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Junior Fabio Fernández (born March 2, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Junior Fernández
Fernández with the Indianapolis Indians in 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 43
Pitcher
Born: (1997-03-02) March 2, 1997 (age 25) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 11, 2019, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics (through 2022 season)
Win–loss record	1–1
Earned run average	5.17
Strikeouts	47
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (2019–2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2022–present)

Career

Fernández signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent in July 2014.[1]

Fernández made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Cardinals, posting an 0-5 record and a 5.79 ERA over seven games (six starts). He spent 2015 with the Gulf Coast Cardinals, going 3-2 with a 3.88 ERA in 11 games (nine starts) and also appeared in two games with the Palm Beach Cardinals, giving up one run over 6+2⁄3 innings.[2] Fernández started 2016 with the Peoria Chiefs[3][4] and was promoted to the Palm Beach Cardinals in July. He finished the 2016 season with a combined 8-7 record and 4.06 ERA in 24 games (20 starts) between both clubs.[5]

Fernández returned to Palm Beach for the 2017 season where he was named a Florida State League All-Star,[6] posting a 5-3 record with a 3.69 ERA over 16 starts. He began 2018 back with Palm Beach and was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals during the season. He missed over two months of the season due to injury, and was placed on the disabled list twice. Over 24 relief appearances between the two teams, he went 1-0 with a 3.52 ERA.[7]

Fernández began the 2019 season with Palm Beach.[8] He was promoted to Springfield in May, and he earned another promotion to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds in June. In the more than 65 innings he pitched between the three teams for the season, he went 3-2 with a 1.52 ERA, striking out eighty.

On August 6, 2019, the Cardinals selected Fernández's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[9] He made his debut on August 11 versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, allowing two runs in 2⁄3 of an inning.[10] Over 13 relief appearances with St. Louis, he pitched to a 5.40 ERA.[11]

Fernández began the 2020 season with St. Louis On August 4, 2020, it was announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and was subsequently placed on the injured list.[12] He pitched a total of three innings during the season.

On September 5, 2022, Fernández was designated for assignment.[13] On September 7, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[14]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

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