Pinto made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2013. Minnesota Twins Milwaukee Brewers After the 2015 season, the San Diego Padres claimed Pinto off of waivers. He was designated for assignment on December 21.
After being designated by the Padres, Pinto was claimed by the Milwaukee Brewers on December 23.
The Brewers designated him for assignment on January 6, 2016.
Pinto signed as an international free agent with the Minnesota Twins in 2006. After the 2012 season, the Twins added Pinto to their 40 man roster in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Beginning the 2013 season with the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class Associate of Arts Eastern League, Pinto was named an Eastern League All-Star. He was promoted to the Rochester Red Wings of the Class American Automobile Association International League in August. Pinto had a combined.309 batting average.400 on-base percentage, and.482 slugging percentage with 15 home runs and 74 runs batted in (RBIs) in 126 games for New Britain and Rochester. On August 31, the Twins promoted Pinto to the major leagues. In 21 games for the Twins, Pinto had a.342 batting average.398 on-base percentage, and a.566 slugging percentage. He hit four home runs, five doubles, and recorded 12 RBIs. During spring training in 2014, the Twins named Pinto to their Opening Day roster as the backup to Kurt Suzuki. He spent a lot of time as the designated hitter due to the absence of Josh Willingham from the lineup. He was hitting just.246 with 5 Human Resources and 9 Reserve Bank of India through April, and those struggles continued into May, contributing to less playing time. Pinto was eventually optioned to Rochester on June 12. In 43 games to that point, he was hitting.222 with 7 Human Resources, 16 Reserve Bank of India and a.730 Office of Personnel Services. He also allowed all 20 runners who attempted to steal a base on him to do so due to poor arm strength and lazy catching skills.
