James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R OUT

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

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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
FanGraphs Points
Average $3.29 Median $3.00

All Leagues
Average $2.40 Median $2.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.20 Median $1.00

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	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	CLE	5	5.1	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	8.38	44.67
2020	CLE	27	27.0	1	8	53	14	16	0	1	9.11	246.10
2021	CLE	60	55.1	11	13	78	35	32	2	9	6.66	368.77
2022	CLE	38	39.0	3	8	62	22	21	1	2	7.99	311.80
2023	CLE	44	39.0	0	13	52	24	28	3	6	5.52	215.40

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HR	P/IP	Pts
2017	CLE (A-)	10	6	23.1	0	0	31	30	9	1	5.03	117.37
2018	CLE (A)	7	0	11.1	1	0	20	8	7	0	7.68	87.07
2018	CLE (A+)	25	0	27.0	13	0	45	14	17	1	9.45	255.10
2018	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.1	0	1	16	7	12	1	4.45	45.97
2019	CLE (R)	3	0	3.0	0	0	8	0	2	0	10.73	32.20
2019	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.0	6	0	24	2	2	0	14.08	140.80
2019	CLE (AAA)	17	0	17.1	2	5	42	14	13	2	8.21	142.27
2021	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.0	0	1	9	3	3	1	6.22	37.30
2022	CLE (AAA)	12	0	11.0	0	2	17	10	11	0	5.85	64.40
2023	CLE (AAA)	24	0	23.1	5	0	42	14	13	1	8.31	193.97
2024	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.2	1	1	12	3	6	0	8.48	56.53

Year	Team	G	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	CLE (ST)	4	2.2	0	1	4	2	3	1	0	5.45	14.53
2020	CLE (ST)	8	7.2	1	2	13	2	7	0	0	9.07	69.53
2021	CLE (ST)	12	10.1	0	0	21	10	10	0	0	6.05	62.47
2023	CLE (ST)	10	9.2	0	3	12	5	5	0	1	6.95	67.23

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	-4.07
Sep 26, 2023	CLE	CIN	0	0.2	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.73
Sep 24, 2023	CLE	BAL	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.80
Sep 22, 2023	CLE	BAL	1	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	10.40
Sep 20, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	0.2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.93
Sep 19, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	8.80
Aug 30, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	8.40
Aug 28, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	3.80
Aug 26, 2023	CLE	@TOR	0	1.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	1.20
Aug 23, 2023	CLE	LAD	0	1.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.20
Totals			1	9.0	44	6	2	9	12	7	1	47.20

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
September 15, 2019 6:17 PM	add	Almost Giants	$5
October 4, 2019 5:05 PM	increase	Almost Giants	$7
September 30, 2020 6:28 PM	increase	Almost Giants	$9
November 15, 2020 12:37 AM	increase	Almost Giants	$10
August 13, 2021 5:50 PM	move	Grizzly Adams (from Almost Giants)	$10
October 9, 2021 4:46 AM	increase	Grizzly Adams	$12
February 1, 2022 5:55 PM	cut	Grizzly Adams	$0
March 13, 2022 4:43 PM	add	SAM I AM	$3
March 14, 2022 9:09 PM	move	Grizzly Adams (from SAM I AM)	$3
October 14, 2022 1:36 AM	increase	Grizzly Adams	$5
January 23, 2023 11:24 AM	move	SAM I AM (from Grizzly Adams)	$5
October 12, 2023 11:21 AM	increase	SAM I AM	$7
January 31, 2024 9:42 PM	cut	SAM I AM	$0
February 26, 2024 9:27 PM	add	Diamond Dogs 🐺	$1
April 21, 2024 9:19 PM	cut	Diamond Dogs 🐺	$1

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
June 16, 2023 1:51 PM	Third Degree Burns 🔥	Michael Kopech CHW RP R $2 Yainer Diaz HOU C/1B R $2 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT	Duck Season 🦆🎯	Jhoan Duran MIN RP R $6 Cristian Javier HOU SP R $9 OUT $8 loan
May 15, 2023 5:16 PM	Barry's Bondage	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $26 Paul Sewald SEA RP R $8 OUT	4 Days in November: Full Throttle	Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $24 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT
May 3, 2023 7:19 AM	Make Aces Great Again	Alex Verdugo BOS OF L $14	Sunflower Seed Finger ☝️	Willson Contreras STL C R $14 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $3 OUT $3 loan
April 30, 2023 12:57 PM	Honey Nut Chourios	Shane Bieber CLE RP R $31 OUT James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT Alek Manoah TOR SP R $9 OUT $15 loan	Angels in the Troutfield	Raisel Iglesias ATL RP R $11 Jeff Mcneil NYM 2B/OF L $9 Brett Baty NYM ST 2B/3B L $5 Francisco Alvarez NYM C R $4
April 26, 2023 7:36 AM	Pandaman	$1 loan	The Notorious Gregorius	James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $4 OUT
April 25, 2023 12:38 PM	bushwhackers	James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT $4 loan	Walker Buehler's Day off	Gregory Santos CHW RP R $1
April 11, 2023 2:25 PM	Bulls on Paredes	Oneil Cruz PIT SS/OF L $7	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	Carlos Correa MIN SS R $30 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $6 OUT $29 loan
April 8, 2023 8:34 PM	🌴Myrtle ⚾️ Mania🌴	David Robertson NYM RP R $3 Matt Chapman TOR 3B R $7 MJ Melendez KCR OF L $4 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $11 OUT $2 loan	BEN AND DADDY	Tyler O'Neill STL OF R $11 Jose Alvarado PHI RP L $5 Bryson Stott PHI 2B/SS L $3 Garrett Mitchell MIL OF L $4
March 24, 2023 12:51 PM	Bright Future	Patrick Sandoval LAA SP L $6 OUT $2 loan	Turn Up the Bass Ball	Gregory Soto DET RP L $1 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT
March 3, 2023 6:07 PM	Racob Cronengirth	Trey Mancini MIA ST Util R $5 Bryan Abreu HOU RP R $3 Alex Kirilloff MIN AAA 1B/OF L $5 James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R $5 OUT $4 loan	Walnut Hill Blue Jays	Luis Garcia SDP RP R $1 Jordan Montgomery STL SP L $12 Jordan Hicks STL SP/RP R $1

James Karinchak CLE AAA RP R OUT

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

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Acquired: Drafted 9th Rd '17

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