Ronel Blanco

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 265lb (190cm, 120kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

Born: August 31, 1993 in Santiago, Dominican Republic do

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2025 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2025): 1.101 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Agents: Nova Sports Agency

Full Name: Ronel De Jesus Blanco

Pronunciation: \RO-nell\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

2.80

3.31

167.1

225.2

166

225

WHIP

1.088

1.201

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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
2016	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FRk-Rk	HOU	7	1	.875	2.13	2.49	14	8	4	0	0	0	50.2	35	14	12	1	18	0	59	2	0	4	204	1.046	6.2	0.2	3.2	10.5	3.28
2016	22	1.4	Astros	GULF	Rk	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	7	1	0	1	22	1.059	4.8	0.0	4.8	11.1	2.33
2016	22	3.0	Astros Blue	DOSL	FRk	HOU	7	1	.875	2.40	2.80	12	7	4	0	0	0	45.0	32	14	12	1	15	0	52	1	0	3	182	1.044	6.4	0.2	3.0	10.4	3.47
2017	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	HOU	6	5	.545	3.38	4.70	23	11	4	0	0	0	88.0	82	46	33	7	47	0	79	4	0	2	396	1.466	8.4	0.7	4.8	8.1	1.68
2017	23	0.2	Buies Creek	CARL	A+	HOU	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0.900	5.4	2.7	2.7	8.1	3.00
2017	23	1.1	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	HOU	6	4	.600	3.30	4.68	22	11	4	0	0	0	84.2	80	44	31	6	46	0	76	4	0	2	383	1.488	8.5	0.6	4.9	8.1	1.65
2018	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	HOU	7	1	.875	3.65	4.29	32	0	15	0	0	5	56.2	41	27	23	4	29	0	71	1	0	6	241	1.235	6.5	0.6	4.6	11.3	2.45
2018	24	-0.1	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	2	0	1.000	7.08	7.52	13	0	4	0	0	1	20.1	23	17	16	3	11	0	30	1	0	3	97	1.672	10.2	1.3	4.9	13.3	2.73
2018	24	0.9	Buies Creek	CARL	A+	HOU	5	1	.833	1.73	2.48	19	0	11	0	0	4	36.1	18	10	7	1	18	0	41	0	0	3	144	0.991	4.5	0.2	4.5	10.2	2.28
2018-19	24	-4.8	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2019	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A-	HOU	5	2	.714	4.96	5.51	32	2	12	0	0	6	49.0	50	30	27	7	25	0	57	3	0	0	217	1.531	9.2	1.3	4.6	10.5	2.28
2019	25	-1.7	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	1	.667	5.74	6.75	19	0	8	0	0	4	26.2	29	20	17	7	16	0	27	3	0	0	122	1.688	9.8	2.4	5.4	9.1	1.69
2019	25	0.8	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	3	0	1.000	4.15	4.15	9	0	4	0	0	2	17.1	17	8	8	0	8	0	26	0	0	0	76	1.442	8.8	0.0	4.2	13.5	3.25
2019	25	3.7	Tri-City	NYPL	A-	HOU	0	1	.000	3.60	3.60	4	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
2019-20	25	-3.6	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
2020-21	26	-2.9	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		5.79	5.79	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	5	3	3	1	3	0	7	1	0	0	22	1.714	9.6	1.9	5.8	13.5	2.33
2021	27	-0.4	Sugar Land	AAAW	AAA	HOU	5	3	.625	3.40	3.80	42	0	38	0	0	22	45.0	29	19	17	7	16	3	57	0	1	2	180	1.000	5.8	1.4	3.2	11.4	3.56
2021-22	27	-2.7	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		4	0	1.000	0.00	0.50	17	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	6	1	0	0	8	1	21	0	0	0	68	0.778	3.0	0.0	4.0	10.5	2.63
2022	28	0.8	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	4	7	.364	3.63	4.63	44	0	28	0	0	5	44.2	35	23	18	8	19	0	58	0	0	6	185	1.209	7.1	1.6	3.8	11.7	3.05
2022	28	-0.4	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		7.11	7.11	7	0	3	0	0	0	6.1	8	5	5	1	4	0	7	1	0	0	32	1.895	11.4	1.4	5.7	9.9	1.75
2022-23	28	-1.7	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		4	0	1.000	0.00	0.44	19	0	10	0	0	6	20.2	7	1	0	0	5	1	27	0	0	1	75	0.581	3.0	0.0	2.2	11.8	5.40
2023	29	1.7	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	7	4	.636	3.68	3.80	15	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	49	31	30	10	37	0	81	1	1	1	302	1.173	6.0	1.2	4.5	9.9	2.19
2023	29	0.3	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	2	1	.667	4.50	5.02	17	7	8	0	0	0	52.0	49	29	26	12	28	0	52	2	0	2	226	1.481	8.5	2.1	4.8	9.0	1.86
2023-24	29	-1.0	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	1.00	1.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	34	0.667	5.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	10.00
2024	30	1.0	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	13	6	.684	2.80	3.01	30	29	1	1	1	0	167.1	114	56	52	22	68	0	166	2	0	3	676	1.088	6.1	1.2	3.7	8.9	2.44
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 (3 seasons)					Majors		15	7	.682	3.31	3.59	54	36	12	1	1	0	225.2	171	90	83	35	100	0	225	5	0	5	934	1.201	6.8	1.4	4.0	9.0	2.25
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		41	23	.641	3.54	4.20	202	34	101	0	0	38	407.1	321	190	160	44	191	3	462	11	2	21	1725	1.257	7.1	1.0	4.2	10.2	2.42
Foreign (6 seasons)					Foreign		8	1	.889	0.98	1.31	52	0	18	0	0	6	55.0	25	8	6	1	19	2	66	3	0	1	209	0.800	4.1	0.2	3.1	10.8	3.47
All Levels (9 Seasons)							64	31	.674	3.26	3.77	308	70	131	1	1	44	688.0	517	288	249	80	310	5	753	19	2	27	2868	1.202	6.8	1.0	4.1	9.9	2.43

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		18	15	.545	3.89	4.41	120	13	74	0	0	31	189.2	142	93	82	32	88	3	223	4	2	9	789	1.213	6.7	1.5	4.2	10.6	2.53
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	0	1.000	5.73	5.97	22	0	8	0	0	3	37.2	40	25	24	3	19	0	56	1	0	3	173	1.566	9.6	0.7	4.5	13.4	2.95
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		5	2	.714	2.04	2.72	20	0	11	0	0	4	39.2	20	12	9	2	19	0	44	0	0	3	157	0.983	4.5	0.5	4.3	10.0	2.32
A (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.30	4.68	22	11	4	0	0	0	84.2	80	44	31	6	46	0	76	4	0	2	383	1.488	8.5	0.6	4.9	8.1	1.65
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.60	3.60	4	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	7	1	0	1	22	1.059	4.8	0.0	4.8	11.1	2.33
FRk (1 season)					Minors		7	1	.875	2.40	2.80	12	7	4	0	0	0	45.0	32	14	12	1	15	0	52	1	0	3	182	1.044	6.4	0.2	3.0	10.4	3.47