Javier Mirabal

Javier Mirabal Espinosa

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.

• Born January 19, 1997 in Placetas, Villa Clara Cuba

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Biographical Information

Javier Mirabal has pitched in Cuba and Mexico and for the Cuban national team.

He debuted with the Naranjas de Villa Clara in the 2015-2016 Cuban Serie Nacional, going 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA but with 11 walks in 7 innings. He had a 3-3, 4.20 record as a swingman in 2016-2017. He started 2017-2018 2-1 with a save and a 3.35 ERA. When Villa Clara did not make the second half, he reinforced Matanzas and was 3-0 with 3 saves and a 0.00 ERA in 13 2/3 IP but yielded 3 runs in one inning in the postseason. He was 4-7 with five saves and a 4.91 ERA for the 2018-2019 Naranjas. He tied for 4th in the league in losses.

Mirabal was moved into the rotation in 2019-2020 and had a 5-4, 4.53 record in the first half. He again reinforced Matanzas in the second half (1-1, 3.95). He fell to 2-7, 6.14 in 2020-2021 but rebounded to 5-5, 4.15 in 2021-2022 (as of 10/14/2024, BR Register has the years mixed up). He tied Carlos Juan Viera for 9th in WHIP (1.33). He was 1-3 with a save and a 2.81 ERA for the Centrales de Matanzas, Cienfuegos & Villa Clara in the new Cuban Elite League in 2022. In the 2022 Caribbean Baseball Cup, he had a 3.60 ERA in three outings for second-place Cuba.

The Placetas native was 6-5 with two saves and a 2.64 ERA for Villa Clara in 2023. He tied for second in shutouts (2), was 10th in WHIP (1.36) and 6th in ERA (between Wilber Reyna and Yunieski García). He was with Cuba for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, posting a 6.00 ERA in three appearances as Cuba took Silver. That winter, he pitched in Mexico, with 3 runs in 3 2/3 IP for the Águilas de Mexicali. Staying in Mexico for the summer, he had a 6.28 ERA in 11 games for the Bravos de León.