Miguel Andújar
| Miguel Andújar | |||
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| New York Yankees | |||
| Third baseman | |||
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Born: March 2, 1995 San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 28, 2017, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics (through June 28, 2017) | |||
| Batting average | .750 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 4 | ||
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Miguel Enrique Andújar (born March 2, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Andújar signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in July 2011.[1] He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Gulf Coast Yankees. He played the 2013 season for the Gulf Coast Yankees 2 and the 2014 season for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2015, Andújar played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He started 2016 with Tampa before being promoted to the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League.[2][3] After the 2016 season he played in the Arizona Fall League.[4] The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[5]
Andújar began the 2017 season with Trenton, and he batted .312 with seven home runs and 52 runs batted in (RBIs), which were leading the Eastern League, through 67 games. Following a season-ending injury to Gleyber Torres in June, he was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League.[6] After playing in seven games with the RailRiders, the Yankees promoted Andújar to the major leagues on June 28, when Matt Holliday, the Yankees designated hitter, went on the disabled list.[7] He made his major league debut as the Yankees' designated hitter that day against the Chicago White Sox, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a walk, breaking the Yankees' record for most RBIs in a player's first game.[8] The next day, the Yankees sent him back down to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, so that he could continue to play every game as a third baseman.[9]
References
- ↑ "RiverDogs' Andujar flashes power stroke". MiLB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Miguel Andujar makes jump to Double-A; Kyle Higashioka returns with hot bat". The Trentonian. June 14, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Miguel Andujar, Chance Adams arrive to bolster Thunder". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ III, George A. King (October 21, 2016). "Yankees’ rising prospect putting Chase Headley on notice already". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Yankees add six prospects to 40-man roster". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ timesleader (June 24, 2017). "RailRiders Weekend Feature: Miguel Andujar adapting well to Triple-A". Times Leader. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Yankees call up third-base prospect Miguel Andujar". Newsday. February 24, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Miguel Andujar sets Yankees record with 4 RBIs". Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ Boland, Erik (June 29, 2017). "Yankees bring back Chris Carter, send Miguel Andujar back to Triple-A". Newsday. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Miguel Andujar on Twitter
- Miguel Andujar on Instagram