Benino Pruneda

Benino Pruneda

• 'BatsRight, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 236 lb.
• School San Jacinto College
• High School Deer Park (TX) High School

• Born August 8, 1988 in Houston, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Benino Pruneda pitched a total of 10 minor league seasons between 2007 and 2017, while missing all of 2012 and 2013. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 31st round of the 2007 amateur draft out of San Jacinto College and began his pro career that same year. He pitched for the GCL Braves and the Rome Braves in 2007 for a total of 6 games. He became a heavily-used reliever the next year when he appeared in 41 games for Rome, going 4-4, 2.83. He would pitch over 40 games in each of the next three seasons, peaking in the AA Southern League with the Mississippi Braves in 2011, when saved a career-high 11 games while going 2-7, 3.50 in 52 outings.

After being out of baseball for two seasons, following Tommy John surgery, he returned in 2014, with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League, still in the Braves' system. He went 2-2, 5.82 that year, but the highlight of his career came on June 27th when he combined with Cody Scarpetta on a 5-0 no-hitter against the Wilmington Blue Rocks. What was even more remarkable was that this came one night after two other Lynchburg pitchers, Lucas Sims and Alex Wilson had also combined to no-hit Wilmington, 5-1. He was let go by the Braves after that season, and signed with the Kansas City Royals, ironically beginning the 2015 season with Wilmington. He ws soon promoted to the AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals and comboned to go 3-0, 3.15 in 36 games. In 2016, he was with Northwest Arkansas and also in AAA for the first time, with the Omaha Storm Chasers and had another good year, finishing at 6-3, 3.59 in 33 games; he made the only two starts of his career that year, one for each of the two teams. In 2017, he moved to the Mexican League, having previously pitched in the Mexican Pacific League for two winter league seasons. However, his poor results brought his professional career to an end as he put up an ERA of 8.22 in 11 games.