Alexander Manuel Colomé (COLE-uh-may)...Is married to wife, Ironelis...They have three children: Melanny, Emmanuel and Alexandra.
2022
Started strong, going 2-2 with four saves and a 2.86 ERA in 36 appearances in the first half of the season...He did not allow an earned run in 17 games from May 11 to June 18...Posted a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) with a .196/.208/.223 slash line during the month of June...His 53 appearances ranked third on the club.
2021
Through 19 games July 31- Sept. 10, went 2-0 with 11 saves and a 1.96 (18.1 IP, 4 ER) … led the Majors in saves through that span...Scoreless in 21 of his last 27 appearances of the season, pitching to a 3.38 ERA (26.2 IP, 10 ER) with seven walks an 22 strikeouts...In his first and only year with Minnesota, went 4-4 in 67 appearances and pitched to a 4.15 clip (65.0 IP, 30 ER) with 17 saves.
2020
Made 21 appearances in his second season with Chicago...ranked second among AL relievers in ERA (0.81) and tied for third in saves (12)...Went 12-13 in save opportunities (92.3 percent)…marked his highest save percentage since 2016 (92.5)…converted all seven save chances on the road...Held opponents to a .163 (13-for-80) average...left-handers batted .098 (4-41) while righties hit .231 (9-39)…Allowed just one unearned run over 11.0 IP at Guaranteed Rate Field (10 games)…posted a 1.59 ERA (2 ER/11.1 IP) in 11 outings on the road...Converted six consecutive saves to open 2020 from July 31-Aug. 19...allowed just three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts...Made his season debut in Game 2 of a doubleheader on July 28 at Cleveland (1.0 scoreless IP)…earned his first save of the season on July 31 at Kansas City (1.0 scoreless IP)…Converted both saves of a sweep from August 3-4 at Milwaukee...the tying run was either on base or at bat in both appearances...Recorded his fifth save in as many chances on Aug. 12 at Detroit...pitched a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout... His 9.0 scoreless IP streak to start the season was snapped on Aug. 22 against the Cubs...allowed one run on one hit with a strikeout and walk over 1.0 IP...Suffered his first blown save and recorded his first win on Aug. 28 vs. Kansas City after allowing one unearned run in 1.1 IP...Earned a save in consecutive games on Sept. 4-5 at the Royals...recorded four outs on a season-high 40 pitches on Sept. 4, and worked a perfect 1.0 IP on nine pitches on Sept. 5...Saved his 10th game on Sept. 11 vs. Detroit, pitching a perfect ninth on 16 pitches...Earned his second win of the season on Sept. 14 at Guaranteed Rate Field vs. Minnesota, allowing one hit and giving up a walk over 1.1 IP...Recorded the last four outs of the game for his 12th save on September 17 vs. Minnesota...the save clinched a playoff spot for the White Sox for the first time since 2008...Worked a perfect 1.0 IP and threw season-low six pitches on September 22 at Cleveland...left the game with back spasms...Made his final appearance of the season on September 26 vs. the Cubs, tossing a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
2019
American League Relief Leaders: 2nd-Save Pct. (90.9); T4th-Saves (30); 6th-Save opportunities (33) ... Locked Down: His 90.9 save percentage (30-for-33) ranked fifth all-time in White Sox history and was the highest mark since 2006 (Bobby Jenks, 91.1) … became the first Sox pitcher to save 30 games in a season since David Robertson (37) in 2016 ... Finishing Touches: Went 1-1 with a 1.87 ERA (7 ER/33.2 IP), 35 strikeouts and a .164 (20-for-122) opponents average in his 33 save chances … his 1.87 ERA was the third-lowest among major-league closers (minimum 30 save chances) ... Closing Rate: Went 17-18 in save opportunities at Guaranteed Rate Field (94.4 percent), the fifth-best percentage in franchise history and the highest since Dustin Hermanson (94.7) in 2005 ... Comforts of Home: Went 3-3 with a 1.60 ERA (6 ER/33.2 IP), 17 saves and 35 strikeouts at home … ranked among MLB home