Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Arodys Vizcaíno was born November 13, 1990, in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Vizcaíno signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent on July 2, 2007. He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Yankees of the Gulf Coast League in 2008, pitching to a 3-2 win–loss record, 3.68 earned run average (ERA), with 48 strikeouts and 13 walks in 44 innings pitched over twelve games. Vizcaíno pitched for the Single-A Short Season Staten Island Yankees of the New York–Penn League in 2009, going 2-4 with a 2.13 ERA in 10 games, all starts, and striking out 52 in 42+1⁄3 innings. After the 2009 season, Baseball America ranked Vizcaíno as the Yankees' third best prospect, rating his curveball as the best in the Yankees' organization, and projecting him to be the Yankees' fourth starter in their 2013 rotation.

On November 4, 2020, Vizcaino signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. Vizcaíno spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets. He made 7 appearances, posting a 2.35 ERA and 14 strikeouts. He was released on November 11, 2021.

On January 13, 2022, Vizcaíno signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals.