Rogelio Armenteros
Rogelio Armenteros Peña is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. In 2014 he signed with the Astros as an international free agent. He made his MLB debut in 2019.Career
Armenteros played for Industriales of the Cuban National Series in 2011/2012. In September 2014, he signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent.
Armenteros made his professional debut 2015 with the Tri-City ValleyCats and was later promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits; in 61 total innings pitched between both teams, he posted a 3-2 record and 3.69 ERA. In 2016, he pitched for Quad Cities, Lancaster JetHawks and Corpus Christi Hooks, pitching to a combined 8-6 record and 3.53 ERA in 26 games. After the season he pitched in the Arizona Fall League. Armenteros started 2017 with Corpus Christi, and after going 2-3 with a 1.93 ERA in 14 games, was promoted to the Fresno Grizzlies, where he finished the season with an 8-1 record and 2.16 ERA in 24 total games between both teams. In 2018, he returned to Fresno, going 8-1 with a 3.74 ERA in 22 games.
The Astros added Armenteros to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He began 2019 with the Round Rock Express. He was promoted to the Major Leagues on June 14, 2019.
