Melvin Jiménez (minors02)

Melvin José Jiménez Taveras

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

• Born July 23, 1999 in Santiago, Santiago D.R.

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Biographical Information

Melvin Jiménez peaked at AA and made the Dominican national team.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, he had a fine pro debut for the 2016 DSL Dodgers 1 at 4-3, 1.47 with 66 K in 55 IP, allowing a .181 average. He tied Ricardo Smith for 7th in the Dominican Summer League iun strikeouts and would've been 9th in ERA had he qualified. In '17, the youngster came stateside and pitched for the AZL Dodgers (1-0, 1.64 in 5 G) and Great Lakes Loons (2-1, Sv, 2.57 in 9 G), fanning 54 in 39 IP overall.

Jiménez split 2018 between the same two teams but was less effective. While he was 2-0 with four shutout innings for the AZL Dodgers, he was 3-7 with four saves and a 4.22 ERA in his 28 games for the Loons. He split 2019 between the Ogden Raptors (5-0, 2.25 in 10 G) and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (2-0, 2 Sv, 3.52 in 19 G), whiffing 89 in 50 2/3 innings for the summer. The 2020 minor league season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Returning in '21, he pitched for the Loons (2-2, 3 Sv, 4.35 in 30 G) and the Tulsa Drillers (0-2, 20.52 in 6 G). He was 1-0 with a 10.57 ERA in another rough stint (8 G) for the 2022 Drillers to end his minor league career at 22-15, 3.79 with 10 saves. That winter, he was 0-2 with a 5.59 ERA between two Colombian League teams. He still made the Dominican roster for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, though he did not make it into a game.