computer screen and criticize me, my upbringing and my character based on 140 characters. I do not apologize for anything I have said. I have a platform and I WILL use it for the agenda of love." References External links Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Whittier, California Baseball players from California Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Ventura Pirates baseball players Florida Complex League Phillies players Williamsport Crosscutters players Lakewood BlueClaws players Clearwater Threshers players Reading Phillies players Mesa Solar Sox players Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Tacoma Rainiers players Sportspeople from Oxnard, California Round Rock Express players Harrisburg Senators players Syracuse Chiefs players Southern Maryland Blue Crabs players Arkansas Travelers players Sportspeople from Ventura County, California Águilas de Mexicali players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Tulsa Drillers players Oklahoma City Dodgers players Catholics from California Minor league baseball coaches