Silvino Bracho signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox, which includes an invitation to spring training, when the labor conflict that keeps the next Major League season on hold ends.
The right-hander pitched in the Triple A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in 2021 but after the end of the campaign he declared himself a free agent, which allows him to be recruited by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, despite the lockout that took place. maintains.
Bracho was at the highest level of baseball between 2015 and 2020 with the Arizona D-backs. In 2019 he underwent Tommy John surgery from which he has made a satisfactory recovery.
The 29-year-old reliever has been one of the most effective closers in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Lvbp), with the uniform of the Águilas del Zulia.
In 2021-2022, Bracho went 40.2 innings in 35 games, including the postseason and the Caribbean Series. On this journey he exhibited 2.21 ERA (10 runs at 40.2 IP)with a good ratio of 22 walks to 42 strikeouts, while leaving a record of 2-2, with 10 saves.
Before, with Sacramento (Triple A) he had left an average of 4.14 earned runs in 50 stretches, always as a reliever, reports the Lvbp portal.
Bracho se a al second baseman Yolmer Sanchez that early last month, he signed a similar contract with Boston.
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