Keury Mella

Keury Mella (born August 2, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds.

Keury Mella
Arizona Diamondbacks
Pitcher
Born: (1993-08-02) August 2, 1993
Bonao, Monseñor Nouel, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 20, 2017, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average7.94
Strikeouts13
Teams

Career

San Francisco Giants

Mella signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in 2011.[1] He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Dominican Summer League Giants. He spent 2013 with Arizona League Giants and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and 2014 with the Augusta GreenJackets.[2][3]

Cincinnati Reds

On July 30, 2015, the Giants traded Mella and Adam Duvall to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Mike Leake.[4] The Reds added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.[5] He made his MLB debut on September 20, 2017 and pitched in 4 games for the Reds. Mella was outrighted off the Reds roster following the 2019 season. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[6]

Arizona Diamondbacks

On November 8, 2019, Mella signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and was invited to major league Spring Training.

References
  1. "GreenJackets Player Report: Keury Mella". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  2. "Keury Mella making fans with bright smile as he plays for Augusta GreenJackets". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  3. "Keury Mella impresses in first win for Augusta". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. Haft, Chris (July 30, 2015). "Giants acquire righty Leake from Reds". MLB.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  5. "Jesse Winker among 7 protected from Rule 5 draft". cincinnati.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 8, 2019.


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