[1] Hinojosa improved to 7–4 with a 3.61 ERA in 2008–2009, which included one shutout and 48 strikeouts in 87 innings, while tying for sixth in the Cuban Series with four complete games.

[1] In the 2010 World University Baseball Championship, Hinojosa threw a seven-inning mercy rule perfect game against the Sri Lanka squad, striking out 16 in the process.

He then threw another mercy rule perfecto against a third-rate Asian power, blanking the Hong Kong national team in a five-inning perfect game at the 2010 Intercontinental Cup.

[3] Hinojosa was declared a free agent in July 2013,[4] and he signed with the Boston Red Sox to a Minor League deal worth $4.25 million in 2013.

[8] Hinojosa made 41 relief appearances at Pawtucket, and despite struggling early, he turned his year around by posting a 1.57 ERA in his final 23 innings of work.

[13] After playing 2 weeks with the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, he was recalled to the majors on July 31 making his National League debut the same day.