Yacksel Ríos (born June 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Phillies in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. Ríos made his major league debut in 2017.\n', '

Ríos was Philadelphia\'s 12th-round selection in the 2011 MLB Draft, out of Doctora Conchita Cuevas High School in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. He made his professional debut later that year, with the GCL Phillies where he pitched to a 0-1 record, and 8.47 ERA, in 11.1 innings. Ríos returned to the GCL in 2012, where he was 2-2, with a 6.60 ERA, in 30 innings pitched. In 2013, he played for the Williamsport Crosscutters, where he was 5-3, with a 3.59 ERA, in 15 games (including ten games started). The 2014 season found Ríos pitching for the Lakewood BlueClaws, where he compiled a 6-2 record, and 3.69 ERA, in 102.1 innings pitched.\n', '

He spent 2015 with the Clearwater Threshers, where he was 6-5, with a 2.75 ERA, in 26 games (ten of which were starts). The next year, 2016, again found him with Clearwater, the GCL Phillies, and the Reading Fightin Phils, where he was a combined 5-4, with a 5.74 ERA, in 37 games (seven starts). Ríos began 2017 with Reading, then finished that year with the Phillies’ AAA farm team, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs; over 37 total minor league appearances that year, he was 1-3, with a 1.92 ERA, with 64 strikeouts, in 56.1 innings.\n', '

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