Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Vidal Nuño III was born July 26, 1987, in National City, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The Cleveland Indians selected Nuño in the 48th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, with the 1,445th overall selection. That year, he pitched for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the Class A-Short Season New York–Pennsylvania League. He began the season as a relief pitcher but was moved into the starting rotation. He finished the season with a 2.05 earned run average (ERA). In 2010, Nuño was promoted to the Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League.

 With Iván Nova on the disabled list, the Yankees promoted Nuño to the major leagues on April 27, 2013. He made his major league debut on April 29, pitching three scoreless innings in relief. On May 13, he made his second appearance, his first major league start, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians. Nuño pitched five scoreless innings and got his first career win.

He began the 2018 season with the Durham Bulls of the International League and was promoted to the Tampa Bay Rays in May. Nuno ended the season with an earned run average of 1.64 in 33 innings (17 appearances) out of the bullpen. He threw a slider 67.0% of the time, tops in MLB.