Carlos Rafael Gutiérrez (born September 22, 1986) is a Puerto Rican-American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He last played in the Chicago Cubs organization in 2013. The 6'3" tall, 205 lbs. right-hander was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the first round (27th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft as a compensation pick from the Los Angeles Angels after signing Twins free agent Torii Hunter. He entered the 2010 season ranked as the Twins seventh best prospect by Baseball America.[1]
Following the 2008 season, he pitched for Gigantes de Carolina of the Winter Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico, and with Puerto Rico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Gutierrez pitched one inning of Puerto Rico's 7-0 victory over Panama in round one of the World Baseball Classic.[2]
He spent the first half of 2009 with the Fort Myers Miracle, where he went 2-3 with a 1.32 earned run average over ten starts (one relief appearance) to earn a Florida State League All star selection, however, he did not participate due to his recent promotion to the double A New Britain Rock Cats.[3] He appeared in 32 games with New Britain with 122 innings pitched and went 5-8 with a 4.57 ERA before being promoted to Triple-A in September 2010.
References
- ^ John Manuel (2010-01-12). "Top 10 Prospects: Minnesota Twins". Baseball America.
- ^ "World Baseball Classic". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Bailey Stephens (2009-06-04). "Division leaders pace FSL All-Star rosters". MLB.com.
See also
- Career statistics and player information from Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Minor League Baseball