James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R OUT

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

Signed By

Colleen’s Husband for $3

On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Drafted 9th Rd '17

Tue 11/05	Wed 11/06	Thu 11/07
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Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $3.57 Median $3.00
SABR Points
Average $5.00 Median $5.00

All Leagues
Average $2.40 Median $2.00
SABR Points
Average $2.20 Median $2.00

Roster%
6.58%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0%

2024 OPL Round 8
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

November 4, 2024 4:16 PM : Karinchak elected free agency Monday.
Analysis: Karinchak refused an outrighted assignment by the Guardians, opting for free agency instead. He was limited to just seven rehab appearances in 2024 due to a shoulder issue but was pitching in games at the end of the season. Karinchak boasts a 36.3 percent strikeout rate but also a 14.1 percent walk rate over parts of five major-league seasons.

Year	Team	G	IP	SV	HLD	K	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	CLE	5	5.1	0	0	8	1	0	0	7.44	39.67
2020	CLE	27	27.0	1	8	53	16	0	1	8.04	217.00
2021	CLE	60	55.1	11	13	78	32	2	9	5.8	320.67
2022	CLE	38	39.0	3	8	62	21	1	2	7.03	274.00
2023	CLE	44	39.0	0	13	52	28	3	6	4.62	180.00

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	BB	HR	P/IP	Pts
2017	CLE (A-)	10	6	23.1	0	0	31	9	1	5.94	138.67
2018	CLE (A)	7	0	11.1	1	0	20	7	0	7.12	80.67
2018	CLE (A+)	25	0	27.0	13	0	45	17	1	8.37	226.00
2018	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.1	0	1	16	12	1	3.74	38.67
2019	CLE (R)	3	0	3.0	0	0	8	2	0	8.33	25.00
2019	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.0	6	0	24	2	0	12.2	122.00
2019	CLE (AAA)	17	0	17.1	2	5	42	13	2	7.83	135.67
2021	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.0	0	1	9	3	1	5	30.00
2022	CLE (AAA)	12	0	11.0	0	2	17	11	0	5.82	64.00
2023	CLE (AAA)	24	0	23.1	5	0	42	13	1	7.44	173.67
2024	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.2	1	1	12	6	0	7.25	48.33

Year	Team	G	IP	SV	HLD	K	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	CLE (ST)	4	2.2	0	1	4	3	1	0	5	13.33
2020	CLE (ST)	8	7.2	1	2	13	7	0	0	7.35	56.33
2021	CLE (ST)	12	10.1	0	0	21	10	0	0	6.16	63.67
2023	CLE (ST)	10	9.2	0	3	12	5	0	1	5.83	56.33

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	Pts
Sep 30, 2023	CLE	@DET	0	0.2	6	4	0	0	0	3	0	-5.67
Sep 26, 2023	CLE	CIN	0	0.2	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.33
Sep 24, 2023	CLE	BAL	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.00
Sep 22, 2023	CLE	BAL	1	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	8.00
Sep 20, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	0.2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.33
Sep 19, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	9.00
Aug 30, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	6.00
Aug 28, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	4.00
Aug 26, 2023	CLE	@TOR	0	1.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.00
Aug 23, 2023	CLE	LAD	0	1.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	9.00
Totals			1	9.0	44	6	2	9	12	7	1	49.00

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	Save	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB
Sep 21, 2024	AAA	COL	@TOL	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	2	1
Sep 18, 2024	AAA	COL	@TOL	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	0
Sep 15, 2024	AAA	COL	STP	1	1.0	4	0	0	1	2	0
Sep 13, 2024	AAA	COL	STP	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sep 11, 2024	AAA	COL	STP	0	0.2	6	1	1	1	1	3
Sep 8, 2024	AAA	COL	DUR	0	1.0	4	1	1	0	2	1
Sep 6, 2024	AAA	COL	DUR	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	1
Sep 15, 2023	AAA	COL	@TOL	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	0
Sep 12, 2023	AAA	COL	@TOL	0	1.0	5	0	0	0	2	2
Sep 8, 2023	AAA	COL	SWB	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				1	9.2	40	2	2	3	18	8

