Alex Ochoa
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Alex Ochoa (born March 29, 1972 in Miami Lakes, Florida) is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is current a nonroster player for the Boston Red Sox. Ochoa played 8 seasons for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, and Anaheim Angels of MLB. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the 1991 amateur draft, but he never played in the major leagues for them, as Baltimore traded him to the Mets as part of a trade for Bobby Bonilla in 1995. He would make his big league debut later that year for New York. Ochoa would eventually be traded seven times in his career, winning a World Series with the Angels in 2002.
Ochoa played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2003 to 2006. He became well known as a center fielder who has a strong throwing arm.
Ochoa signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox on January 12, 2007 and was invited to the team's spring training and was cut, but made a agreement play for the teams Triple A club at Pawtucket.[1]
| Uniform Number | Salary | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995-New York Mets | 22 | $109,000 |
| 1996-New York Mets | 22 | $109,000 |
| 1997-New York Mets | 22 | $152,000 |
| 1998-Minnesota Twins | 25 | $182,500 |
| 1999-Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | $245,000 |
| 2000-Cincinnati Reds | 7 | $862,500 |
| 2001-Cincinnati Reds | 7 | $1,600,000 |
| 2002-Milwaukee Brewers | 23 | $2,750,000 |
| 2002-Anaheim Angels | 18 | N/A |
| 2003-Chunichi Dragons (Japan) | 22 | $1,987,084 |
| 2004-Chunichi Dragons (Japan) | 4 | $1,821,494 |
| 2005-Chunichi Dragons (Japan) | 4 | $2,173,373 |
| 2006-Chunichi Dragons (Japan) | 4 | $2,173,373 |
| 2007--Boston Red Sox | 3 | TBD |
[edit] References
- ^ Shaughnessy, Dan (2007-03-28). RED SOX NOTEBOOK: Hansen, Delcarmen sent down. Boston Globe. Retrieved on March 28, 2007.
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