Pedro Payano

Pedro Julio Payano (born September 27, 1994) is a Dominican-American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.

Pedro Payano
Payano with the Nashville Sounds in 2019
Free agent
Pitcher
Born: (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994
New York City, New York
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 6, 2019, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Win–loss record1–2
Earned run average5.73
Strikeouts17
Teams

Career

Texas Rangers

Payano was born in New York City but raised in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[1][2] He signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on June 1, 2012.[3]

Payano spent the 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons playing for the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League.[4] In 2015, he split the season between the DSL Rangers, AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, and the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, posting a combined 10–2 record with a 1.11 ERA over 87 innings.[5] His 2016 season was spent with Hickory, going 3–3 with a 2.08 ERA in 73.2 innings.[2] He split 2017 between the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League, going 6–8 with a 3.87 ERA over 134.1 innings.[6][7] He spent the 2018 season with Frisco, going 5–10 with a 5.54 ERA over 118.2 innings.[4] He elected free agency during the 2018 off-season but re-signed with Texas on a minor league contract.[4] He opened the 2019 season back with Frisco, before being promoted to the Nashville Sounds of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League on May 29.[4] Payano combined for a 5–4 record with a 4.93 ERA over 83.1 innings between the two levels.

On July 6, 2019, the Rangers selected Payano's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[8] He made his debut that day, pitching a scoreless inning in relief.[9] In 2019, Payano produced a 1–2 record with a 5.73 ERA in 22 MLB innings.

Payano was designated for assignment on September 1 and was outrighted to Nashville on September 3.[10] He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[11]

New York Mets

On December 12, 2019, Payano signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.[12] Payano was released on September 5, 2020.

References
  1. Enrique Rojas (July 3, 2011). "Rangers give Nomar Mazara $5M bonus". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. Mark Parker (June 16, 2016). "Crawdads pitcher 'grew up,' now potential majors prospect". Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. "Texas Rangers farmhands to keep an eye on". WFAA. June 28, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  4. "Pedro Payano Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  5. Charlie Drysdale (September 16, 2015). "Rangers pitcher Pedro Payano dazzles in opening game of SAL championship series". minorleagueball.com. SB Nation. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  6. Junious Smith (April 10, 2017). "It's opening day for the Down East Wood Ducks". Kinston Free Press. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  7. Keith Raad (August 5, 2017). "Pedro Payano has made a change and the Texas League should look out". ridersinsider.mlblogs.com. Frisco RoughRiders. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  8. Adam J. Morris (July 6, 2019). "Pedro Payano up, Locke St. John down, Patrick Wisdom DFA'd". Lone Star Ball. SB Nation. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  9. Jeff Wilson (July 6, 2019). "Rangers aren't doing much well during their slide, but this is main factor for their woes". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  10. RotoWire Staff (September 3, 2019). "Rangers' Pedro Payano: Outrighted to Triple-A". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  11. Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  12. RotoWire Staff (December 12, 2019). "Mets' Pedro Payano: Signs minor-league contract". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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