relief leaders (min. 30 games) in opponents average (T5th, .150), saves (8th) and ERA (10th) ... Central Command: Was 2-1 with a 2.48 ERA (8 ER/29.0 IP) and 18 saves in 20 chances and a .200 (21-for-105) opponents average over 30 games vs. the AL Central ... Made his White Sox debut on 3/30 at Kansas City, working 1.0 scoreless IP … earned his first save on 3/31 at Kauffman Stadium (1.0 scoreless IP) ... Earned the save in consecutive games on 4/14 at the Yankees and 4/15 vs. Kansas City (100th career) ... Worked a scoreless ninth inning on 4/26 vs. Detroit for his first win of the season … Tim Anderson hit a game-ending homer in the bottom of the frame ... Struck out Carlos Santana with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning, and retired the side in order in the ninth, to close out the White Sox 2-0 win on 5/7 at Cleveland ... Made eight straight scoreless appearances from 5/13-6/2, going 1-0 with five saves (five chances) over 7.2 IP … retired 21 straight batters from 5/11 at Toronto to 5/29 vs. Kansas City ... Suffered his first loss on 6/5 at Washington after allowing a game-ending, two-run home run to Trea Turner … was his first homer allowed since 4/19 at Detroit ... Converted his 16th straight save chance to open the season on 6/21 at Texas, passing Dustin Hermanson (15-for-15 in 2005) for the longest season-opening save streak in club history ... Was charged with his first blown save (17th chance) but earned his third win on 6/26 at Boston … allowed a go-ahead, two-run single by Xander Bogaerts in the eighth before José Abreu hit a game-winning, two-run homer in the ninth ... Recorded his 20th save in the first-half finale on 7/7 vs. the Cubs … became the seventh White Sox reliever (10th time) to save 20-plus games before the break ... Surrendered a game-ending solo home run to Omar Narváez in the 10th on 9/14 at Seattle … Narváez and Colomé were traded for each other in the offseason ... Recorded his 30th save on 9/25 against Cleveland, striking out the only batter he faced (Francisco Lindor) … marked the third time in his career with at least 30 saves in a season ... Suffered the loss and his first and only blown save at home on 9/28 vs. Detroit … surrendered a pinch-hit, three-run home run to John Hicks in the ninth inning.
2018
American League Leaders: 3rd-Holds (30)... Combined to go 7-5 with a 3.04 ERA (23 ER/68.0 IP), 30 holds, 12 saves and 72 strikeouts over 70 appearances between Tampa Bay and Seattle... Became the first pitcher in major-league history to record at least 10 saves and 30 holds in a season... Was traded by the Rays with OF Denard Span and cash considerations to the Mariners on 5/25 in exchange for RHPs Andrew Moore and Tommy Romero... Was 5-0 with a 2.53 ERA (13 ER/46.1 IP), all 30 holds and 49 strikeouts over 47 appearances with the Mariners … the 30 holds were the second-highest total in Mariners history behind Arthur Rhodes (32, 2001)... Did not record his first hold of the season until 5/28... Recorded a 1.51 ERA (6 ER/35.2 IP) with 40 strikeouts in 37 games at home (11 at Tropicana Field and 26 at Safeco Field)... Limited lefties to a .171 average (19-111), compared to a .274 mark (40-146) vs. right-handers...Converted 11 of 13 save opportunities with the Rays … at the time of the trade, ranked fourth in the AL in saves...Earned a save in four straight outings from 5/14-19, including three consecutive days (5/14-16)...Registered the save in a perfect ninth inning in his Mariners debut on 5/27 vs. Minnesota... In his 47 games with Seattle, allowed at least two runs five times but just one run total in the other 42 outings … the club went 41-6 when he made an appearance... Recorded a streak of 20.0 consecutive scoreless IP from 6/30-8/15, the sixth-longest in history by a Mariners reliever behind Shigetoshi Hasegawa (28.2 IP), Tom Wilhelmsen (24.0 IP), Edwin Núñez (24.0 IP), Charlie Furbush (22.2 IP) and J.J. Putz (22.0 IP)... Finished the season on a 10-game scoreless streak from 9/3-29 (10.0 IP).
