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Yonny Chirinos

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Born
1993 (31 years old)

Birth Place
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Bachaquero, Venezuela

Position
Pitcher

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number
26

Height
6' 2"

Weight
225 lbs

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Team
Miami Marlins

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League
MLB

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Yonny Enrique Chirinos Mejias (born December 26, 1993) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Miami Marlins organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves.
Career
Tampa Bay Rays
Minor leagues
Chirinos signed with the Tampa Bay Rays for $10,000 as an international free agent from Venezuela on June 29, 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Venezuelan Summer League Rays and spent the whole season there, pitching to a 3–3 record and 3.27 ERA in 13 games (12 starts). In 2014, he played for the Princeton Rays where he compiled a 3–0 record and 2.09 ERA in 14 games, and in 2015, he pitched for the Charlotte Stone Crabs, Hudson Valley Renegades, and Bowling Green Hot Rods, collecting a combined 5–5 record, 1.82 ERA, and 1.02 WHIP in 15 games (13 starts). Chirinos spent 2016 with Bowling Green, Charlotte, and the Montgomery Biscuits, pitching to a 12–4 record and 3.36 ERA in 29 games. In 2017, Chirinos played for Montgomery and the Durham Bulls. He went 13–5 with a 2.73 ERA and 141 strikeouts and was named the Rays minor league pitcher of the year. On November 20, 2017, the Rays added Chirinos to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.