Ariel Miranda


Ariel Miranda Gil is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career

Miranda played in the Cuban National Series from 2007 to 2013. He defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball.

Baltimore Orioles

On May 23, 2015, Miranda signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles on May 23, 2015. He made his major league debut for the Orioles on July 3 against the Seattle Mariners, pitching 2 innings of relief giving up 3 runs off 4 hits and striking out 4.

Seattle Mariners

On July 31, 2016, the Orioles traded Miranda to the Seattle Mariners for Wade Miley. The 2017 Mariners roster was crippled by player injuries, specifically to the starting rotation, and Miranda was one of the only starters to consistently stay in the rotation without injuring himself or being sent down. On June 4, Miranda pitched his first complete game, a 7-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. For the season, he finished with a record of 8-7 in 31 games, 29 starts for the Mariners. He allowed 37 home runs in 160 innings pitched while striking out 137.
Miranda was released by the Mariners on July 4, 2018.

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

On July 17, 2018, he signed with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. On August 18, he pitched against the Orix Buffaloes as a starting pitcher, and won the game for the first time in the Pacific League. In the 2018 season, he finished the regular season with 5 games pitched, a 6–1 win–loss record, a 1.89 ERA, and 40 strikeouts in 47 2/3 innings. On October 30, he pitched against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp as a starting pitcher, and won the game in the 2018 Japan Series.
In the 2019 season, Miranda finished the regular season with 18 games pitched, a 7–5 win–loss record, a 4.19 ERA, one save, and 58 strikeouts in 86 innings. And he was selected to the Japan Series roster in the 2019 Japan Series. On November 28, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks announced that team will not sign with Miranda for next season. On December 2, 2019, he became a free agent.

Chinatrust Brothers

On January 7, 2020, Miranda signed with the Chinatrust Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.