Rene Pinto

Rene Pinto

28-Year-Old CatcherC
Baltimore Orioles
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Pinto is a 27-year-old catcher with a relatively underwhelming major-league resume, but he might be ready to emerge as a useful option at fantasy baseball's shallowest position if the Rays keep the runway clear. He's logged only 188 total plate appearances at the big-league level and has a weak .235/.255/.399 slash line to show for it, but Pinto plays stout defense behind the dish and the Tampa Bay front office seems to believe that he could soon blossom offensively. There is evidence to support that idea, as the Venezuelan native boasts an .844 OPS with 35 home runs and 113 RBI in 162 career games with Triple-A Durham. Christian Bethancourt and Francisco Mejia are both out of the picture now, so 2024 could be Pinto's year. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2024. Claimed off waivers by the Orioles in November of 2024.
Claimed by Baltimore
CBaltimore Orioles
November 4, 2024
The Orioles claimed Pinto off waivers from the Rays on Monday, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
ANALYSIS
Pinto began the 2024 season as the Rays' starting catcher but was sent down in early May after a slow start and was never recalled. The 28-year-old has hit .231/.263/.404 with 10 home runs over 82 games at the big-league level. Baltimore has an opening at backup catcher and Pinto will be a candidate to fill it.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#3
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#5
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#8
#9
5
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
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10
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+20%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+78%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+21%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .580 62 3 1 8 0 .220 .258 .322
Since 2022vs Right .698 175 17 9 24 0 .235 .264 .434
2024vs Left .533 25 1 1 3 0 .167 .200 .333
2024vs Right .947 24 4 1 3 0 .278 .391 .556
2023vs Left .699 22 1 0 4 0 .286 .318 .381
2023vs Right .729 83 9 6 12 0 .244 .253 .476
2022vs Left .481 15 1 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214
2022vs Right .584 68 4 2 9 0 .212 .235 .348
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+31%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+138%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+25%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .574 115 7 5 14 0 .178 .219 .355
Since 2022Away .752 122 13 5 18 0 .280 .303 .449
2024Home .763 33 4 2 5 0 .185 .281 .481
2024Away .646 16 1 0 1 0 .267 .313 .333
2023Home .410 47 2 2 6 0 .130 .149 .261
2023Away .976 58 8 4 10 0 .351 .362 .614
2022Home .639 35 1 1 3 0 .235 .257 .382
2022Away .512 48 4 1 7 0 .196 .229 .283
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Stat Review
How does Rene Pinto compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.22
 
BB Rate
8.2%
 
K Rate
36.7%
 
BABIP
.304
 
ISO
.214
 
AVG
.214
 
OBP
.292
 
SLG
.429
 
OPS
.720
 
wOBA
.314
 
Exit Velocity
93.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
46.2%
 
Barrels/PA
10.2%
 
Expected BA
.195
 
Expected SLG
.489
 
Sprint Speed
19.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
16.0%
 
Line Drive %
16.0%
 
Fly Ball %
68.0%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Pinto has been in the organization since 2014 and has hit .277 as a minor leaguer in over 2100 plate appearances, but has done little in his exposure at the big league level other than look like the prototypical backup catcher. He is third on the depth charts as things stand in November behind Francisco Mejia and Cristian Bethancourt and could spend another season on the RDU to TPA shuttle depending on what the club does later this winter. Back to back seasons of slugging percentages in Durham are both a mixture of some improvements he has made in his development along with a heavy dose of home cooking as The DAP is one of the best hitting environments in the minors.
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Sent down to Durham
CTampa Bay Rays
May 3, 2024
Pinto was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Friday, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.
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Belts two homers
CTampa Bay Rays
April 14, 2024
Pinto went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Sunday's win over San Francisco.
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Draws back into lineup
CTampa Bay Rays
April 14, 2024
Pinto will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Giants, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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In timeshare at catcher
CTampa Bay Rays
April 12, 2024
Pinto is absent from the lineup Friday against the Giants.
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Resting Wednesday
CTampa Bay Rays
April 10, 2024
Pinto is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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