| Bernardo Flores Jr. | |
| Team: | Tigres de Quintana Roo |
| Number: | 79 |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Baldwin Park, California |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Left |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 3 |
| Debutyear: | 2020 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago White Sox |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Statyear: | 2021 season |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 0–0 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 13.50 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
| Teams: | |
Bernardo Flores Jr. (born August 23, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.
Flores attended Baldwin Park High School in Baldwin Park, California and played college baseball at the University of Southern California (USC).[1] After the 2015 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2] [3]
He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the seventh round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.[4]
Flores made his professional debut in 2016 with the Arizona League White Sox and the Great Falls Voyagers, going 6–2 with a 3.46 ERA over 65 innings.[5] He split the 2017 season between the Kannapolis Intimidators and Winston-Salem Dash, going 10–7 with a 3.42 ERA over innings. He split the 2018 season between Winston-Salem and the Birmingham Barons, going a combined 8–9 with a 2.65 ERA over 156 innings. He split the 2019 season between the AZL, Kannapolis, and the Birmingham Barons, combining to go 3–8 with a 3.57 ERA over innings.[6] After the 2019 season, he played in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs.[7]
Flores was added to the White Sox 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[8]
Flores made his MLB debut against the Kansas City Royals on September 3, 2020. With the 2020 Chicago White Sox, Flores appeared in 2 games, compiling a 0-0 record with 9.00 ERA and 2 strikeouts in 2.0 innings pitched.[9]
On April 1, 2021, Flores was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.[10] Flores made one appearance with the Cardinals, spending most of his time with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, before he was designated for assignment on June 22, 2021.[11]
On June 24, 2021, Flores was claimed off waivers by the Colorado Rockies and optioned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes.[12] He was designated for assignment on September 18.[13] Two days later, Flores was assigned outright to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes. On April 1, 2022, Flores was released by the Rockies organization.[14]
On April 1, 2022, the same day he was released by the Rockies, Flores signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization and was assigned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats.[15] He was released on May 21, 2022.[15]
On June 3, 2022, Flores signed with the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. He appeared in 7 games, making 6 starts with a 1-0 record and 4.15 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 26.0 innings pitched.[16]
On February 3, 2023, Flores signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers organization.[17] He was assigned to the Triple-A Round Rock Express to begin the year,[18] but struggled to an 0-1 record and 7.71 ERA with 4 strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched across 3 games (1 start). He was released by the Rangers on April 25.[19]
On May 6, 2023, Flores signed with the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League.[15] In 4 starts, he posted a 0–1 record with a 5.93 ERA and 7 strikeouts in 13.2 innings.
On June 23, 2023, Flores was traded to the Guerreros de Oaxaca of the Mexican League.[15] In 7 starts for the club, he compiled a 1–4 record and 6.35 ERA with 24 strikeouts across 34 innings pitched.
Flores made 8 relief outings for the Guerreros in 2024, struggling to a 14.73 ERA with 5 strikeouts across innings of work. He was released by Oaxaca on May 10, 2024.[20]
On June 12, 2024, Flores signed with the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League.[21]