- Maikel Cleto
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Maikel Cleto St. Louis Cardinals — No. 63 Pitcher Born: May 1, 1989
Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicBats: Right Throws: Right Professional debut June 2, 2011 for the St. Louis Cardinals statistics
(through June 2, 2011)Win–loss record 0–0 Earned run average 22.50 Strikeouts 3 Teams - St. Louis Cardinals (2011–present)
Maikel Cleto (born May 1, 1989 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Mets on August 10, 2006.
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Professional career
New York Mets
Cleto began his professional career in 2007 with the GCL Mets. He went 1-2 with a 5.03 ERA, one save and 28 strikeouts.
In 2008 Cleto split the season between the Class-A Savannah Sand Gnats and the Class-A Advanced St. Lucie Mets. He had a combined record of 5-12 with a 4.41 ERA, one shutout and 82 strikeouts in 26 games, 23 starts between the two clubs.
Seattle Mariners
On December 11, 2008 Cleto was traded to the Mariners with Aaron Heilman, Endy Chávez, Jason Vargas, Mike Carp and Ezequiel Carrera in exchange for J. J. Putz, Jeremy Reed and Sean Green.[1]
Cleto split the 2009 season between the Rookie-Level Peoria Mariners and the Class-A Clinton LumberKings. He went 0-4 with a 5.54 ERA and 25 strikeouts in nine games, eight starts. He attended spring training with the Mariners but was assigned to the Minor Leagues early in camp.[2] Cleto was placed on the disabled list of July 7 due to back discomfort and made his return on August 15.[3]
St. Louis Cardinals
On December 12, 2010 it was announced Cleto was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for shortstop Brendan Ryan.[4]
He was activated on June 2, 2011 (the same day Lance Lynn was also called up), directly from AA (Springfield Cardinals) to shore up an overworked bullpen.[5]
References
- ^ John Hickey (December 11, 2008). "Mariners send Putz, Reed, Green packing". Seattle PI. seattlepi.com. http://www.seattlepi.com/baseball/391584_mari11.html. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ Jim Street (March 21, 2009). "Mariners send down lefty Vargas". Major League Baseball. mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090321&content_id=4042532&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ "L'Kings limited to 3 hits in Cleto's return". Clinton Herald. clintonherald.com. August 15, 2009. http://www.clintonherald.com/sports/local_story_227011512.html?keyword=topstory. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/12/mariners-acquire-brendan-ryan.html
- ^ Flame-thrower Cleto promoted with Lynn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (June 2, 2011)
External links
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Inactive roster Disabled List Coaching Staff Manager Vacant | Bench Coach 49 Joe Pettini | 1st Base Coach 39 Dave McKay | 3rd Base Coach 11 José Oquendo | Hitting Coach 25 Mark McGwire | Pitching Coach 18 Dave Duncan | Bullpen Coach 36 Derek Lilliquist | Bullpen Catcher 58 Jeff Murphy
Memphis Redbirds current roster Active roster 3 Donovan Solano | 4 Adron Chambers * | 5 Shane Robinson | 8 Pete Kozma * | 11 Freddie Bynum | 12 Matt Carpenter * | 15 Jess Todd | 16 Bryan Anderson * | 18 Tony Cruz * | 19 Rich Rundles | 23 Chuckie Fick | 24 Andrew Brown * | 25 Nick Stavinoha | 27 Aaron Luna | 29 Brandon Dickson * | 31 Mark Hamilton * | 32 Adam Ottavino | 35 Pete Parise | 37 Bryan Augenstein | 38 David Kopp | 41 Tyler Greene * | 43 Cory Rauschenberger | 47 Nick Derba | 52 Maikel Cleto * | 53 Víctor Marté | 55 Brian Broderick | -- Nick Additon
Disabled list 48 Steven Hill | 28 Adam Reifer *
Coaching staff Manager 7 Chris Maloney | Hitting Coach 34 Mark Budaska | Pitching Coach 30 Blaise Ilsley
* Member of the 40-man roster of the St. Louis Cardinals Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Dominican Republic baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Gulf Coast Mets players
- Savannah Sand Gnats players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Arizona League Mariners players
- Clinton LumberKings players
- High Desert Mavericks players
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Springfield Cardinals players
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