Alejandro Chacin
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Position:
RHP
Born:
06/24/93
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
205
B/T:
R/R
Acquired:
Signed as an international free agent (Venezuela) on February 23, 2010 (CIN).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 0-3 with a 2.60 ERA in 44 games at Louisville (Triple-A) striking out 63 while walking 27 in 69 1/3 innings and allowing 63 hits for a .243 BAA. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Louisville on August 23, along with RHP Luke Farrell, when RHP Blake Wood was designated for assignment, and OF Philip Ervin was sent down. MLB Debut Date: 08/23/17 |
Debut Details
| August 23, in a 9-3 loss to the Cubs. The second of four pitchers, he allowed one earned run on one hit over1 1/3 innings, striking out two. He also inherited one runner who scored. Of 19 pitches, 13 were for strikes. He came on in the top of the fourth with Alex Avila on base and two outs in relief of right-handed starter Asher Wojciechowski. The first batter he faced, Tommy LaStella, hit a two-run homer to right before Jason Heyward struck out looking to end the inning. In the fifth, he struck out Javier Baez swinging, got Mike Montgomery to ground out to first and retired Jon Jay on a fly out to right. Right-handed reliever Luke Farrell came on in his place to start the sixth inning. |
Player Notes
| Now in his eighth pro season, it's hard to believe that Chacin has flown so far under the radar, no less that he escaped being scooped up in the 2016 Rule 5 Draft, after having led the organization and the Southern League with 30 saves at Pensacola (Double-A) in 2016, posting a 1.78 ERA in 52 games and striking out 75 in 60 2/3 innings, walking 26 and allowing 51 hits for a .229 BAA. He'd been treading water (pretty masterfully) at Dayton (Class A) for three years running, with a 2.91 ERA and a .181 BAA in 2013, a 2.34 ERA and 20 saves to go with a .216 BAA in 2014, and then combining between Dayton and Daytona (High A) in 2015 for a 3.33 ERA, going 11-for-12 in save opportunities while striking out 72 in 51 1/3 innnings, walking 15 and allowing 39 hits for a .209 BAA. He throws a sinking fastball in the low 90s, a solid changeup and a slurve for his third pitch when needed. Just turned 24, he's not exactly over the hill yet. |
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