Freddie Cabrera

Freddie Cabrera Muñiz
also known as Freddie Muñiz

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.
• School Central Methodist University, Rend Lake College

• Born January 25, 1990 in Moca Puerto Rico

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Biographical Information

Freddie Cabrera has pitched in the minors and for the Puerto Rican national team.

Cabrera was 6-4 with a 3.06 ERA as a college junior and set a team record with 78 whiffs, making All-Heart of America Athletic Conference. He was taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 26th round of the 2011 amateur draft. The scout was Scott Little. He split that summer between the AZL Dodgers (0-1, 2.40 in 6 G; 1 BB in 15 IP), Ogden Raptors (1-1, 8.44 in 7 G) and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (1-0, 5.91 in 4 G).

He made his Puerto Rican League debut with the 2011-2012 Indios de Mayagüez, going 1-1 with 3 saves and a 2.63 ERA. He won Rookie of the Year honors. He returned to the Quakes in 2012 and pitched a team-high 40 games, going 1-3 with a save and a 6.35 ERA. Back with the Indios the next winter, he had a 2-0, 3.70 record.

For the 2013 Quakes, he was 3-5 with a 6.01 ERA in 33 games (6 starts). His winter record was down to 1-2, 5.66 for Mayagüez. He spent most of 2014 with Rancho Cucamonga (3-1, 4.68 in 22 G) and also pitched 12 times for the Chattanooga Lookouts (0-1, 2.70 in 12 G) to end his time in the Dodgers chain. In the winter, he was 2-0 but with a 5.56 ERA.

With the Indios in 2015-2016, he was 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA. He pitched briefly for the 2016 Long Island Ducks, giving up 17 hits and 10 runs (8 earned) in 8 2/3 IP. He moved to the Gigantes de Carolina the next winter and went 0-1 with a save and a 3.44 ERA. For Carolina in 2017-2018, he allowed four runs in four and 2/3 innings but saved two games.

He rebounded in 2018-2019 with a 2-1, 3.00 record for Carolina, his best mark in three years. He then got to pitch for Puerto Rico in the 2019 Pan American Games. He did a fine job for the Gold Medalists, saving Giovanni Soto's opening win over Nicaragua and allowing one hit, two walks (one intentional) and no runs in five innings. He tied R.J. Freure for 9th in the Games in ERA (the other eight hurlers ahead also had virgin ERAs but in more innings). Only Fernando Cruz pitched more games for Puerto Rico than Cabrera's four. It sure confused scorekeepers, though, as the 2019 Pan Am Games site listed both him and teammate Fernando Cabrera as F. Cabrera.

For the 2019 Premier 12, he was listed instead as Freddie Muñiz, perhaps to avoid confusion with his fellow staffmate Fernando Cabrera again. He pitched one game there, relieving Rámesis Rosa in the 7th with a 6-0 deficit against Venezuela, one out and two on. He gave up a RBI single to Diego Rincones then got Andrés Blanco to fly into a double play. In the 8th, he retired Dixon Machado and Herlis Rodriguez. Alí Castillo singled but Cabrera fanned Juniel Querecuto. Miguel Mejia took over with a 7-1 deficit in the 9th.

He was 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA for the 2019-2020 Gigantes. He was then on Puerto Rico's announced 2020 Americas Olympic Qualifier roster before that event was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the Olympics themselves would follow in being delayed.