Cisnero the Latest Through Revolving Door of Long Relievers

Brett Oberholtzer is headed back to AAA as soon as he'd arrived after making his debut with a 2 inning outing against the Indians yesterday. Now it's Jose Cisnero's turn to play long reliever for the Astros. Cisnero, like Oberholtzer before him, hasn't exactly been lighting it up in AAA this year, but Houston needs fresh arms so the 24 year old Dominican gets the call. A power arm who's racked up strikeouts at almost every level, Cisnero has been used almost exclusively as a starter in the minors, but his plus arm could make him a bullpen asset as well. In the short term, he's getting an audition to be a long reliever and log some innings in the event Houston's starters keep getting knocked out of games early. If recent history is any indication, we'll see him on the hill pretty soon...

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GO/AO	AVG
2008	DSL AST	DSL	0	3	3.10	10	6	0	0	2	29.0	18	15	10	0	11	34	0.89	.180
2008	Minors		0	3	3.10	10	6	0	0	2	29.0	18	15	10	0	11	34	0.89	.180
2009	GRN	APP	4	2	3.56	13	13	0	0	0	55.2	32	25	22	5	30	64	1.31	.165
2009	Minors		4	2	3.56	13	13	0	0	0	55.2	32	25	22	5	30	64	1.31	.165
2010	LEX	SAL	8	6	3.65	26	26	0	0	0	133.0	106	69	54	11	65	126	1.41	.221
2010	Minors		8	6	3.65	26	26	0	0	0	133.0	106	69	54	11	65	126	1.41	.221
2011	LAN	CAL	8	11	6.06	27	27	0	0	0	123.1	115	88	83	13	75	152	0.76	.246
2011	Minors		8	11	6.06	27	27	0	0	0	123.1	115	88	83	13	75	152	0.76	.246
2012	CC	TEX	9	6	3.40	20	20	2	1	0	108.2	93	44	41	7	46	116	0.62	.227
2012	OKC	PCL	4	1	4.54	8	8	0	0	0	39.2	52	23	20	1	18	32	0.71	.329
2012	Minors		13	7	3.70	28	28	2	1	0	148.1	145	67	61	8	64	148	0.65	.255
2013	OKC	PCL	1	1	9.35	3	1	0	0	0	8.2	13	10	9	1	7	7	0.64	.342
2013	Minors		1	1	9.35	3	1	0	0	0	8.2	13	10	9	1	7	7	0.64	.342