Michael Tonkin

Michael Tonkin [Michael Harvey Tonkin] is currently a free agent who was last active in 2025. Tonkin is 36 years old and was born on November 19th, 1989 in Glendale, California. He attended Palmdale High School [Falcons] in Palmdale, California. He was drafted and signed in the 30th round (906th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Minnesota Twins, receiving a $230,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Minnesota Twins No. 15 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on July 11th, 2013 at the age of 23. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Minnesota Twins against the Tampa Bay Rays, throwing 1.1 innings, did not allow a run or a walk and struck out 1 batter. He did not ...

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factor in the decision. He faced Evan Longoria as his first opposing batter [4]. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Danny Santana and Oswaldo Arcia. Tonkin has played 12 seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization, 2 seasons with the Atlanta Braves, 1 season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, 1 season with the New York Mets, 1 season with the Milwaukee Brewers and 1 season with the New York Yankees. Played 1 season in the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexican Baseball League) in 2021. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2012. Participated in the MLB Division Series 1x [2023]. Played 2 years of Independent League Baseball between 2019-2021.

Career Transactions: Signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on January 8th, 2019. Signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on March 23rd, 2019. Signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 19th, 2019. Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on January 11th, 2022. Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2024 worth $1m with the New York Mets on December 6th, 2023Traded from Mets to Twins on April 9th, 2024. Claimed off waivers from Minnesota Twins by New York Mets on April 17th, 2024. Claimed off waivers from New York Mets by New York Yankees on April 25th, 2024. Claimed off waivers from New York Yankees by Minnesota Twins on August 27th, 2024.

Career Notes: Originally Committed to USC in 2008.

