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Wladimir Ramon Pinto (born February 12, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Pinto signed with the Detroit Tigers as an international free agent in 2014. He played for the Venezuelan Summer League Tigers in 2015, going 2–1 with a 3.90 ERA over 27+2⁄3 innings. In 2016, he played for the Gulf Coast Tigers and went 1–1 with a 2.66 ERA over 23+2⁄3 innings. He split the 2017 season between the Connecticut Tigers and the West Michigan Whitecaps, going a combined 1–0 with a 0.00 ERA over 10 innings. He split the 2018 season between West Michigan and the Lakeland Flying Tigers, going a combined 4–2 with a 4.50 ERA and 77 strikeouts over 50 innings. He split the 2019 season between Lakeland and the Erie SeaWol