Ronel Blanco is a six-foot, 180 lb. right-handed pitcher from Santiago, DR. Born on August 31, 1993, Blanco signed his first professional deal on August 26, 2016 to play for the Astros.
Through the first several seasons of Blanco’s career, he played for several of Houston’s farm clubs. He appeared with the DSL Astros Blue and GCL Astros at the rookie level, the Tri-City ValleyCats in Short-Season-A, the Quad Cities River Bandits at the Single-A level, the Buses Creek Astros at the High-A level, the Corpus Christi Hooks at the Double-A level, the Round Rock Express at the Triple-A level, and in 2021 the Sugar Land Skeeters, also at the Triple-A level.