Michael Tonkin

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 220lb (201cm, 99kg)

Team: Minnesota Twins (majors, designated for assignment)

Born: November 19, 1989 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 30th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Palmdale HS (Palmdale, CA).

High School: Palmdale HS (Palmdale, CA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.074 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Michael Harvey Tonkin

Twitter: @mtonkin37

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Jason Kubel

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.9

-0.8

ERA

6.00

4.42

190

6.0

232.1

232

WHIP

1.833

1.321

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2008	18	-2.4	Twins	GULF	Rk	MIN	0	1	.000	3.27	3.27	6	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	8	1	0	0	47	1.182	8.2	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.67
2009	19	-1.4	Twins	GULF	Rk	MIN	3	4	.429	3.62	4.94	11	9	0	0	0	0	54.2	55	30	22	2	9	0	60	4	0	5	231	1.171	9.1	0.3	1.5	9.9	6.67
2010	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	MIN	4	6	.400	3.40	4.90	23	12	3	0	0	1	90.0	94	49	34	8	22	1	66	12	0	8	393	1.289	9.4	0.8	2.2	6.6	3.00
2010	20	-1.7	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIN	3	6	.333	4.29	5.95	13	12	0	0	0	0	65.0	76	43	31	7	18	0	40	8	0	7	292	1.446	10.5	1.0	2.5	5.5	2.22
2010	20	-0.9	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	1	0	1.000	1.08	2.16	10	0	3	0	0	1	25.0	18	6	3	1	4	1	26	4	0	1	101	0.880	6.5	0.4	1.4	9.4	6.50
2011	21	-0.7	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIN	4	3	.571	3.87	4.81	48	3	17	0	0	2	76.2	82	41	33	3	24	1	69	8	0	6	338	1.383	9.6	0.4	2.8	8.1	2.88
2012	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	MIN	4	1	.800	2.08	2.60	44	0	25	0	0	12	69.1	53	20	16	3	20	1	97	3	0	6	281	1.053	6.9	0.4	2.6	12.6	4.85
2012	22	-1.0	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	1	1	.500	2.97	3.56	22	0	18	0	0	6	30.1	24	12	10	2	11	0	44	2	0	1	127	1.154	7.1	0.6	3.3	13.1	4.00
2012	22	0.2	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIN	3	0	1.000	1.38	1.85	22	0	7	0	0	6	39.0	29	8	6	1	9	1	53	1	0	5	154	0.974	6.7	0.2	2.1	12.2	5.89
2012	22	-1.3	Peoria	AZFL	Fal		1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	10	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	7	2	0	0	54	0.750	4.9	0.6	1.8	4.3	2.33
2013	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIN	2	4	.333	3.47	4.42	52	0	41	0	0	21	57.0	54	28	22	3	16	1	66	4	0	2	247	1.228	8.5	0.5	2.5	10.4	4.13
2013	23	-4.2	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	1	2	.333	4.41	4.96	30	0	21	0	0	14	32.2	33	18	16	3	8	1	36	1	0	0	139	1.255	9.1	0.8	2.2	9.9	4.50
2013	23	-1.6	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	1	2	.333	2.22	3.70	22	0	20	0	0	7	24.1	21	10	6	0	8	0	30	3	0	2	108	1.192	7.8	0.0	3.0	11.1	3.75
2013	23	-5.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		0.79	4.76	9	0	6	0	0	0	11.1	9	6	1	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	47	1.059	7.1	0.0	2.4	7.9	3.33
2014	24	-2.9	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	3	4	.429	2.80	3.60	39	0	28	0	0	10	45.0	41	18	14	2	12	3	46	2	0	1	190	1.178	8.2	0.4	2.4	9.2	3.83
2014	24	-4.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		4.74	6.16	25	0	8	0	0	0	19.0	23	13	10	2	6	0	16	2	0	1	87	1.526	10.9	0.9	2.8	7.6	2.67
2015	25	-2.0	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	2	1	.667	1.10	1.10	33	0	23	0	0	14	41.0	25	5	5	2	5	0	46	1	0	4	151	0.732	5.5	0.4	1.1	10.1	9.20
2015	25	-3.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		3.47	3.47	26	0	10	0	0	0	23.1	21	9	9	4	9	2	19	1	0	1	99	1.286	8.1	1.5	3.5	7.3	2.11
2016	26	-2.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	3	2	.600	5.02	5.78	65	0	23	0	0	0	71.2	80	46	40	13	24	0	80	3	0	5	315	1.451	10.0	1.6	3.0	10.0	3.33
2017	27	0.6	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	4	2	.667	1.73	1.73	31	0	22	0	0	5	41.2	31	8	8	1	13	0	61	4	0	0	169	1.056	6.7	0.2	2.8	13.2	4.69
2017	27	-1.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	5.14	6.43	16	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	22	15	12	6	12	0	24	1	0	2	97	1.619	9.4	2.6	5.1	10.3	2.00
2018	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		4	4	.500	3.63	4.15	54			0	0	12	52.0	46	24	21	2	24	2	33	7	0	6	231	1.346	8.0	0.3	4.2	5.7	1.38
2018	28	0.4	Nippon Ham	JPPL	Fgn		4	4	.500	3.71	4.24	53			0	0	12	51.0	45	24	21	2	23	2	33	7	0	6	226	1.333	7.9	0.4	4.1	5.8	1.43
2018	28	1.9	Nippon Ham	JPEL	Fgn		0	0		0.00	0.00	1			0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2019	29		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	ARI-MIL	3	0	1.000	5.73	6.95	19	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	21	17	14	6	14	1	25	2	0	0	101	1.591	8.6	2.5	5.7	10.2	1.79
2019	29	2.3	San Antonio	PCL	AAA	MIL	3	0	1.000	4.26	4.97	14	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	9	7	6	4	9	0	14	0	0	0	54	1.421	6.4	2.8	6.4	9.9	1.56
2019	29	2.3	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	0		7.71	9.64	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	12	10	8	2	5	1	11	2	0	0	47	1.821	11.6	1.9	4.8	10.6	2.20
2019	29	-0.1	Long Island	ATLL	Ind		3	2	.600	0.34	1.35	21	0	12	0	0	7	26.2	10	4	1	0	9	1	31	1	0	0	97	0.713	3.4	0.0	3.0	10.5	3.44
2020-21	30	0.6	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	0		67.50	67.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
2021	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW-Ind		3	1	.750	1.21	1.21	19	0	5	0	0	0	22.1	14	3	3	2	6	2	29	1	0	1	88	0.896	5.6	0.8	2.4	11.7	4.83
2021	31	2.3	Long Island	ATLL	Ind		2	1	.667	0.53	2.12	16	0	16	0	0	9	17.0	9	4	1	0	5	1	21	1	0	1	64	0.824	4.8	0.0	2.6	11.1	4.20
2021	31	1.5	Tijuana	MEX	Ind		2	1	.667	2.00	2.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	2	13	1	0	1	38	1.000	6.0	2.0	3.0	13.0	4.33
2021-22	31	1.3	Aguilas	DOWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.68	0.68	13	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	8	1	1	0	3	0	16	0	0	0	50	0.825	5.4	0.0	2.0	10.8	5.33
2022	32	5.0	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	5	2	.714	3.17	3.72	47	0	39	0	0	16	48.1	38	20	17	3	15	0	73	7	1	1	200	1.097	7.1	0.6	2.8	13.6	4.87
2023	33	6.1	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2023	33	3.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	3	.700	4.28	4.61	45	0	11	0	0	1	80.0	64	41	38	13	23	1	75	2	1	2	325	1.088	7.2	1.5	2.6	8.4	3.26
2024	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM-MIN	0	2	.000	6.00	15.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	8	10	4	1	3	0	8	3	0	0	33	1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	12.0	2.67
2024	34	4.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	2	.000	4.50	18.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	6	8	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	22	1.750	13.5	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
2024	34	4.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	11	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	22.5	2.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		10	8	.556	4.42	5.42	190	0	69	0	0	1	232.1	227	140	114	39	80	3	232	12	1	12	1003	1.321	8.8	1.5	3.1	9.0	2.90
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		34	28	.548	3.05	3.87	354	25	205	0	0	81	557.2	504	240	189	33	153	8	619	48	1	33	2351	1.178	8.1	0.5	2.5	10.0	4.05
Foreign (3 seasons)					Foreign		7	5	.583	3.48	3.84	74	0	5	0	0	12	75.0	65	32	29	4	31	4	63	8	0	7	327	1.280	7.8	0.5	3.7	7.6	2.03
Other (3 seasons)					Other		6	3	.667	0.93	1.85	47	0	28	0	0	16	58.1	27	12	6	1	17	2	59	4	0	1	215	0.754	4.2	0.2	2.6	9.1	3.47
All Levels (17 Seasons)							57	44	.564	3.29	4.13	665	25	307	0	0	110	923.1	823	424	338	77	281	17	973	72	2	53	3896	1.196	8.0	0.8	2.7	9.5	3.46

