Jose Cuas #74

Jose resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his fiancée, Anais, son, Jose, and daughter, Anais...Cuas’ transition from position player to pitcher was aided by his brother, Alex, who pitched at Towson University in Maryland before creating an athlete performance training facility, according to a story in The Athletic by Alec Lewis...He played collegiately at Maryland from 2013-15, where he led the Terrapins in HR in 2014 and 2015...Cuas graduated from Grand Street Campus HS (N.Y.), where he was a four-year letter-winner and led the Wolves to the 2012 city championship as a senior...He was selected by Toronto in the 40th round of the 2012 Draft but did not sign.

2022

Cuas began the 2022 season at Triple-A Omaha, where he pitched to a 1.74 ERA (4 ER in 20.2 IP) in 20 appearances before being selected on May 30...He pitched a scoreless inning in his Major League debut on May 31 in Cleveland, with his wife, Anais, and brother, Alex, in attendance...Cuas, a Brooklyn native, fulfilled a lifelong dream on July 29, when he spun a scoreless seventh inning at Yankee Stadium...He appeared in both games of Kansas City’s Aug. 9 doubleheader vs. the White Sox, earning his first career save in Game 1, before allowing the game-deciding run in the eighth inning of Game 2...Cuas recorded fewer than three outs in 24 of his 47 appearances (51.1%) with the Royals...He had 12 consecutive scoreless appearances that covered eight innings from Aug. 26-Sept. 24.

2021

Began the season with the Atlantic League Long Island Ducks, where he appeared in five games and threw 11.0 scoreless innings before signing a minor league contract with Kansas City on June 23...Pitched in two games with the ACL Royals Blue before being promoted to Double-A Northwest Arkansas, where he went 3-1 with a 1.95 ERA (7 ER in 32.1 IP) and 32 strikeouts with just seven walks...Pitched in all three Double-A Central Championship games, recording two saves across 3.1 innings and recording final out of Game 3 with a strikeout to clinch the title...Was promoted to Triple-A Omaha to finish the season, where he threw 5.0 shutout innings over three games...Appeared in 13 games for the Águilas Cibaeñas in the Dominican Winter League, posting a 1.80 ERA in 10.0 innings.