Rene Pinto

Pinto was waived by Tampa Bay in the offseason and grabbed by division foe Baltimore shortly thereafter. Pinto had been in the Tampa Bay organization since 2014 and showed some offensive upside through 2022 but spent the last few years as the club's third catcher between Durham and St. Pete while doing little other than jumping on mistakes. Pinto can punish a mistake, but can also be easily disposed of by pitchers as long as they hit their spots with their fastballs. You see, that's all Pinto is doing is hunting for fastballs as 8 of his 10 career homers have come off fastballs while he swings and misses at an insane amount of both fastballs as well as every other pitch type. Pinto is out of options, so Baltimore has to keep him around long enough to drain his brain of any intel he can provide them to help against Tampa Bay in future games. That may ultimately be his best value to the club if he makes the Opening Day roster because he does little else well enough to stay in the majors. Read Past Outlooks