Andrés Muñoz

Andrés Clemente Muñoz Apodaca (born January 16, 1999) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in 2019.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Apodaca.
Andrés Muñoz
Seattle Mariners – No. 75
Pitcher
Born: (1999-01-16) January 16, 1999
Los Mochis, Mexico
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 12, 2019, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record7–13
Earned run average2.88
Strikeouts194
Saves18
Teams

Career

San Diego Padres

Muñoz signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Arizona Padres of the Rookie-level Arizona League,[1] going 1–1 with a 5.49 ERA in 16 games, mostly in relief, averaging 7.3 walks per nine innings.[2]

In 2017, he played for the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A Short Season Northwest League and the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League where he was 3–0 with a 3.81 ERA in 24 relief appearances between both teams, averaging 6.2 walks per nine innings.[2] After the season, he played for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, where he was the youngest player.[3]

Muñoz started 2018 with Tri-City and was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League during the season.[4] In 24.2 relief innings pitched between the two teams, he was 2–1 with a 0.73 ERA, averaging 4.7 walks per nine innings.[2][5][6]

He began the 2019 season with the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Texas League,[7] going 0–2 with a 2.16 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 16.2 innings for them, as he averaged 5.9 walks per nine innings.[2] On May 21, he was promoted to the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.[8]

On July 12, 2019, the Padres selected Muñoz's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[9] He made his major league debut that night versus the Atlanta Braves, striking out one batter over one inning pitched.[10] In 2019, his four-seam fastball was on average the second fastest in MLB, at 99.9 miles per hour (160.8 km/h).[11] He finished with a record of 1–1 in 22 games. He struck out 30 in 23 innings.

On March 20, 2020, it was announced that Munoz would have to undergo Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire 2020 season.[12]

Seattle Mariners

On August 30, 2020, the Padres traded Muñoz, Ty France, Taylor Trammell, and Luis Torrens to the Seattle Mariners for Austin Nola, Dan Altavilla, and Austin Adams.[13] On February 16, 2021, Muñoz was placed on the injured list as he continued to recover from Tommy John surgery and returned to make an appearance as a reliever in the Mariners last game of the 2021 season.[14][15]

On December 1, 2021, Muñoz and the Mariners agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $7.5 million.[16]

References
  1. "#PadresOnDeck: Velocity Puts Andres Munoz on the Fast Track". Padres.mlblogs.com. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  2. "Andres Munoz Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Offseason leagues: AFL a crash-course in Andres Munoz's education". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  4. "Andres Munoz jumps from Tri-City to San Antonio". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  5. Dennis Lin (August 23, 2018). "'This kid's got ice water in his veins': Andres Muñoz, 19, throws 103 mph, and could be the Padres' next great reliever". The Athletic. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. "Andres Munoz Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  7. RotoWire Staff (April 4, 2019). "Padres' Andres Munoz: Back at Double-A". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  8. RotoWire Staff (May 21, 2019). "Padres' Andres Munoz: Promoted to Triple-A". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  9. RotoWire Staff (July 12, 2019). "Padres' Andres Munoz: Promoted to majors". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  10. AJ Cassavell (July 13, 2019). "Munoz clocks 100 again and again in debut". MLB.com. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  11. "Statcast Pitch Arsenals Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com". Baseballsavant.mlb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  12. "Padres lose hard-throwing setup man Andres Munoz to Tommy John surgery". March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  13. "Busy Padres add C Nola; Trammell goes to M's". ESPN.com. August 31, 2020.
  14. "Mariners Sign James Paxton". MLB Trade Rumors.
  15. "Angels 7, Mariners 3 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday". mlb.com. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  16. Kramer, Daniel (December 1, 2021). "Muñoz inks 4-year extension with Seattle". MLB.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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