Renyel Pinto
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Renyel Eligio Pinto (born July 8, 1982 in Cúpira, Venezuela) is a left handed starting pitcher who plays for the Florida Marlins organization. He made his major league debut on May 18, 2006.
Pinto was acquired by Florida along with pitchers Sergio Mitre and Ricky Nolasco in the trade that brought outfielder Juan Pierre to the Chicago Cubs in 2005.
In four scoreless innings for the Marlins, Pinto struck out three and allowed two hits before being optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on May 30.
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- In 2004 was named the Cubs' minor league pitcher of the year, after going 11-8 with a Southern League-leading 2.92 ERA while pitching for Double-A West Tenn. He earned mid-season and post-season SL all-star honors and was promoted to Triple-A Iowa.
