Rey Navarro
Rey Navarro | |||
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 20 | |||
Second baseman | |||
Born: Caguas, Puerto Rico |
December 22, 1989 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 24, 2015, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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Batting average | .276 | ||
Home runs | 1 | ||
Runs batted in | 3 | ||
Teams | |||
Reynaldo Navarro (born December 22, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball second baseman in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2015.
Career
Navarro was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. In 2010 he was traded to the Kansas City Royals for Carlos Rosa.[1] Prior to the 2014 season he signed with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
Navarro signed a major league contract with the Baltimore Orioles on November 26, 2014.[3] He was called up to the major leagues on April 24, 2015. He collected his first major league hit, a double, and run during his debut.[4] The very next game he went 3-5 with his first Big-League RBI, to help the Orioles defeat the Red Sox, 18-7.[5] On May 13, 2015, in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Navarro hit his first major league home run off of relief pitcher Brett Cecil.[6]
On December 23, 2015, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim claimed Navarro off waivers.
References
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- ↑ http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2015/04/orioles-set-to-recall-rey-navarro.html
- ↑ http://www.camdenchat.com/2015/4/26/8500357/orioles-red-sox-recap-slaughter
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_05_13_tormlb_balmlb_1&mode=box&partnerId=LR_box
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Missoula Osprey players
- South Bend Silver Hawks players
- Criollos de Caguas players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks players
- Visalia Rawhide players
- Northwest Arkansas Naturals players
- Omaha Storm Chasers players
- Pensacola Blue Wahoos players
- Louisville Bats players
- Norfolk Tides players