James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

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On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Free Agent (CLE) Jan'25

Sun 8/24	Mon 8/25	Tue 8/26
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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $0.00 Median $0.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $0.00 Median $0.00

All Leagues
Average $2.00 Median $1.50
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.20 Median $1.00

Roster%
0%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 0%

2025 OPL Round 6
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

Year	Team	G	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	CLE	5	5.1	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	8.38	44.67
2020	CLE	27	27.0	1	8	53	14	16	0	1	9.11	246.10
2021	CLE	60	55.1	11	13	78	35	32	2	9	6.66	368.77
2022	CLE	38	39.0	3	8	62	22	21	1	2	7.99	311.80
2023	CLE	44	39.0	0	13	52	24	28	3	6	5.52	215.40

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HR	P/IP	Pts
2017	CLE (A-)	10	6	23.1	0	0	31	30	9	1	5.03	117.37
2018	CLE (A)	7	0	11.1	1	0	20	8	7	0	7.68	87.07
2018	CLE (A+)	25	0	27.0	13	0	45	14	17	1	9.45	255.10
2018	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.1	0	1	16	7	12	1	4.45	45.97
2019	CLE (R)	3	0	3.0	0	0	8	0	2	0	10.73	32.20
2019	CLE (AA)	10	0	10.0	6	0	24	2	2	0	14.08	140.80
2019	CLE (AAA)	17	0	17.1	2	5	42	14	13	2	8.21	142.27
2021	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.0	0	1	9	3	3	1	6.22	37.30
2022	CLE (AAA)	12	0	11.0	0	2	17	10	11	0	5.85	64.40
2023	CLE (AAA)	24	0	23.1	5	0	42	14	13	1	8.31	193.97
2024	CLE (AAA)	7	0	6.2	1	1	12	3	6	0	8.48	56.53
2025	CHW (AAA)	24	0	29.1	2	2	34	20	20	3	5.26	154.17

Date	Team	Opponent	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	Pts
Sep 30, 2023	CLE	@DET	0	0.2	6	4	0	0	0	3	0	-4.07
Sep 26, 2023	CLE	CIN	0	0.2	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.73
Sep 24, 2023	CLE	BAL	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.80
Sep 22, 2023	CLE	BAL	1	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	10.40
Sep 20, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	0.2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.93
Sep 19, 2023	CLE	@KCR	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	8.80
Aug 30, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	8.40
Aug 28, 2023	CLE	@MIN	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	3.80
Aug 26, 2023	CLE	@TOR	0	1.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	1.20
Totals			1	8.0	39	6	2	7	10	7	1	41.00

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	Save	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR
Jun 13, 2025	AAA	CLT	@DUR	0	1.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jun 7, 2025	AAA	CLT	LHV	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun 5, 2025	AAA	CLT	LHV	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jun 3, 2025	AAA	CLT	LHV	0	2.0	8	0	0	1	2	2	0
May 31, 2025	AAA	CLT	@BUF	0	2.0	7	0	0	1	3	1	0
May 25, 2025	AAA	CLT	RR	1	0.1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
May 23, 2025	AAA	CLT	RR	0	0.2	6	1	1	2	1	2	0
May 20, 2025	AAA	CLT	RR	0	1.2	7	0	0	1	4	1	0
May 15, 2025	AAA	CLT	@GWN	0	1.0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
May 10, 2025	AAA	CLT	MEM	0	2.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	1
Totals				2	12.0	48	2	2	6	17	9	1

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
September 16, 2019 11:00 PM	add	North Stars	$1
October 4, 2019 5:06 PM	increase	North Stars	$3
September 30, 2020 6:28 PM	increase	North Stars	$5
October 9, 2021 3:40 AM	increase	North Stars	$7
February 15, 2022 12:45 PM	cut	North Stars	$0
March 19, 2022 2:30 PM	add	North Stars	$7
May 10, 2022 6:04 PM	cut	North Stars	$4
June 12, 2022 11:16 AM	add	North Stars	$4
June 14, 2022 3:00 AM	cut	North Stars	$2
July 5, 2022 12:24 PM	add	Trash Can Drummers 🗑️🥁	$4
October 14, 2022 2:05 AM	increase	Trash Can Drummers 🗑️🥁	$6
January 29, 2023 10:28 AM	cut	Trash Can Drummers 🗑️🥁	$0
March 22, 2023 3:40 PM	add	Trash Can Drummers 🗑️🥁	$5
April 8, 2023 6:49 PM	cut	Trash Can Drummers 🗑️🥁	$3
April 14, 2023 12:27 PM	add	Walker Off	$5
August 1, 2023 2:35 PM	cut	Walker Off	$3

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
June 16, 2023 1:51 PM	Third Degree Burns 🔥	Michael Kopech CHW RP R $2 60IL Yainer Diaz HOU C/1B R $2 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $3	Duck Season 🦆🎯	Jhoan Duran MIN RP R $6 Cristian Javier HOU SP R $9 $8 loan
May 15, 2023 5:16 PM	Barry's Bondage	Francisco Lindor NYM SS S $26 Paul Sewald SEA RP R $8 60IL	4 Days in November: Full Throttle	Alex Bregman HOU 3B R $24 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $5
May 3, 2023 7:19 AM	Make Aces Great Again	Alex Verdugo BOS OF L $14	Sunflower Seed Finger ☝️	Willson Contreras STL C/1B R $14 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $3 $3 loan
April 30, 2023 12:57 PM	Junior Varsity Pitchers	Shane Bieber CLE SP/RP R $31 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $5 Alek Manoah TOR SP R $9 60IL $15 loan	Angels in the Troutfield	Raisel Iglesias ATL RP R $11 Jeff Mcneil NYM 2B/OF L $9 Brett Baty NYM 2B/3B L $5 Francisco Alvarez NYM C R $4 10IL
April 26, 2023 7:36 AM	Pandaman	$1 loan	The Notorious Gregorius	James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $4
April 25, 2023 12:38 PM	bushwhackers	James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $5 $4 loan	Walker Buehler's Year off	Gregory Santos CHW RP R $1 60IL
April 11, 2023 2:25 PM	The Mookie PC Small Group	Oneil Cruz PIT AA SS/OF L $7 7IL	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	Carlos Correa MIN SS/3B R $30 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $6 $29 loan
April 8, 2023 8:34 PM	🌴 Myrtle⚾️Mania 🌴	David Robertson NYM RP R $3 Matt Chapman TOR 3B R $7 MJ Melendez KCR AAA OF L $4 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $11 $2 loan	Bad News Bears	Tyler O'Neill STL OF R $11 10IL Jose Alvarado PHI RP L $5 Bryson Stott PHI 2B/SS L $3 Garrett Mitchell MIL OF L $4 60IL
March 24, 2023 12:51 PM	Nope	Patrick Sandoval LAA SP L $6 60IL $2 loan	One Zero Eight ⚾️	Gregory Soto DET RP L $1 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $5
March 3, 2023 6:07 PM	Racob Cronengirth	Trey Mancini ARI AAA 1B R $5 Bryan Abreu HOU RP R $3 Alex Kirilloff MIN AAA 1B/OF L $5 James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R $5 $4 loan	Walnut Hill Blue Jays	Luis Garcia SDP RP R $1 Jordan Montgomery STL SP L $12 60IL Jordan Hicks STL SP/RP R $1

James Karinchak CHW AAA RP R

Born: 09/22/1995 Age: 29

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On MLB 40-man: NO
Acquired: Free Agent (CLE) Jan'25

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