Raynel Espinal #55

Born and still resides in Villa González, DR. Villa González...Originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on Sept. 27, 2012...Was selected by the Red Sox from Yankees in the Minor League Phase of the Rule 5 draft after the 2019 season.

2021

Spent his second season in the Red Sox organization but it was his first actual season playing for them after not pitching during the 2020 shutdown...Made his Major League debut Aug. 30 in relief at Tampa...threw 2.0 innings and allowed two runs on two hits with one walk...Spent the rest of the year in Triple-A Worchester where he was named the club's Pitcher of the Year...Set career-bests in wins (11), strikeouts (115) and innings pitched (117.2) with the Woo Sox...his 21 starts were also a career-best...The 11 wins were tied for sixth-most in all of the minor leagues while his 115 strikeouts were tied for sixth-most in Triple-A East...Fashioned a 2.38 ERA (14er, 53.0ip) over his final 10 Triple-A starts while averaging a strikeout per inning (53 strikeouts in 53 innings). 

2020

Did Not Play in 2020. Selected by Red Sox in in the minor league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 Draft.

2018-19

Pitched exclusively for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2018 and ‘19...In 59 appearances (15 starts), went 12-9 with a 3.74 ERA (59 ER/142.0 IP)...Also attended Major League Spring Training camp as a non-roster invitee with the Yankees in 2019...Set a career high in IP (75.0) and matched a career high in starts (12) in 2019 with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

2017

Combined at Single-A Charleston, Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton to go 4-2 with one save and a 1.09 ERA (74.1IP, 38H, 12R/9ER, 15BB, 93K, 3HR) in 27 games (three starts)…led all minor league baseball (min. 60.0IP) with a 0.71 WHIP…was fifth in H/9.0IP (4.60)…his 6.20 K/BB ratio was the second-highest among Yankees farmhands (min. 50.0IP)…started the season with Charleston, going 2-1 with a 1.16 ERA (38.2IP, 22H, 7R/5ER, 4BB, 44K, 1HR) in 10 relief appearances…recorded a career-high 9K in 4.0IP on 4/27 at Delmarva…was promoted to Tampa and went 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA (16.0IP, 9H, 3ER, 3BB, 21K, 1HR) in eight games (one start)…was promoted to Trenton on 7/22 and finished the season with the Thunder, going 2-0 with a 0.46 ERA (19.2IP, 7H, 2R/1ER, 8BB, 28K, 1HR) in nine games (two starts)…also made two scoreless postseason appearances for Trenton (3.2IP, 2H, 3K)…following the season, made one appearance for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League (0.1IP, 1H, 2BB, 1K).

2016

At four stops in the organization - DSL Yankees 2 (4GS), GCL Yankees East (6G/4GS), Rookie-level Pulaski (4GS) and short-season Single-A Staten Island (2G) - combined to go 1-10 with a 4.63 ERA (70.0IP, 82H, 48R/36ER, 9BB, 65K, 6HR) in 16 games (12 starts)…his 7.22 K/BB ratio was second-highest among Yankees farmhands (min. 50.0IP)…recorded 30K and 0BB in 31.2IP in the GCL.

2015

Did not pitch.

2014

Made 20 relief appearances for the DSL Yankees 1, going 2-2 with 12 saves and a 3.54 ERA (28.0IP, 22H, 11ER, 6BB,41K)…tied for third in the DSL in saves…opponents hit .214 (22-for-103).

2013

Made his professional debut with the DSL Yankees 1,going 5-1 with two saves and a 3.55 ERA (33.0IP, 29H, 18R/13ER, 21BB, 38K) in 17 relief appearances.