Английская Википедия:Darien Núñez

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Darien A. Núñez (born March 19, 1993) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers signed him as an international free agent in 2018, and made his MLB debut with them in 2021.

Career

Cuban career

Núñez pitched for the Cuban National team in the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship[1] and at the 2013 World Baseball Classic.[2] Núñez pitched in the Cuban National Series from 2011 through 2015, with a 19–27 record and a 4.00 ERA.[3] He requested his release in 2015 in order to legally play professional baseball. At the time of his release he was considered one of the three best pitchers in the Cuban league.[4]

Los Angeles Dodgers

Núñez was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent on April 16, 2018.[5] In his professional debut season in 2018, he played in 21 games between the Dominican Summer League Dodgers, the AZL Dodgers, the rookie-level Ogden Raptors, and the Single-A Great Lakes Loons, and had a 2.23 ERA with 57 strikeouts in Шаблон:Fraction innings.[3] He spent most of 2019 with the High-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League, pitching to a 1.75 ERA in Шаблон:Fraction innings with 43 strikeouts.[3] Núñez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He started the 2021 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, but pitched only one game before a promotion to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, where he posted a 2.79 ERA and led the team in strikeout rate (34.2 percent) through the beginning of July.[7]

On July 8, 2021, Núñez was selected to the 40-man roster and called up to the majors for the first time.[7] He made his debut by pitching two innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 9. He allowed two runs (one earned) on one hit (a home run by Eduardo Escobar) while striking out three. His first MLB strikeout was of Daulton Varsho.[8] Núñez pitched Шаблон:Fraction innings for the Dodgers in 2021 over six games (including one appearance as an opener). He was 0–1 with a 8.22 ERA (seven earned runs allowed) while striking out eight, with four walks.[9] He spent the majority of the season with Oklahoma City, where he was 7–0 with a 2.38 ERA in 32 games.[3]

Núñez was assigned to Oklahoma City to start the 2022 season, where he worked Шаблон:Fraction innings in three games, allowing four runs on five hits.[3] After his third appearance he was placed on the minor league injured list and it was announced that he would need to undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his season.[10] The Dodgers designated him for assignment on April 24, removing him from the 40-man roster.[11]

San Francisco Giants

On April 27, 2022, Núñez was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants,[12] but released a couple of days later on April 29.[13] He re-signed on a minor league deal on May 4, 2022. He elected free agency on November 6, 2023. [14]

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