Renyel Pinto

Infobox MLB player
name = Renyel Pinto


width = 168
caption = Pinto, playing for the Marlins in June 2007
team = Florida Marlins
number = 37
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|7|8
birthplace = Cúpira, Venezuela
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = May 18
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Florida Marlins
statyear = 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 4-9
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 3.88
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 148
teams =
*Florida Marlins (by|2006-present)

Renyel Eligio Pinto (born July 8, 1982 in Cúpira, Venezuela) is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who plays for the Florida Marlins. He made his major league debut on May 18, mlby|2006.

In by|2004, Pinto 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. Pinto was acquired by Florida, along with pitchers Sergio Mitre and Ricky Nolasco, in the trade that sent outfielder Juan Pierre to the Chicago Cubs in mlby|2005.

In four scoreless innings for the Marlins in 2006, Pinto struck out three and allowed two hits before being optioned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes on May 30. He was called back up to the major leagues when the teams expanded to their 40-man rosters.

In mlby|2007, Pinto made his mark in the Marlins bullpen being used as a very good situational lefty early in the season. He excelled against lefties and was difficult on righties with his improving changeup.

In mlby|2008, Pinto stepped back into his situational lefty role, but he has been used many times as a multi-inning reliever and was even considered for a rotation spot during spring training. He has excelled during this season in all the roles he's been used in.

External links

* [http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=430594 MLB entry]
* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/P/renyel-pinto.shtml Minor league statistics]
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=430594 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]