Cleveland Indians Ubaldo Jiménez
jiménez signs autographs fans prior game against tampa bay rays
on july 31, 2011, jiménez traded cleveland indians in exchange alex white, joe gardner, matt mcbride , drew pomeranz. tom verducci wrote in sports illustrated shortly before trade jimenez has terrific stuff, powerful frame , work ethic of blast furnace working alarming number of innings in high altitude conditions , putting strain on rockies ace. jiménez later recount difficult days had rockies organization in 2012 interview during spring training. kind of hard being rockies. went through lot of things people outside organization don t know. me , people in front office know.
on april 2, 2012, jiménez suspended 5 games mlb hitting former teammate troy tulowitzki pitch on elbow previous day. walked toward each other , separated, no punches thrown , no ejections made. jiménez in conflict tulowitzki after , former teammate carlos gonzález got lucrative contract extensions after 2010 season, while jiménez did not. intended appeal suspension later decided against doing so. in start against toronto blue jays on july 14, jiménez struggled command , had shortest outing on season, being pulled after 2 1/3 innings, , matched career-high 8 earned runs. in previous 7 games era 2.14 after loss, record fell 8–8 , era rose 5.09. jiménez finished career worst 17 losses while winning 9 games indians. led league in wild pitches 16.
jiménez rebounded in 2013, finishing record of 13–9 in 32 starts indians. dropped era 3.30, 2 runs lower previous season.
jiménez elected opt out of final year of contract indians , became free agent on november 1, 2013.
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