2017
Became the first pitcher in franchise history to lead the majors in saves…his 47 saves were 6 more than any other pitcher in the majors (COL Greg Holland, LAD Kenley Jansen), the largest cushion over second place since 2008, when LAA Francisco Rodríguez (62) was followed by HOU José Valverde (44)…posted 8 saves more than any other AL pitcher (TOR Roberto Osuna)... His 47 saves ranked 2nd for a single season in franchise history and were one shy of Fernando Rodney's club record (48 in 2012).... Joined Brad Boxberger (2015) and Rafael Soriano (2010) as Rays closers to lead the AL in saves.... Led the AL with 6 saves of 4 outs or more.... Entered the All-Star break with 25 saves, one shy of Roberto Hernández's club record for the first half (26 in 1999).... Pitched to a 2.15 ERA (29.1-IP, 7-ER) over his last 30 apps, from July 6 through the end of the season…this stretch lowered his season ERA from 4.10 to 3.24 and came on the heels of allowing 10 runs in a 5-game stretch spanning 5 IP.... Allowed at least 1 hit in 14 consecutive apps from May 31-July 9, the longest such streak by a Rays reliever since Travis Harper (21) from April 20-July 6, 2006.... On July 27 at NYY, was charged a blown save after allowing a leadoff triple in the 9th inning and a 2-out, game-tying single between the shifted middle infielders... Named AL Reliever of the Month for August, after going 10-for-10 in save chances with a 0.75 ERA (12-IP, 1-ER) over 12 apps.... On Sep 15 vs. BOS, snapped a season-long streak of 15 successful save opportunities…gave up 3 runs in the 9th inning to lose a 5-2 lead in the eventual 13-6, 15-inning loss... Made his second consecutive Opening Day roster (started the 2015 season on the disabled list)… on April 2 vs. NYY, became the first Ray in club history to record a save on Opening Day....WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic during spring training, going 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA (4.1-IP, 2-ER) in 5 apps…earned the win over Team USA by working a scoreless 8th inning, and in the bottom half the D.R. rallied for 4 runs to win it, 7-5.
2016
Emerged as the Rays closer and was named to his first All-Star Team as Brad Boxberger battled injuries…converted 37 of 40 save chances (92.5 pct.), ranking tied for 4th in the AL in saves and 5th in the majors in save pct. …became the Rays 11th different save leader in the last 12 seasons. Compiled a 1.91 ERA (56.2-IP, 12-ER), becomingthe third in Rays history to record 35-plus saves and a sub-2.00 ERA…joined Fernando Rodney (48, 0.60) in 2012 and Rafael Soriano (45, 1.73) in 2010-both fellow Dominicans. Did not allow a run in his 37 apps ending with a save, the first pitcher to record that many saves without yielding a run in those outings since ATL Craig Kimbrel (46) in 2011…his 1.36 ERA in save situations (39.2-IP, 6-ER) ranked 2nd in the majors (min. 20 save opps) to BAL Zach Britton (0.38)…pitched to a 3.18 ERA (17-IP, 6-ER) otherwise. Earned the save in 37 of the Rays 68 wins (54.4 pct.)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Colomé was the first pitcher to save 4 straight team games three times in a season since LAD Éric Gagné in 2003-the year he won the NL Cy Young Award…Colomé turned the trick May 4-8 (with off-day), June 3-6 (without off-day) and July 27-31 (with off-day)…prior to Colomé, it had been done only once in Rays history, by Rafael Soriano (July 3-6, 2010). Converted his first 21 consecutive save opportunities, a club record to begin a season (prev. 16, twice, last Rafael Soriano in 2010)… it fell one shy of Fernando Rodney's club record at any point in the season (22, May 27-Aug 13, 2012). On April 5 vs. TOR, was on the mound (and earned the victory) when the Rays won on the new slide rule 6.01(j)…José Bautista used his hand to deter 2B Logan Forsythe from turning a double play, changing Toronto's would-be 4-3 lead into a 3-2 Rays win. Earned his first career save on April 17 vs. CWS in his 400th professional app. Yielded a 3-run homer to Troy Tulowitzki on May 1 vs. TOR, snapping a 69-inning homerless streak dating back to 2015. His 3 blown saves came on July 23 at OAK, Aug 26 at HOU and Oct 2 at TEX…yielded 2 HR in each of those first 2 outings…on July 23, gave up home runs to Jake Smolinski and Ryon Healy (walk-off)…on Aug 26, gave up back-to-back home runs to Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis (walk-off), the first time in franchise history a game ended on back-to-back home runs by the opponent. Converted all 16 of his save chances at Tropicana Field…was one of four relievers with-out a blown save at home (min. 10 saves), joining BAL Zach Britton (26-26), MIA A.J. Ramos (18-18) and BOS Craig Kimbrel (16-16). Six of his saves required 4 outs or more, tying TOR Roberto Osuna for most in the majors and the most by a Ray since Danys Baez in 2005 (10). Made 19 consecutive scoreless apps spanning 21 IP from May 4-June 15. Placed on the 15-day DL on June 28, retroactive to June 19, due to right medial biceps tendinitis…reinstated on July 5…went more than a month between saves (June 14 vs. SEA and July 17 vs. BAL) as the Rays went through a 3-24 slump. ALL-STAR GAME: Did not pitch following his selection by Royals Manager Ned Yost…was the first selection of his career and the seventh reliever in club history selected…it marked the seventh straight year the Rays had a pitcher make it.
