Yency Almonte
Yency Almonte | |
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Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Miami, Florida | June 4, 1994|
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 21, 2018, for the Colorado Rockies | |
MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
Win–loss record | 4–4 |
Earned run average | 5.30 |
Strikeouts | 113 |
Teams | |
Yency Almonte (born June 4, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He formerly played for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career[]
Los Angeles Angels[]
Almonte attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Florida and was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 17th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[1] He signed and made his professional debut that year with the Arizona League Angels where he pitched three innings. He pitched 2013 with the Orem Owlz where he was 3-3 with a 6.92 ERA in 13 games (11 starts) and 2014 with the Burlington Bees where he compiled a 2-5 record and 4.93 ERA in nine starts.
Chicago White Sox[]
Prior to the 2015 season, Almonte was acquired by the Chicago White Sox as the player to be named later from an earlier trade for Gordon Beckham.[2] He pitched that season with the Kannapolis Intimidators and Winston-Salem Dash where he posted a combined 11-7 record and 3.41 ERA in 24 games (22 starts).
Colorado Rockies[]
On November 24, 2015, Almonte was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Tommy Kahnle.[3] He spent the 2016 season with the Modesto Nuts and Hartford Yard Goats,[4][5] compiling a combined 11-10 record and 3.58 ERA in 27 starts. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[6] He spent 2017 with Hartford and the Albuquerque Isotopes where he was 8-4 with a 2.91 ERA in 22 games (21 starts).[7] He began 2018 with the Isotopes.
On June 21, 2018, the Rockies promoted Almonte to the major leagues.[8] He made his major league debut that same night, pitching one scoreless inning of relief against the New York Mets at Coors Field.[9] Almonte finished the 2018 season with a 1.84 ERA in 14.2 innings of work. In 2019, Almonte pitched to a 5.86 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 34.0 innings of work.[10] Almonte kept the Rockies from having the worst bullpen in the league in 2020 after recording a 2.93 ERA in 24 appearances, 18 of which were scoreless.[11] In 48 appearances for the Rockies in 2021, Almonte registered a 7.55 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 47.2 innings pitched. On October 21, 2021, Almonte was outrighted off of the 40-man roster[12] and elected free agency on November 7.
References[]
- ^ Bristow, Kenny (July 19, 2013). "Orem Owlz' Yency Almonte: Learning to live up to the promise". deseretnews.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "White Sox get RHP Yency Almonte as Beckham PTBNL". . Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "Tommy Kahnle traded by Rockies for White Sox's Yency Almonte". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado Rockies No. 20 prospect Yency Almonte spins first career shutout for Hartford Yard Goats". MiLB.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ Bournival, Brad. "Yard Goats 6, RubberDucks 4: Yard Goats top prospect Yency Almonte impresses in win over Ducks". . Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "Rockies promote five young pitchers to 40-man roster". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ^ "Yency Almonte Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Colorado Rockies call up Yency Almonte from Triple-A, option Ryan McMahon to Albuquerque". Denver Post. June 21, 2018.
- ^ "Yency Almonte makes flashy major league debut with critical relief appearance in Rockies' win over Mets". Denver Post. June 22, 2018.
- ^ "Yency Almonte piled up the mileage in 2019". October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Ranking the Rockies: No. 8, Yency Almonte". October 30, 2020.
- ^ https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/rockies_outright_if_josh_fuentes_three_others/s1_13237_36206315
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Miami
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Colorado Rockies players
- Arizona League Angels players
- Orem Owlz players
- Burlington Bees players
- Kannapolis Intimidators players
- Winston-Salem Dash players
- Modesto Nuts players
- Hartford Yard Goats players
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Salt River Rafters players