Liván Moinelo
Liván Moinelo Pita is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for Vegueros de Pinar del Rio in the Cuban National Series. He was dispatched to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2017.Career
Moinelo played for the Cuban national baseball team at the 2015 Pan American Games, 2015 Premier 12 and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
On May 10, 2017, the Government of Cuba signed a contract to dispatch Moinelo and Oscar Colas to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as developmental squad player. From May 28, 2017, he played on the Western League, one of the two minor league teams in the NPB. On June 16 of the same year, Moinelo signed a 20 million yen contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as a registered player under management. On June 27, he pitched his debut game against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters as a relief pitcher. On July 2, he won the game as a relief pitcher for the first time in the Pacific League. In 2017 season, he finished the regular season as a Setup man with a 34 Games pitched, a 4–3 Win–loss record, a 2.52 ERA, a 15 Holds, a one saves, a 36 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings. He pitched as a setup man in the postseason, and he nice pitch in the 2017 Pacific League Climax Series against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the 2017 Japan Series against Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and contributed to the Japan series champion of the team.
In 2018 season, Moinelo finished the regular season with a 49 Games pitched, a 5–1 Win–loss record, a 4.53 ERA, a 13 Holds, a one saves, a 57 strikeouts in 45 2/3 innings. And in the postseason, he pitched as a setup man in the 2018 Pacific League Climax Series against Saitama Seibu Lions and the 2018 Japan Series against Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and contributed to the team's second consecutive Japan series champion.
In 2019 season, Moinelo finished the regular season with a 60 Games pitched, a 3–1 Win–loss record, a 1.52 ERA, a 34 Holds, a 4 saves, a 86 strikeouts in 59 1/3 innings. And in the postseason, he pitched as a setup man in the 2019 Pacific League Climax Series against Saitama Seibu Lions and the 2019 Japan Series against Yomiuri Giants, and contributed to the team's third consecutive Japan series champion. On October 8, he was selected as Cuba national baseball team for 2019 WBSC Premier12.
