My Take
Liván Moinelo is one of those quietly elite lefties who makes you do a double-take the first time you see him work. Born in Pinar del Río — Cuba's baseball heartland — he defected and found his home with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, where he's been an absolute weapon out of the bullpen. That sweeping slider of his is legitimately unfair against left-handed hitters, and his composure in high-leverage spots is the kind of thing you don't really teach. He doesn't have the name recognition of some NPB foreign stars, but anyone who watches Hawks baseball knows he's a guy you absolutely do not want to face in the late innings. A classic case of the right pitcher finding the right league at the right time.
Overview
Liván Moinelo Pita (born December 8, 1995) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liván Moinelo
- Name (Japanese)
- リバン・モイネロ
- Reading
- りばん・もいねろ
- Born
- December 8, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Boar
- Origin
- Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.