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		18	11	.621	2.87	3.34	200	0	140	0	0	59	231.2	189	86	74	17	67	5	289	17	1	6	953	1.105	7.3	0.7	2.6	11.2	4.31
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	2.22	3.70	22	0	20	0	0	7	24.1	21	10	6	0	8	0	30	3	0	2	108	1.192	7.8	0.0	3.0	11.1	3.75
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.97	3.56	22	0	18	0	0	6	30.1	24	12	10	2	11	0	44	2	0	1	127	1.154	7.1	0.6	3.3	13.1	4.00
A (3 seasons)					Minors		10	9	.526	3.49	4.58	83	15	24	0	0	8	180.2	187	92	70	11	51	2	162	17	0	18	784	1.317	9.3	0.5	2.5	8.1	3.18
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		4	5	.444	2.88	3.97	27	10	3	0	0	1	90.2	83	40	29	3	16	1	94	9	0	6	379	1.092	8.2	0.3	1.6	9.3	5.88
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		4	4	.500	3.63	4.15	54			0	0	12	52.0	46	24	21	2	24	2	33	7	0	6	231	1.346	8.0	0.3	4.2	5.7	1.38
Fal (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	10	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	8	4	4	1	3	0	7	2	0	0	54	0.750	4.9	0.6	1.8	4.3	2.33
FgW (2 seasons)					Foreign		1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	14	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	13	6	6	0	4	0	17	0	0	0	58	1.214	8.4	0.0	2.6	10.9	4.25
Ind (1 season)					Foreign		2	1	.667	2.00	2.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	2	13	1	0	1	38	1.000	6.0	2.0	3.0	13.0	4.33
Ind (2 seasons)					Other		5	3	.625	0.41	1.65	37	0	28	0	0	16	43.2	19	8	2	0	14	2	52	2	0	1	161	0.756	3.9	0.0	2.9	10.7	3.71