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	GS	Win	Save	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	HR
Feb 26, 2023	ST	CLE	TEX	0	0	0	1.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
Totals				0	0	0	1.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	0	0

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
May 16, 2019 4:25 PM	add	Ozuna Is Still Uggla	$1
October 4, 2019 4:57 PM	increase	Ozuna Is Still Uggla	$3
September 30, 2020 6:19 PM	increase	Ozuna Is Still Uggla	$5
October 9, 2021 3:38 AM	increase	Ozuna Is Still Uggla	$7
April 1, 2022 7:51 PM	cut	Ozuna Is Still Uggla	$0
April 3, 2022 9:29 PM	add	J.De. Power and Associates	$2
October 14, 2022 1:46 AM	increase	J.De. Power and Associates	$4
January 31, 2023 12:17 PM	cut	J.De. Power and Associates	$0
March 26, 2023 10:34 PM	add	Colleen’s Husband	$7
June 29, 2023 12:55 PM	cut	Colleen’s Husband	$4
July 3, 2024 1:38 PM	add	Colleen’s Husband	$1
October 10, 2024 12:56 AM	increase	Colleen’s Husband	$3

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
August 30, 2023 2:10 PM	Greendale Human Beings	Aaron Civale TBR SP R $1 Oneil Cruz PIT SS/OF L $9 Triston Casas BOS 1B L $5 Francisco Alvarez NYM C R $4	Free Hacks	Carlos Rodon NYY SP L $21 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $8 OUT Christian Encarnacion-Strand CIN 1B R $1 $7 loan
April 19, 2023 4:45 PM	Give ‘em the heater, Ricky.	James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $11 OUT Bryce Elder ATL ST SP R $4	Joe Jackson Revival	Josh Hader SDP RP L $15
January 27, 2023 10:25 PM	HUF!	Miles Mikolas STL SP R $4 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT Eli Morgan CLE RP R $3 Alec Bohm PHI 1B/3B R $10 Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $6	🐮The Milkman Delivers 🐮	Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $34 Gleyber Torres NYY 2B R $19
December 18, 2021 9:32 AM	👑 Jrod-Squad 👑	Luis Castillo CIN SP R $21 DL Hall BAL SP/RP L $2 Jake Fraley SEA OF L $3	Titanic Strugglers	Adam Duvall ATL OF R $4 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $8 OUT
July 7, 2021 7:49 PM	Birmingham Jailbirds	Eloy Jimenez CHW Util R $16 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT	Venomous Snakes	Christian Yelich MIL OF L $42 OUT $23 loan
May 9, 2021 4:40 PM	Crone Zone	Tim Anderson CHW SS R $11 Bobby Dalbec BOS AAA 1B/3B/OF R $4 Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP R $1 OUT	Sugarless Vladdy	Matthew Boyd DET SP L $1 Gleyber Torres NYY 2B R $26 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $6 OUT $15 loan
January 7, 2021 9:41 PM	Birmingham Jailbirds	Dominic Smith NYM 1B L $11 Randy Arozarena TBR OF R $4 Nick Anderson BAL AAA RP R $5	🐅 Nightmare on Huston Street 🐅	Marcell Ozuna ATL Util R $30 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT
August 22, 2020 3:56 PM	See Through Bottom Boys	Evan Marshall LAA AAA RP R $1 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT	Ricky Henderson's The Name	Mark Canha OAK 1B/OF R $3 OUT
July 18, 2020 5:08 PM	Taco Corp	Trevor Story COL SS R $27 Ryan Yarbrough TBR RP L $7 Brian Anderson ATL AAA 1B/3B R $5 Brandon Lowe TBR 1B/2B L $7 $16 loan	Meadows Blues	Robbie Ray ARI SP L $14 Dansby Swanson ATL SS R $3 Luis Robert Jr. CHW OF R $7 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $6 OUT
December 18, 2019 10:27 AM	sabrsplit	Aaron Judge NYY OF R $47 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT	Sultans of SaLSA	Mike Trout LAA ST OF R $87 OUT

James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R OUT

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

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Signed By

Colleen’s Husband for $3

On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Drafted 9th Rd '17

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