Reyes Moronta

Reyes Armando Moronta (born January 6, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Moronta signed with the Giants as an international free agent in 2010. He made his MLB debut in 2017.

Reyes Moronta
Moronta at Citizens Bank Park in 2019
San Francisco Giants – No. 54
Pitcher
Born: (1993-01-06) January 6, 1993
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 2017, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Win–loss record8–9
Earned run average2.66
Strikeouts160
Teams

Early life

Moronta was born to Francisco and Ivonne Moronta in Santiago in the Dominican Republic, the youngest of five children.[1] His father was a truck driver, and his mother rolled cigars at a local factory.[1] He grew up in the 700-person rural town of Quinigua, 90 miles north of Santiago.[1][2] For high school he attended Milagros Hernández Lyceum in Villa González.[2]

Career

2010-16

Moronta signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in September 2010 at 17 years of age for $15,000.[1][3] He made his professional debut in 2011 with the Dominican Summer League Giants. He played for the Arizona League Giants in 2012.[4]

He played as a starting pitcher with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2013, Arizona League Giants in 2014, and Augusta GreenJackets in 2015.[4]

He played for the San Jose Giants in 2016, for whom he was 0-3 with 14 saves (3rd in the California League) and a 2.59 ERA in 60 games (leading the league) in which he pitched 59 innings and struck out 93 batters (14.2 strikeouts per nine innings pitched; leading the league).[5][6] His fastball reached as high as 100 mph.[7] He was a mid-season All Star, and an MiLB organization All Star.[8] The Giants added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.[9]

2017-present

Moronta was called up to the Major Leagues on May 10, 2017.[10] During the 2017 season, Moronta pitched in 7 games for the Giants, recording 11 strikeouts in 6​2⁄3 innings pitched (14.8 per 9 innings).[4] In the minors, he pitched for three teams and was 3-1 with five saves and a 2.92 ERA, as in 34 relief appearances he pitched 37 innings and struck out 47 batters (11.4 per 9 innings).[5]

In 2018 for the Giants he was 5-2 with one save and a 2.49 ERA, as in 69 relief appearances (4th among NL rookies, and the most by a Giants rookies since Elias Sosa in 1973) he pitched 65 innings and struck out 79 batters (10.9 per 9 innings).[5][11] He threw his four-seam fastball at an average 97.6 mph, and opposing batters hit .154 overall, .142 against his slider, and .132 as right-handed batters.[12][11] In one stretch, he tied a Major League streak with 12 straight appearances without allowing a hit.[13] He established the Giants record for fewest hits per 9 innings (4.71), with a minimum of 50 innings pitched.[4]

In 2019 for the Giants he was 3-7 with a 2.86 ERA, as in 56 relief appearances he pitched 56.2 innings and struck out 70 batters (11.1 per 9 innings).[5] He threw his four-seam fastball at an average 97.5 mph, and batters hit .123 against his slider.[14] In September 2019 he underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, and was expected to miss nine to eleven months.[15]

References
  1. "Giants' Reyes Moronta's path from D.R. to San Francisco Giants". yahoo.com. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. "Reyes Moronta: Desde Quinigua a Las Grandes Ligas"
  3. Schulman, Henry (2018-04-25). "Giants' reliever Reyes Moronta becoming a big bullpen key". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  4. "Reyes Moronta Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  5. "Reyes Moronta Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  6. "2016 California League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  7. Brisbee, Grant (2017-05-11). "Meet Reyes Moronta, your new favorite reliever". McCovey Chronicles. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. "Reyes Moronta Stats, Highlights, Bio | MiLB.com Stats". Milb.com. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  9. "Giants protect five from Rule 5, add to 40-man roster". November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  10. O'Connor, John. "Deceptive reliever Reyes Moronta promoted from Squirrels to Giants". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  11. Johnson, Dalton (2018-10-26). "Giants Review: Rookie Reyes Moronta emerges as dominant reliever | NBCS Bay Area". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  12. "Player Card: Reyes Moronta". Brooksbaseball.net. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  13. "San Francisco Giants: Reyes Moronta Ties Major League Hitless Streak"
  14. "Player Card: Reyes Moronta". Brooksbaseball.net. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  15. "Reyes Moronta, RP, San Francisco Giants, MLB Baseball". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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