Alex Verdugo
Alex Verdugo was born in Tucson, Arizona, United States on May 15th, 1996 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 27, Alex Verdugo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Professional career
Verdugo attended Sahuaro High School in Tucson, Arizona. In the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers selected Verdugo. He signed with the Dodgers, forgoing his pledge to play college baseball at Arizona State University. He played for the Arizona League in 49 games and was named with post-season Arizona League All-Star honors and Baseball America Rookie league all-star awards. He was assigned to the Midwest League's Class-A Great Lakes Loons starting in 2015. After he scored.295 in 101 games, he was added to the all-star team for the post-season. Verdugo earned a late-season call to the Advanced-Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, where he appeared in 23 games and reached.385. In a game against the Lancaster JetHawks on August 27, he also hit for the cycle for the second time. He was named the organization's minor league player of the year.
Verdugo was promoted to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League, where he was selected as a starter for the mid-season all-star game and named to the Post-season all-star team to begin the 2016 season. In 126 games for the Drillers, he had a.273 batting average and hit 13 home runs with 63 RBI. At the end of the season, he was drafted to the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League, batting.140/.213.233. In November and the 2017 World Baseball Classic, Verdugo also competed for the Mexico national baseball team in an exhibition series in Japan. He joined the Oklahoma City Dodgers as a starter for the mid-season Pacific Coast League all-star team and was chosen to represent the country team at the All-Star Futures Game. He reached.314. He played 117 games for Oklahoma City, hitting.314.
On September 1, 2017, Verdugo was promoted to the majors for the first time. He made his MLB debut as the starting center fielder against the San Diego Padres that night, and he was hitless in three at-bats with one walk. Clayton Richard of the Padres' first MLB hit on September 2 was a single off of him. On September 10, he scored his first major league home run off of Adam Ottavino of the Colorado Rockies. He appeared in 15 games for the Dodgers in 2017 and had four hits in 23 at-bats, batting.174/.304/.304.
He was selected to represent the Pacific Coast League at the Triple-A All-Star Game in 2018 and was also selected to the Pacific Coast League's post-season all-star team. While spending the majority of the season with Oklahoma City, where he hit.329.
Verdugo was announced as a member of the 2019 Dodgers' opening day roster on March 23, 2019. He appeared in 106 games for the Dodgers, with a.294 batting average, 12 home runs, and 44 RBI. While A. J. Pollock was out with an injury, he played center field, but Pollock recovered after losing playing time. On August 6, Verdugo went on the hospitalized list with an oblique strain, and then came down with a back injury while doing a rehab assignment. He was ruled out of the remainder of the season and the playoffs due to his injury.
The Dodgers traded Verdugo, Jeter Downs, and Connor Wong to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mookie Betts, David Price, and cash considerations on February 10, 2020. He was a regular outfielder for Boston during the 2020 season, appearing in 22 games in left field and 31 in right field. Overall, Verdugo batted.308 in 53 games with six home runs and 15 RBIs. Verdugo had the lowest fielding percentage in all qualified major league outfielders at.95 percent.
Verdugo spent the 2021 season as a regular outfield player in Boston's outfield, playing all three positions. He was first admitted to the team on August 8, and on August 13, he was back to the team. He appeared in 146 Boston games, batting.289 with 13 home runs and 63 RBIs. As the Red Sox advanced to the American League Championship Series, he appeared in 11 postseason games, batting 13-for-42 (.310). Verdugo expressed his desire to be a two-way player by late in the season, but he wanted to not be "Shohei Ohtani where he is starting and all that" but that he wanted to be a two-way player by 2023.
Verdugo, a corner outfielder for Boston in 2022, played in 150 games in the outfield and two as a designated hitter. With 11 home runs and 74 RBIs, he batted.280 runs. "Yes, he hit for average, but defensively, he can be a lot better baserunning," Red Sox boss Alex Cora said at the end of the regular season.