Cesar Cabral P

Cesar Cabral  P

2015 Highlights
• Spent the majority of the season in Norfolk, where he went 2-1 with two saves and a 4.95 ERA in 45 games
• Opened the year at Double-A Bowie, making two scoreless appearances before joining Norfolk on April 14
• Had his contract selected by Baltimore on June 5 and appeared in two games with the Orioles
• Did not allow a run over his first 25 relief outings of the season between Bowie (2), Norfolk (21) & Baltimore (2). During that span he held batters to a .176 average (15-85), with left-handers hitting .138 (4-29)
• With Norfolk posted a 1.83 ERA through 8/9 but a 23.82 ERA (15 ER, 5.2 IP) from 8/10 through the end of the year
• His 45 appearances with Norfolk ranked second on the team and tied for the 12th-most in the IL
• Did not surrender a home run in 201 batters faced between Norfolk (184), Baltimore (3) and Bowie (14)
• Allowed just three of 24 inherited runners to score
• Issued just six walks from April through July, but yielded 13 walks over his final 11 appearances
• Tossed a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout in his lone postseason appearance with the Tides
2014: Split the season between New York, Scranton/WB and Trenton in the Yankees organization...Made four relief appearances with New York, posting a 27.00 ERA (3 ER, 1.0 IP) without recording a decision in his only stint with the Yankees (4/8-18)…Was designated for assignment on 4/18 and outrighted to Scranton/WB on 4/22...Began the season with Scranton/WB, posting a 9.45 ERA (7 ER, 6.2 IP) in seven relief appearances...Transferred to Double-A Trenton on 5/17 and spent the rest of the season with the Thunder, going 1-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 25 relief appearances...Registered 37 strikeouts and allowed 30 hits in 32.0 innings.
2013: Did not record a decision over eight relief appearances in his only stint with the Yankees, posting a 2.45 ERA (3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K)…Opponents batted .231 (3-13), with left-handers hitting .125 (1-8)...Retired five-of-eight first batters faced and allowed only one of his eight inherited runners to score...Was selected to the Yankees' active roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 9/1...Made his major league debut on 9/2 vs. Chicago-AL, tossing a scoreless eighth inning (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K)…Struck out his first career batter faced (Jordan Danks)...Began the season on the 60-day DL recovering from left elbow surgery (performed on 6/1/12 by Dr. Christopher Ahmad).
2012: Missed the entire season after suffering a left elbow fracture during spring training.
2011: Went 3-4 with nine saves and a 2.95 ERA in 36 relief appearances with Single-A Salem and Double-A Portland, recording 70 K in 55.0 IP...Began the season with Salem, where he went 1-0 with a 1.62 ERA (3 ER, 16.2 IP) while converting each of his eight save chances.
2010: In his first season working as a reliever, combined with Single-A Greenville and Single-A Salem to go 4-0 with nine saves and a 3.63 ERA in 79.1 IP out of the bullpen (32 ER)…Named the Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May after going 2-0 with one save in 16.1 scoreless innings...Began the year with Greenville and went 2-0 with five saves and a 0.29 ERA, allowing just one earned run in 31.1 IP in relief.
PERSONAL: Cesar Augusto (Dipre) Cabral was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on 1/15/15, and re-signed by the O's as a free agent on 11/4/15…Originally signed by Boston as a non-drafted free agent in 2005…Drafted by Tampa Bay from Boston in the 2010 Rule 5 draft but was returned to Boston on 3/27/11…Has a younger brother who was formerly in the Red Sox system with the same first and last name (Cesar Ariel Cabral).