Yonny Enrique Chirinos Mejias (born December 26, 1993) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the LG Twins of the KBO League.
He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves, and Miami Marlins.
[1][2][3] He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Venezuelan Summer League Rays and spent the whole season there, pitching to a 3–3 record and 3.27 ERA in 13 games (12 starts).
In 2014, he played for the Princeton Rays where he compiled a 3–0 record and 2.09 ERA in 14 games, and in 2015, he pitched for the Charlotte Stone Crabs, Hudson Valley Renegades, and Bowling Green Hot Rods, collecting a combined 5–5 record, 1.82 ERA, and 1.02 WHIP in 15 games (13 starts).
Chirinos spent 2016 with Bowling Green, Charlotte, and the Montgomery Biscuits, pitching to a 12–4 record and 3.36 ERA in 29 games.
[8][9] Chirinos made his opening debut in a long relief role against the Boston Red Sox on April 1.
On August 21, 2020, it was announced that Chirinos would require Tommy John surgery for an elbow injury, ruling him out for the rest of the 2020 season and likely most of 2021.
[22] Chirinos returned from Tommy John late in the season,[23][24] and logged two scoreless appearances for the Rays, striking out 6 in 7.0 innings pitched.