Josmil Oswaldo Pinto (born March 31, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers.\n', '

Pinto signed as an international free agent with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. After the 2012 season, the Twins added Pinto to their 40 man roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Beginning the 2013 season with the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class AA Eastern League, Pinto was named an Eastern League All-Star. He was promoted to the Rochester Red Wings of the Class AAA International League in August. Pinto had a combined .309 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and .482 slugging percentage with 15 home runs and 74 runs batted in (RBIs) in 126 games for New Britain and Rochester.\n', '

On August 31, the Twins promoted Pinto to the major leagues. In 21 games for the Twins, Pinto had a .342 batting average, .398 on-base percentage, and a .566 slugging percentage. He hit four home runs, five doubles, and recorded 12 RBIs.\n', '

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