Carlos Duran (baseball)
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 2001)}}
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|position = Pitcher
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|birth_place = Nagua, Dominican Republic
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
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Carlos Daniel Duran (born July 30, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer, having spent two days on the Athletics’ active roster without appearing in a game.
Career
=Los Angeles Dodgers=
Duran signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, 2018, as an international amateur.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/15560-carlos-duran/|title=Carlos Duran Scouting Report|work=Baseball America|accessdate=November 18, 2024}} He spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons playing for the Dodgers affiliates in the Dominican Summer League (DSL), making 17 starts with a 1.14 ERA{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=duran-004car|title=Carlos Duran Minor League Statistics|work=Baseball Reference|accessdate=November 18, 2024}} and earning DSL mid-season All-Star honors in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/player/carlos-duran-679922|title=Carlos Duran bio|work=milb.com|accessdate=November 18, 2024}} Duran did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|title=2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-canceled|access-date=May 9, 2025|website=mlb.com|language=en}}
Duran was assigned to the Class-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2021, where he was regarded as being the most prominent pitcher on the Quakes staff. However, he struggled a bit in his first season in the United States, with a 6.11 ERA in 20 appearances (18 starts) for the Quakes and allowed seven earned runs in only {{fraction|7|1|3}} innings for the High–A Great Lakes Loons following a September 1 promotion. In 2022, with Great Lakes, he made 13 starts (and one relief appearance), with a 4.25 ERA and struck out 68 batters in only {{fraction|48|2|3}} innings. His season ended early due to an elbow injury and he underwent Tommy John surgery, which cost him all of the 2023 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/dodgers-carlos-duran-on-mend-from-tommy-john-surgery/|title=Dodgers' Carlos Duran: On mend from Tommy John surgery|work=CBS Sports|date=November 22, 2022|accessdate=November 18, 2024}}
Returning from the surgery in 2024, he began with Rancho Cucamonga (seven runs in {{fraction|13|2|3}} innings), before a July promotion to the Double–A Tulsa Drillers. He made 11 starts for the Drillers, allowing 13 runs in {{fraction|38|1|3}} innings for a 3.05 ERA. He also made one fill-in start for the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on September 14, where he allowed two runs in only {{fraction|1|1|3}} innings. He did not allow a hit but walked three and struck out three in the game.{{cite web|url=https://www.truebluela.com/2024/9/15/24240426/dodgers-dalton-rushing-home-run-oklahoma-city|title=Dalton Rushing homers in 3-hit, 3-RBI game for Oklahoma City|work=SB Nation|first=Eric|last=Stephen|date=September 15, 2024|accessdate=November 18, 2024}}
=Oakland Athletics=
On April 2, 2025, Duran was traded to the Athletics in exchange for Esteury Ruiz.{{cite web|url=https://www.truebluela.com/2025/4/2/24399705/esteury-ruiz-trade-dodgers-athletics-carlos-duran|title=Dodgers acquire Esteury Ruiz from A’s for pitcher Carlos Duran|work=SB Nation|first=Eric|last=Stephen|date=April 2, 2025|accessdate=April 2, 2025}} On April 30, he was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.{{Cite web|title=A’s Select Carlos Duran|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/04/as-select-carlos-duran.html|access-date=April 30, 2025|website=mlbtraderumors.com|language=en}} Duran was optioned back to the Triple–A Las Vegas Aviators two days later without making an appearance, and became a phantom ballplayer.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/athletics-carlos-duran-optioned-to-triple-a/|title=Athletics' Carlos Duran: Optioned to Triple-A
|website=cbssports.com |accessdate=May 3, 2025}}
References
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External links
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Category:Dominican Summer League Dodgers players
Category:Arizona League Dodgers players
Category:Rancho Cucamonga Quakes players
Category:Arizona Complex League Dodgers players
Category:Great Lakes Loons players
Category:Tulsa Drillers players
Category:Oklahoma City Baseball Club players