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2013

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2008	Gulf Coast Twins	GCL	Rk	MIN	32	18	107*	0	1	3.27	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	11.0	10	4	4	0	3	8	0	0	0	1.18	8.18	0.00	2.45	6.55	3.27	2.67
2009	Gulf Coast Twins	GCL	Rk	MIN	-	19	113	3	4	3.62	11	9	0	0	2	0	0	54.2	55	30	22	2	9	60	5	0	0	1.17	9.05	0.33	1.48	9.88	4.94	6.67
2010	Elizabethton Twins	App	Rk	MIN	43	20	126	1	0	1.08	10	0	0	0	10	3	1	25.0	18	6	3	1	4	26	1	0	4	0.88	6.48	0.36	1.44	9.36	2.16	6.50
2010	Beloit Snappers	Midw	A	MIN	19	20	84	3	6	4.29	13	12	0	0	1	0	0	65.0	76	43	31	7	18	40	7	0	8	1.45	10.52	0.97	2.49	5.54	5.95	2.22
2011	Beloit Snappers	Midw	A	MIN	37	21	98	4	3	3.87	48	3	0	0	45	17	2	76.2	82	41	33	3	24	69	6	0	8	1.38	9.63	0.35	2.82	8.10	4.81	2.88
2012	Beloit Snappers	Midw	A	MIN	37	22	145	3	0	1.38	22	0	0	0	22	7	6	39.0	29	8	6	1	9	53	5	0	1	0.97	6.69	0.23	2.08	12.23	1.85	5.89
2012	Fort Myers Miracle	FSL	A+	MIN	37	22	131*	1	1	2.97	22	0	0	0	22	18	6	30.1	24	12	10	2	11	44	1	0	2	1.15	7.12	0.59	3.26	13.05	3.56	4.00
2013	New Britain Rock Cats	East	AA	MIN	43	23	124*	1	2	2.22	22	0	0	0	22	20	7	24.1	21	10	6	0	8	30	2	0	3	1.19	7.77	0.00	2.96	11.10	3.70	3.75
2013	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	32	23	113*	1	2	4.41	30	0	0	0	30	21	14	32.2	33	18	16	3	8	36	0	0	1	1.26	9.09	0.83	2.20	9.92	4.96	4.50
2013	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	59	23		0	0	0.79	9	0	0	0	9	6	0	11.1	9	6	1	0	3	10	1	0	0	1.06	7.15	0.00	2.38	7.94	4.76	3.33
2014	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	37	24	119	3	4	2.80	39	0	0	0	39	28	10	45.0	41	18	14	2	12	46	1	0	2	1.18	8.20	0.40	2.40	9.20	3.60	3.83
2014	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	59	24		0	0	4.74	25	0	0	0	25	8	0	19.0	23	13	10	2	6	16	1	0	2	1.53	10.89	0.95	2.84	7.58	6.16	2.67
2015	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	37	25	162	2	1	1.10	33	0	0	0	33	23	14	41.0	25	5	5	2	5	46	4	0	0	0.73	5.49	0.44	1.10	10.10	1.10	9.20
2015	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	59	25	96*	0	0	3.47	26	0	0	0	26	10	0	23.1	21	9	9	4	9	19	1	0	1	1.29	8.10	1.54	3.47	7.33	3.47	2.11
2016	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	59	26	100	3	2	5.02	65	0	0	0	65	23	0	71.2	80	46	40	13	24	80	5	0	3	1.45	10.05	1.63	3.01	10.05	5.78	3.33
2017	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	20	27	136	4	2	1.73	31	0	0	0	31	22	5	41.2	31	8	8	1	13	61	0	0	4	1.06	6.70	0.22	2.81	13.18	1.73	4.69
2017	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	59	27		0	1	5.14	16	0	0	0	16	8	0	21.0	22	15	12	6	12	24	2	0	1	1.62	9.43	2.57	5.14	10.29	6.43	2.00
2018	Nippon Ham Fighters	Jap Pac	Intl		-	28	94	4	4	3.71	53	0	0	0	53	0	12	51.0	45	24	21	2	23	33	6	0	7	1.33	7.94	0.35	4.06	5.82	4.24	1.43
2019	Long Island	Atl	Indy		-	29	173*	3	2	0.34	22	0	0	0	22	12	7	26.2	10	4	1	0	9	31	0	0	1	0.71	3.37	0.00	3.04	10.46	1.35	3.44
2019	Reno Aces	PCL	AAA	ARI	-	29	98*	0	0	7.71	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	9.1	12	10	8	2	5	11	0	0	2	1.82	11.57	1.93	4.82	10.61	9.64	2.20
2019	San Antonio Missions	PCL	AAA	MIL	-	29	98*	3	0	4.26	14	0	0	0	14	6	0	12.2	9	7	6	4	9	14	0	0	0	1.42	6.39	2.84	6.39	9.95	4.97	1.56
2021	Long Island	Atl	Indy			31	183*	2	1	0.53	16	0	0	0	16	16	9	17.0	9	4	1	0	5	21	1	0	1	0.82	4.76	0.00	2.65	11.12	2.12	4.20
2021	Tijuana Toros	Mex	AAA			31	148*	2	1	2.00	6	0	0	0	6	3	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	13	1	0	1	1.00	6.00	2.00	3.00	13.00	2.00	4.33
2022	Gwinnett Stripers	IL2	AAA	ATL	59	32	129	5	2	3.17	47	0	0	0	47	39	16	48.1	38	20	17	3	15	73	1	1	7	1.10	7.08	0.56	2.79	13.59	3.72	4.87
2023	Gwinnett Stripers	IL2	AAA	ATL	51	33		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00
2023	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	51	33	112	7	3	4.28	45	0	0	0	45	11	1	80.0	64	41	38	13	23	75	2	1	2	1.09	7.20	1.46	2.59	8.44	4.61	3.26
2024	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	50	34	104	3	2	3.38	39	0	0	0	39	15	2	56.0	44	26	21	5	21	57	3	1	3	1.16	7.07	0.80	3.38	9.16	4.18	2.71
2024	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	51	34	104	1	2	5.14	5	0	0	0	5	4	0	7.0	8	10	4	1	2	6	1	0	3	1.43	10.29	1.29	2.57	7.71	12.86	3.00