2015
Was one of only three major league pitchers to make 12 or more starts and 30 or more relief appearances, joining ARI Josh Collmenter and MIN Trevor May...his 8 wins tied May for 3rd among AL rookies...did this despite missing the first month of the season recovering from pneumonia…With Alex Cobb, Matt Moore and Drew Smyly on the disabled list, he entered the rotation and won his first 2 starts: May 1 vs. BAL (2-0) and May 6 at BOS (5-3)...pitched 5 innings both times...won only once in his next 11 starts and was moved to the bullpen in early July to accommodate the return of Matt Moore...remained there the rest of the season…In 13 starts was 3-4 with a 4.70 ERA (69-IP, 24-BB, 44-SO)...in 30 relief apps was 5-1 with a 2.66 ERA (40.2-IP, 7-BB, 44-SO) and did not allow a home run. Saw an increase in velocity after moving to the bullpen on July 7, according to PITCHf/x data...his average fastball went from 93.8 to 94.7 mph, while his slider jumped from 86.8 to 88.8 mph…Recorded a 0.29 ERA (30.2-IP, 1-ER) over a two-month span of 21 apps (July 17-Sep 15)...yielded only 18 hits and 5 walks while striking out 34...was 3-0 with 7 holds…His hot streak ended on Sep 17 vs. BAL, when he inherited a 3-0, 8th-inning lead and allowed 4 runs in a 4-3 loss...went on to become the first pitcher in Rays history with 5 blown saves in a calendar month, and the first pitcher to do it in the majors since LAA Jose Arredondo in August 2008...he suffered 4 blown saves in his final 7 appearances…Didn't allow a home run after WAS Clint Robinson took him deep on June 16...went his final 60.2 innings without allowing a HR...among all major league pitchers, only STL Adam Wainwright finished the season with a longer streak (61.0)…On June 21 at CLE, threw a career-high 7 innings but earned no decision in an eventual 1-0 loss (1-H, 0-R, 2-BB, 4-SO, 87 pitches, 49 strikes)...retired his first 16 batters in order before yielding an infield single to Michael Bourn in the 6th...it was the 2nd-longest perfect game bid in Rays history at the time, behind Matt Garza (April 30, 2009 vs. BOS), whose perfect game bid was also spoiled on an infield single, by Jacoby Ellsbury leading off the 7th inning...Chris Archer retired the first 19 BF on July 29 vs. DET...Kevin Jepsen lost in the 9th on a walk-off sac fly by David Murphy. Entered the 2015 season rated by Baseball America as the Rays top pitching prospect, and No. 4 overall, behind OF Steven Souza Jr., INF Daniel Robertson and SS Willy Adames...the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Fastball in the system…After the season, made 8 relief appearances for Leones del Escogido, helping them win their fourth Dominican Winter League championship in seven seasons...his teammates included Enny Romero and Taylor Motter.
2014
Appeared in 5 games (3 starts) over three tours with the Rays...made a pair of one-day stints (May 26 and June 27) and was recalled Sep 15 through the remainder of the season...Yielded only 1 run in his 3 starts, going 2-0 with a 0.48 ERA (18.2-IP, 12-H, 1-ER)...the lone run came in his first inning as a starter, and after that threw 17.2 scoreless as a starter...as a reliever, had a 10.80 ERA (5-IP, 6-ER) in 2 games...Is 3-1 with a 1.30 ERA (34.2-IP, 5-ER) in 6 career starts, and hasn't allowed a run in 4 of those...On Sep 15 vs. NYY, went a career-high 6.2 innings and threw a career-high 113 pitches but received no decision...Rays won, 1-0, in the 9th on a Ben Zobrist single...on Sep 27 at CLE, threw 6.1 scoreless innings to beat Carlos Carrasco, 2-0...After he was optioned to Triple-A Durham in spring training, missed the first 50 games of the season while serving a suspension for a violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...made 3 rehab starts for Class-A Charlotte prior to being reinstated from suspension...Made 2 starts for Durham in the postseason...started 6 games for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League...Enters the 2015 season rated by Baseball America as the Rays top pitching prospect, and No. 4 overall, behind OF Steven Souza Jr., INF Daniel Robertson and SS Willy Adames...the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Fastball in the system.
