Thyago Vieira #50

Married Ana Carolina … has one daughter: Geovana ... Twitter: @ThyagoVieira40.

2018

Made 16 relief appearances with the White Sox after spending the majority of the season with Class AAA Charlotte ... Held opponents to a .214 (6-28) average with RISP and .200 (3-15) mark with RISP/two outs … limited first batters faced to a .125 (2-16) average ... Struck out two batters on 8/4 at Tampa Bay, 8/30 vs. Boston, 9/5 vs. Detroit and 9/23 vs. the Cubs … tossed a career-high 2.0 IP on 9/23 vs. the Cubs and 9/29 at Minnesota ... Was added to the White Sox roster as the 26th man for a doubleheader on 6/22 vs. Oakland but did not pitch … was returned to Charlotte following Game 2 ... Was recalled on 7/27 and made his Sox debut that night vs. Toronto, allowing two runs in 0.2 IP … became just the second Brazil native to pitch for Chicago, joining André Rienzo (2013-14) ... Earned his first career save on 8/4 at Tampa Bay after working a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts … became just the second Brazilian pitcher to record a major-league save (also Atlanta's Luiz Gohara) ... Recorded his first career hold on 8/19 vs. Kansas City, tossing 0.1 scoreless IP … suffered his first loss on 8/30 at Boston after allowing a career-high five runs on four hits over 0.2 IP ... Posted a 2.16 ERA (2 ER/8.1 IP) over his last six outings of the season ... Limited righties to a .198 (17-86) average with Charlotte ... Went 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA (2 ER/10.0 IP) over nine appearances in June ... Began the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 20 prospect in the Sox organization.

2017

Split most of the season between Class AA Arkansas and Class AAA Tacoma, going 2-4 with 4.00 ERA (24 ER/54.0 IP), four saves and 46 strikeouts over 41 relief appearances ... Was recalled by Seattle on 8/14, making his major-league debut that night vs. Baltimore … tossed a perfect ninth, recording his first career strikeout (Joey Rickard) … was optioned on 8/15. l Combined to hold right-handers to a .193 (25-129) average, compared to a .311 (23-74) mark against lefties ... Was traded by the Mariners to the White Sox on 11/16 in exchange for international signing pool money.

2016

Totals - Appeared in 34 games with High-A Bakersfield and went 8-for-8 in save opportunities (0.00 ERA, 5 H, 1 BB, 15 K)...Leaderboard - In California League was T9th in saves (8) and T12th in save chances (8)... The Recovery - After going 0-0 with 11.74 ERA (10 ER, 7.2 IP) over first 6 appearances April 30-May 23, went 1-0 with 8 saves and 0.98 ERA (4 ER, 36.2 IP) over final 28 games...Shutdown - In final 28 appearances limited opponents to .165 (22x133) average...Strikeouts - Struck out at least 1 batter in 26 of final 28 appearances, including 15 games with at least 2 strikeouts, averaging 10.76 strikeouts per 9.0 innings..High - Struck out a season-high 4 batters twice: July 29 vs. Lancaster (2.0,0,0,0,1,4) & Aug. 25 vs. San Jose (2.1,1,0,0,0,4)...Right Might - On the season, limited right-handed batters to a .206 (20x97) with 6 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 11 walks and 31 strikeouts. Fall League - Played for the Poeria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, going 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA (2 ER, 5.1 IP) with 7 strikeouts in 5 appearances.

2015

Made 22 relief appearances with Class A Clinton ... Went 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA (1 ER/7.1 IP) over his first five outings (0-4 with a 8.75 ERA in his final 17).

2014

Appeared in 13 games with Clinton before missing the remainder of the season with a strained right elbow ... Held opponents scoreless in nine of his 13 appearances, including a season-high 10.1 scoreless IP streak from 5/4-18 ... Allowed a season-high five runs on two hits over 0.1 IP on 6/8 vs. Wisconsin … was placed on the disabled list the next day

2013

Spent the entire season with Class A Everett ... Went 2-0 with a 0.52 ERA (1 ER/17.1 IP) and .113 (6-53) opponents average over three June starts, and 1-2 with a 1.80 ERA (6 ER/30.0 IP) and .208 (22-106) opponents average over six starts in August ... Appeared in two games with Team Brazil in the World Baseball Classic, allowing two runs on two hits over 1.1 IP.

2012

Made 13 starts with the Venezuelan Summer League Mariners ... Went 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA (7 ER/21.0 IP) over a four-start stretch from 6/19-7/6.

2011

Made his professional debut with the VSL Mariners ... Went 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA (1 ER/6.1 IP) over five appearances (one start) in June.