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Ronny Henríquez
Henríquez with the St. Paul Saints in 2022
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher
Born: (2000-06-20) June 20, 2000 (age 24)
Bonao, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 2022, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average2.31
Strikeouts9
Teams

Ronny Henríquez (born June 20, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Career

Texas Rangers

Henríquez signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on July 3, 2017, for a $10,000 signing bonus.[1] Henríquez made his professional debut in 2018 for the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, going 5–0 with a 1.55 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 58 innings.[2] He played for the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2019, going 6–6 with a 4.55 ERA and 99 strikeouts over 82 innings.[3][4] Henríquez did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] Henríquez opened the 2021 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A East, going 1–3 with a 3.75 ERA and 27 strikeouts over 24 innings.[7][8] He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central on June 10.[7] With Frisco he went 4–4 with a 5.04 ERA and 78 strikeouts over 69+2⁄3 innings. On November 19, 2021, Texas selected Henríquez to the 40–man roster.[9][10]

Minnesota Twins

On March 12, 2022, Texas traded Henríquez and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Mitch Garver.[11] He was assigned to the Triple–A St. Paul Saints to begin the season, where he made 24 appearances (14 starts) and posted a 5.66 ERA with 106 strikeouts in 95+1⁄3 innings of work. On September 18, Henríquez was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[12] He made three appearances for Minnesota, logging a 2.31 ERA with 9 strikeouts across 11+2⁄3 innings of work.

In 2023, Henríquez was relegated to the minor leagues, spending the season with the Triple–A St. Paul (as well as appearing in two games for the Single–A Fort Myers Miracle. In 37 games out of the bullpen for St. Paul, he registered a 5–3 record and 5.68 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 57.0 innings pitched. On November 17, 2023, Henríquez was non–tendered by Minnesota and became a free agent.[13] Henríquez re–signed with the Twins on a minor league contract on November 19.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Grant, Evan (2020-04-03). "Scouting the Rangers' top prospects, No. 11: Why developing the changeup is important for Ronny Henriquez". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ Badler, Ben (December 3, 2019). "2019-20 MLB International Reviews: Texas Rangers". Baseball America. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. ^ Grant, Evan (2021-03-08). "Scouting the Rangers' top prospects, No. 20: RHP Ronny Henriquez has potential to become an all-time bargain". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. ^ Law, Keith. "Rangers 2021 prospect rankings: Keith Law on Texas' top 20". The Athletic. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  5. ^ Newberg, Jamey. "Texas Rangers 2020-21 offseason prospect rankings: Part 4 (No. 12 through 1)". The Athletic. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  6. ^ Longenhagen, Eric (May 28, 2021). "Top 65 Prospects: Texas Rangers". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  7. ^ a b "Rangers' Ronny Henriquez: Earns promotion". CBSSports.com. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  8. ^ Landry, Kennedi (May 31, 2021). "Catching up with the Rangers' affiliates". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  9. ^ Landry, Kennedi (November 19, 2021). "Texas protects 3 prospects from Rule 5 Draft". MLB.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  10. ^ Morris, Adam J. (2021-11-19). "Rangers add 3 to 40 man roster, outright 2". Lone Star Ball (SB Nation). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  11. ^ "Rangers sending Kiner-Falefa to Twins". ESPN.com. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  12. ^ "Twins' Ronny Henriquez: Receives first MLB call-up". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  13. ^ "Pair of young arms in Moran, Henriquez non-tendered by Twins". mlb.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  14. ^ https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/twins-re-sign-jovani-moran-ronny-henriquez-to-minor-league-deals.html
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