2013
Began the season as Triple-A Durham's No. 2 starter, but made 3 starts for the Rays over two tours (May 29-30 and June 22-29)... After his last start with the Rays, a 6-3 loss to the Tigers on June 28-the only start of his 3 with the Rays in which he allowed an earned run-he was shelved the rest of the season with a right elbow strain…was the second consecutive season he suffered a season-ending injury... Originally called up on May 29 to pitch out of the bullpen but started the next night at Miami when Alex Cobb suffered a cut on his right middle finger... Defeated the Marlins, 5-2 (5.2-IP, 5-H, 1-R, 0-ER, 2-BB, 7-SO) and became the seventh in Rays history to win his major league debut as a starter and first since Jeremy Hellickson, Aug 2, 2010 vs. MIN…also became the second in Rays history to make his major league debut as a starter and allow no earned runs (Scott Kazmir, Aug 23, 2004 at SEA)…became just the 12th AL pitcher since 1916 to allow no earned runs and record at least 7 SO in his major league debut, and first in more than 11 years, since OAK Aaron Harang did it on May 25, 2002 vs. TB (10-SO)... Did not allow an earned run in his first 2 starts, the first pitcher to do that since SF Ryan Sadowski in 2009... Won only once in his first 7 starts for Durham despite a 3.13 ERA while the Bulls scored a combined 9 runs while he was on the mound…then won his next 3 starts before the call-up to the Rays on May 29…at the time was 2nd in the International League in strikeouts (61 in 55.1 innings)... Rated the No. 5 prospect in the Rays system by Baseball America following the season, up from No. 8 entering the year.
2012
Split the year between Double-A Montgomery
and Triple-A Durham, combining to go 8-4 with
a 3.44 ERA (91.2-IP, 35-ER) in 17 starts...earned
an Aug 3 promotion to Durham, where he went
0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (16.2-IP, 6-ER) in 3 starts...After his Aug 13 start with Durham missed the remainder of the season with right shoulder tightness...Named MVP with Montgomery, where he went 8-3 with a 3.48 ERA (75-IP, 29-ER) and 75 SO in 14 starts...was on the DL from April 12-May 26 with a left oblique injury...Named Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July after going 5-1 with a 2.23 ERA (40.1-IP, 10-ER) in six starts...over his final 5 starts with the Biscuits, went 5-0 with a 1.27 ERA (35.1-IP, 5-ER)...threw the first 9-inning complete game of his career in his final start before his promotion, allowing just 2 runs in a 5-2 victory vs. Mississippi (Braves)...Allowed 3 ER or less in 15 of his 17 total starts...In spring training, spent his first time in major league camp...made 3 appearances, allowing 1 run in 4 IP...was optioned to Triple-A on March 15...Enters the 2013 season ranked as the Rays No. 6 prospect by Baseball America.
2011
Split the season between Class-A Charlotte and
Double-A Montgomery...combined to go 12-9
with a 3.82 ERA (157.2-IP, 67-ER)...his 12 wins
tied for 2nd most among Rays minor leaguers...157.2 IP ranked 2nd behind Matt Moore...Began the season with Charlotte...held opposing batters to a .214 (78-for-365) avg. over his
19 starts...won 8 of his last 9 starts with the
Stone Crabs, boasting a 1.82 ERA (54.1-IP, 11-
ER) in that span...named a Florida State League
midseason All-Star and his 92 SO ranked 6th in
the FSL at the time of his promotion...Promoted to Montgomery on July 23 and made
9 starts there to finish the year...held left-handed batters to a .143 (11-for-77) avg. ...recorded a
1-hit shutout (7 innings) on Aug 9 vs. Mobile...Ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Rays farm
system by Baseball America entering 2012.
2010
Spent the majority of the 2010 season with
Class-A Bowling Green and made 1 start with
Charlotte to end the season...on the year, went
6-6 with a 3.89 ERA (118-IP, 51-ER) and 126 SO...Had the 2nd-highest SO/9 IP ratio in the
Midwest League (9.32) and was named to the
MWL midseason All-Star Team...ranked as the
No. 9 prospect in the Rays system by Baseball
America after the season...Participated in the Rays Winter Development
Program at Tropicana Field after the season.
2009
In 2009, led the Rays organization and ranked
2nd in the New York-Penn League in ERA as he
went 7-4 with a 1.66 ERA (76-IP, 14-ER)...led the
NYPL with 94 SO and tied for the league lead
with 2 CG...was named the Rays Minor League
Pitcher of the Month for July...Entered the season ranked as the No. 24
prospect in the org. by BA and climbed to No. 8
on the list after the season...was named the
No. 2 prospect (and top pitching prospect) in
the NYPL by BA.
