Gilmael Troya

Gilmael Alberto Troya Ramírez

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 196 lb.

• Born April 4, 1997 in Valencia, Carabobo Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Gilmael Troya has pitched in the minors and for the Venezuelan national team.

He was signed by the New York Yankees in July 2014. He split 2015 between the DSL Yankees 1 (3-0, 1.13 in 5 G; .195 opponent average, 28 K in 24 IP) and GCL Yankees 2 (1-3, 2.25 in 9 G; .165 opponent average, 39 K in 36 IP). In 2016, he was 1-5 with a 3.78 ERA for the GCL Yankees West. He tied for fourth in the Gulf Coast League in losses. He was 4-2 with a 4.22 ERA for the 2017 Pulaski Yankees, whiffing 54 in 53 1/3 IP. He tied Nick Brown and Hansel Paulino for 8th in the Appalachian League in strikeouts.

In 2018, he was 2-0 with two saves, a 1.65 ERA, 55 K in 38 2/3 IP and a .180 opponent average while moving to relief for Pulaski. Among qualifying Appy League relievers, he was second in K rate, third in opponent average and 4th in fewest base runners per 9. The Philadelphia Phillies took him in the AAA phase of the 2018 Rule 5 Draft. He was 5-0 with two saves and a 2.56 ERA for the 2019 Lakewood BlueClaws, tying for 9th in the South Atlantic League in games pitched. That ended his minor league career at 16-10, 2.83 with four saves in 90 games (33 starts), striking out 267 in 254 2/3 IP.

The right-hander won Bronze with Venezuela in the 2022 Bolivarian Games. He debuted against Silver Medal winner Colombia, relieving Jesús Tona in the 5th with a 7-0 deficit. Gerson Jiménez reached on an error then he retired Edilberto Mendoza, Jesús Sepúlveda and Bryan Niño, the latter two by K. He began the 6th by getting David Lozano on a fly then the wheels came off as he walked Luis Castro and gave up hits to Rafael Romero, Jonathan Lozada and Diover Ávila to make it 9-0. Ángel León took over and let an inherited runner in. He also closed out their 14-2 loss to the Dominican national team, replacing Tona again and giving up four hits and three runs in 1 2/3 IP, though he did fan two. He tied Eduin Villa for the 6th-highest ERA int he Games and was 4th with 6 earned runs allowed, behind three Peruvian hurlers (Ken Ishihara, Marco Castellano, Edgar Paredes).