Huascar Ynoa
Huascar Jose Ynoa (born May 28, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019.
Huascar Ynoa | |||
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![]() Ynoa with the Rome Braves in 2018 | |||
Atlanta Braves – No. 73 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | May 28, 1998|||
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MLB debut | |||
June 16, 2019, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
MLB statistics (through 2020 season) | |||
Win–loss record | 0–0 | ||
Earned run average | 7.30 | ||
Strikeouts | 20 | ||
Teams | |||
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Career
Minnesota Twins
Ynoa signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent in July 2014.[1] During his time in the Twins organization, he played for the DSL Twins in 2015, the GCL Twins in 2016, and the Elizabethton Twins in 2017.[2]
Atlanta Braves
On July 24, 2017, the Twins traded Ynoa to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Jaime García and Anthony Recker.[3] He was assigned to the Danville Braves for the rest of the 2017 season. In 2018, he split the season between the Rome Braves and the Florida Fire Frogs.[2] The Braves added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season.[4]
Ynoa opened the 2019 season playing for the Fire Frogs, and was promoted to the Mississippi Braves and the Gwinnett Stripers.[2] The Braves promoted him to the major leagues on June 15, 2019.[5] Ynoa made his major league debut the next day, against the Philadelphia Phillies.[6] In the minor leagues in 2019 he was 4-8 with a 5.09 ERA in with 110 strikeouts in 97.1 innings.[7] He pitched three innings in the majors in 2019.[8]
In 2020 he was 0-0 with a 5.82 ERA, in 21.2 innings in nine games that included five starts.[8]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Huascar Ynoa". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- "Prospect Huascar Ynoa traded to Atlanta". MLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- "Braves add 4 prospects to 40-man roster". MLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- Burns, Gabriel (June 15, 2019). "Huascar Ynoa joins the Braves' bullpen". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- "Donaldson stays hot as Braves overwhelm Phillies 15-1". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- "Huascar Ynoa Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
- "Huascar Ynoa Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)