Dalier Hinojosa

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Dalier Hinojosa
Boston Red Sox
Pitcher
Born: (1986-02-10) February 10, 1986
Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Dalier Hinojosa Hernández (born February 10, 1986) is a Cuban baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He has pitched for the Indios de Guantánamo and the Cuban national baseball team.

Career

Hinojosa was 1-2 with a 6.44 earned run average (ERA) in 2007-2008. Through that season, his third, his career record was 7-15 with a save and a 5.65 ERA in 48 career games. In 2008-2009, Hinojosa improved to 7-4, 3.61 as the top Indios hurler. He tied for 6th in the Cuban National Series with four complete games.

The young right-hander was 9-6 with a 4.07 ERA in 2009-2010. He was fourth in the league with 99 strikeouts, trailing only Vladimir García, Odrisamer Despaigne and Yulieski González. He tied for the lead with six complete games, even with Maikel Folch, Norberto González, Fidel Romero and Yulieski González.

In the 2010 World University Baseball Championship, Hinojosa threw a 7-inning mercy rule perfect game against Sri Lanka, fanning 16 in the process.[1] In his only other appearance in the event, he walked the two batters he faced. Cuba went on to take the Gold Medal. He played for Cuba in the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament; the team won spots in both the 2011 Baseball World Cup and 2011 Pan American Games. He then threw another mercy rule perfecto against a third-rate Asian power, blanking the Hong Kong national team in a five-inning perfect game at the 2010 Intercontinental Cup.

Hinojosa defected from Cuba in February 2013 and petitioned Major League Baseball to become a free agent.[2] He was declared a free agent in July 2013,[3] and he signed with the Boston Red Sox in October.[4][5] The Red Sox invited Hinojosa to spring training in 2014.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.radiosantacruz.icrt.cu/noticias/13460-cubano-dalier-hinojosa-logro-juego-perfecto-beisbol-universitario.htm
  2. ↑ "Right-handed pitcher Dalier Hinojosa of Cuba defects, petitioning MLB to become free agent | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. June 18, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Cuban pitcher Dalier Hinojosa cleared for free agency | HardballTalk". Hardballtalk.nbcsports.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013. 
  4. ↑ http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/red-sox-sign-cuban-pitcher-dalier-hinojosa/
  5. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Sign Dalier Hinojosa; Cuban Pitcher". 
  6. ↑ http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2014/01/henry_owens_blake_swihart_matt_barnes_lead_red_sox
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