Iván DeJesús, Jr.

Iván DeJesús, Jr.
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 13
Second Baseman
Born: May 1, 1987 (1987-05-01) (age 24)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
April 1, 2011 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
(through 2011 season)
Batting average     .188
Home runs     0
Runs batted in     1
Teams

Iván (Alvarez) DeJesús, Jr. (born May 1, 1987)[1] is a right-handed throwing and right-handed batting Puerto Rican professional baseball player who plays second base for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise.[1] He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers' in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft,[2] and he is the son of Iván DeJesús.[2] DeJesús was named 2008 minor league player of the year for the Dodgers organization.[3][4] DeJesus had been the Dodgers sixth highest rated prospect and best defensive infielder prior to 2007.[5] He was listed as the #12 Dodger prospect prior to 2008 by Scout.com and #13 by Baseball America.[6][7] His Major League Baseball debut with the Dodgers occurred early in the 2011 Major League Baseball season. He has since split time between the Major League team and its Triple-A affiliate, Albuquerque Isotopes.

Career

In 1987, he was born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[1] He went to high school at American Military Academy of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[1] He was the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2nd selection and 51st overall selection of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.[2]

In 2005, he split time between the GCL Dodgers of the Gulf Coast League and the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League. He has played with the Columbus Catfish of the South Atlantic League in 2006 and with the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino of the California League in 2007. He spent the 2008 season with the Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League.[1] He was selected to play for the South Division of the Southern League All-star game,[3] but he instead played in the 2008 All-Star Futures Game.[8] He ended 2008 with a 23-game hitting streak.[3] He finished second in the Southern League with 76 walks and tied for third with 150 hits.[9] He was selected to the Baseball America Minor League All-Star Second Team as a second baseman.[9]

De Jesus played in the 2008 Arizona Fall League and the 2008–2009 Puerto Rican Winter League.[3] The Dodgers invited him to Major League camp as a non-roster player for spring training, however he broke his left leg in a home plate collision during a spring training game.[10] He returned to play four games for the Arizona League Dodgers in late August.[1][11] The Dodgers added him to their 40 man roster prior to the 2010 season and promoted him to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, where he hit .296 in 130 games. He played for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League after the season.

He made his Major League debut on April 1, 2011 against the San Francisco Giants.[12] He played in two games with the Dodgers, striking out five times in seven at-bats before being optioned back to AAA Albuquerque on April 6.[13] He was recalled to the Dodgers on April 12 when Rafael Furcal was placed on the disabled list.[14] He recorded his first Major League hit on April 16 against the St. Louis Cardinals.[15] On April 23, he took the field at the same time as his father when the Dodgers' pitched in the bottom of the eight inning at Wrigley Field. With the Cubs batting, his father was performing his third base coaching duties, while Junior entered the game as a defensive replacement. This was the first occurrence for a regular season game.[16] After being sent back to AAA on May 13,[17] and aside from a brief stint in the majors from June 4 – June 6,[18][19] he spent the rest of the season with the Isotopes, hitting .310 with 8 home runs and 59 RBI in 443 plate appearances and 100 games.[20] Following the conclusion of the 2011 AAA season, DeJesus was not among the post season callups by the 2011 Dodgers.[21] for whom he had only had 35 plate appearances.[22]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ivan DeJesus". thebaseballcube.com. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/ivan-de-jesus.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
  2. ^ a b c Winston, Lisa (2008-07-02). "Past, Futures meet in young DeJesus: Dodgers prospect with big-league bloodlines building a bright future". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=425656&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
  3. ^ a b c d Holmes, Tot (2008-09-22). "De Jesus, McDonald Honored". LADugout.com. Scout.com. http://dodgers.scout.com/2/793461.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  4. ^ "Dodgers Team Report". Yahoo! Inc.. 2008-09-23. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiKP8pOprMrBKPVE.ENmadQd0bYF?slug=teamreports-2008-mlb-lad&prov=sportsxchange&type=team_report. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
  5. ^ Matthews, Alan (2007-02-20). "Top 10 Prospects: Los Angeles Dodgers". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/263364.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  6. ^ Holmes, Tot (2008-02-03). "Dodger Prospect #12 - SS Ivan De Jesus, Jr.". LADugout.com. Scout.com. http://dodgers.scout.com/a.z?s=283&p=2&c=725965&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fdodgers.scout.com%2f2%2f725965.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  7. ^ "James McDonald and Ivan DeJesus Jr. Named Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League Players of the Year". The Raw Feed. MLN Sports Group LLC.. 2008-09-12. http://www.mlntherawfeed.com/minor-league-baseball/2008/9/12/james-mcdonald-and-ivan-dejesus-jr-named-los-angeles-dodgers.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  8. ^ Jackson, Tony (2008-06-26). "Ivan DeJesus Jr. named to Futures Game". inside the dodgers. Los Angeles Newspaper group. http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/06/ivan-dejesus-jr.html. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
  9. ^ a b Leung, Diamond (2008-09-11). "Dodgers' McDonald a two-time POY". The Press Enterprise. Press-Enterprise Company. http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/prosports/2008/09/dodgers-mcdonald-a-twotime-poy.html#more-2466. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
  10. ^ Gurnick, Ken (2009-03-03). "De Jesus' injury has ripple effect on LA: Infielder likely out for year; DeWitt sees more work at short". MLB.com. http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090303&content_id=3913106&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  11. ^ Holmes, Tot (2009-08-26). "Ivan De Jesus See First 2009 Action". LADugout.com and Scout.com. http://dodgers.scout.com/a.z?s=283&p=2&c=892083&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fdodgers.scout.com%2f2%2f892083.html. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  12. ^ "Ivan DeJesus". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dejesiv02.shtml. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
  13. ^ Perkins, Owen (2011-04-06). "De Jesus optioned to Albuquerque". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110406&content_id=17431318&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  14. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Transactions - 2011". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/transactions/_/name/lad/year/2011/los-angeles-dodgers. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
  15. ^ Shaikin, Bill (2011-04-16). "Dodgers take the fifth (loss in a row)". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0417-dodgers-cardinals-20110417,0,5284285.story. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
  16. ^ Gurnick, Ken (2011-04-23). "De Jesus Jr. appears on same field as father". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110423&content_id=18153912&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  17. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Transactions - 2011". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/transactions/_/name/lad/year/2011/los-angeles-dodgers. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  18. ^ Gurnick, Ken (2011-06-04). "Furcal, Garland latest Dodgers to go on DL: De Jesus Jr. and Ely promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110604&content_id=20015486&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  19. ^ Gurnick, Ken and Mike Radano (2011-06-06). "Dodgers call up Gordon, activate Uribe: Coming off disabled list, Thames, Hawksworth also join club". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110606&content_id=20111994&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la. Retrieved 2011-08-17. 
  20. ^ "Ivan DeJesus". baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dejesu001iva. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
  21. ^ Hernandez, Dylan (2011-09-06). "Stephen Strasburg comes back big, but so do Dodgers in 7-3 victory". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-nationals-20110907,0,6892840.story. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
  22. ^ "Ivan DeJesus". baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dejesiv02.shtml. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 

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