2024	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	39	34	104	0	0	3.86	13	0	0	0	13	4	0	16.1	18	7	7	0	7	22	0	0	2	1.53	9.92	0.00	3.86	12.12	3.86	3.14
2025	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	FSL2	A	MIN	31	35		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	4.50	0.00
2025	St. Paul Saints	IL2	AAA	MIN	60	35	106*	2	0	4.82	18	0	0	0	18	4	0	28.0	27	16	15	7	7	34	0	0	5	1.21	8.68	2.25	2.25	10.93	5.14	4.86
2025	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	39	35	94*	2	1	4.88	21	0	0	0	21	7	0	24.0	20	13	13	3	8	19	1	0	5	1.17	7.50	1.13	3.00	7.13	4.88	2.38
Tot:	MLB (8 yrs)		MLB					16	11	4.23	264	0	0	0	264	96	3	329.2	309	186	155	47	115	328	17	2	22	1.29	8.44	1.28	3.14	8.95	5.08	2.85
Tot:	NL (2 yrs)		NL					8	5	4.34	50	0	0	0	50	15	1	87.0	72	51	42	14	25	81	3	1	5	1.11	7.45	1.45	2.59	8.38	5.28	3.24
Tot:	AL (7 yrs)		AL					8	6	4.19	214	0	0	0	214	81	2	242.2	237	135	113	33	90	247	14	1	17	1.35	8.79	1.22	3.34	9.16	5.01	2.74
Tot:	Minors (14 yrs)		Minors					38	29	3.11	379	25	0	0	354	212	81	596.2	539	259	206	42	163	669	35	1	48	1.18	8.13	0.63	2.46	10.09	3.91	4.10
Tot:	Indy (2 yrs)		Indy					5	3	0.41	38	0	0	0	38	28	16	43.2	19	8	2	0	14	52	1	0	2	0.76	3.92	0.00	2.89	10.72	1.65	3.71
Tot:	Rk (3 yrs)		Rk					4	5	2.88	27	10	0	0	17	3	1	90.2	83	40	29	3	16	94	6	0	4	1.09	8.24	0.30	1.59	9.33	3.97	5.88
Tot:	A (4 yrs)		A					10	9	3.45	84	15	0	0	69	24	8	182.2	189	93	70	11	51	165	19	0	17	1.31	9.31	0.54	2.51	8.13	4.58	3.24
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+					1	1	2.97	22	0	0	0	22	18	6	30.1	24	12	10	2	11	44	1	0	2	1.15	7.12	0.59	3.26	13.05	3.56	4.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					1	2	2.22	22	0	0	0	22	20	7	24.1	21	10	6	0	8	30	2	0	3	1.19	7.77	0.00	2.96	11.10	3.70	3.75
Tot:	AAA (9 yrs)		AAA					22	12	3.05	224	0	0	0	224	147	59	268.2	222	104	91	26	77	336	7	1	22	1.11	7.44	0.87	2.58	11.26	3.48	4.36
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2012	Peoria Javelinas	Arizona Fall League	AFL	22	1	0	2.45	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	14.2	8	4	4	1	3	7	0	0	2	0.75	4.91	0.61	1.84	4.30	2.45	2.33
2013	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.75	2.25	0.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	1.00
2014	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	0	7	3	0	8.1	3	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0.60	3.24	0.00	2.16	5.40	0.00	2.50
2015	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	4.0	9	4	3	0	1	5	0	0	0	2.50	20.25	0.00	2.25	11.25	9.00	5.00
2016	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	0	7.88	7	0	0	0	7	3	1	8.0	12	7	7	1	0	8	0	0	1	1.50	13.50	1.13	0.00	9.00	7.88	0.00
2017	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	1	0	4.15	11	0	0	0	11	2	0	13.0	9	6	6	3	7	10	1	0	1	1.23	6.23	2.08	4.85	6.92	4.15	1.43
2019	Milwaukee Brewers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	0	0	1.93	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.2	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.64	3.86	0.00	1.93	5.79	1.93	3.00
2020	Arizona Diamondbacks	MLB Spring Training	Spring	30	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	9.00	0.00	0.50
2022	Atlanta Braves	MLB Spring Training	Spring	32	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0.43	0.00	0.00	3.86	11.57	0.00	3.00
2023	Atlanta Braves	MLB Spring Training	Spring	33	0	0	5.19	8	0	0	0	8	1	0	8.2	8	6	5	0	4	10	0	1	0	1.38	8.31	0.00	4.15	10.38	6.23	2.50
2023	Atlanta Braves	Division Series	Playoffs	33	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	0.00
2024	New York Mets	MLB Spring Training	Spring	34	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	7.2	4	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	1	1.04	4.70	0.00	4.70	8.22	0.00	1.75
2025	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	35	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.2	6	4	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	3.00	20.25	3.37	6.75	10.12	13.50	1.50
Tot:	AFL (1 Yrs)		AFL		1	0	2.45	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	14.2	8	4	4	1	3	7	0	0	2	0.75	4.91	0.61	1.84	4.30	2.45	2.33
Tot:	Spring (11 Yrs)		Spring		1	0	3.64	57	1	0	0	14	56	1	64.1	54	28	26	5	26	57	1	2	4	1.24	7.55	0.70	3.64	7.97	3.92	2.19
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00

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