Ronald Bolaños

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Ronald Bolaños
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Bolaños with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2021
Kansas City Royals – No. 57
Pitcher
Born: (1996-08-23) August 23, 1996 (age 25)
Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 2019, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
(through 2021 season)
Win–loss record0–4
Earned run average5.76
Strikeouts31
Teams

Ronald Bolaños (born August 23, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in 2019.

Career[]

San Diego Padres[]

Before coming to the United States, Bolaños played for Mayabeque of the Cuban National Series.[1] He signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent on August 11, 2016.[2]

Bolaños played for the Fort Wayne TinCaps in 2017, going 5–2 with a 4.42 ERA in 69 innings.[3][4] He spent the 2018 season with the Lake Elsinore Storm, going 6–9 with a 5.11 ERA in 125 innings.[4] Bolaños split the 2019 minor league season between Lake Elsinore and the Amarillo Sod Poodles, combining to go 13–7 with a 3.66 ERA over 129 innings.[5][6]

The Padres selected Bolaños' contract and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time on September 2, 2019.[7] He made his major league debut on September 3 versus the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing two runs over six innings pitched.[8] Bolaños made three starts and two relief appearances for the Padres in 2019 and ended the season with a 5.95 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 192⁄3 innings.

Kansas City Royals[]

On July 16, 2020, Bolaños and Franchy Cordero were traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Tim Hill.[9] With the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Bolaños appeared in 2 games, compiling a 0-2 record with 12.27 ERA and 2 strikeouts in 3.2 innings pitched.[10]

On June 18, 2021, Bolaños was placed on the 60-day injured list with a right forearm strain.[11] Bolaños was activated from the injured list on September 12.

References[]

  1. ^ Dennis Lin (August 2, 2016). "Padres agree to sign Cuban RHP Ronald Bolanos". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. ^ San Diego Padres (August 11, 2016). "Padres sign Cuban RHP Ronald Bolanos". MLB.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Chris Goff (May 19, 2017). "Touted Cuban prospect Bolanos joins team to fill out six-man rotation". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bill Center (February 1, 2019). "PadresOnDeck: Cuban Pitchers Baez, Bolaños, Perez Climbing through Padres' System". Friar Wire. MLB.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Brian Stultz (August 25, 2019). "Bolanos fetches six more zeros for Poodles". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ Dennis Lin (August 23, 2019). "Padres prospect Owen Miller keeps hitting, moving closer to making a big-league impact". The Athletic. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Steve Adams (September 2, 2019). "Padres Select Ronald Bolanos". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  8. ^ Jake Rill (September 3, 2019). "Bolanos' mettle on display in promising debut". MLB.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Royals land slugging OF Cordero from SD".
  10. ^ "Ronald Bolaños Stats, Fantasy & News".
  11. ^ "Royals Select Anthony Swarzak".

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