Gio Urshela

Gio Urshela
Urshela with the Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Third baseman
Born: (1991-10-11) October 11, 1991
Bocagrande, Cartagena, Colombia
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 2015, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
(through May 30, 2018)
Batting average .219
Hits 99
Home runs 8
Runs batted in 39
Teams

Giovanny Urshela (born October 11, 1991) is a Colombian professional baseball third baseman in the New York Yankees organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians.

Career

Cleveland Indians

Urshela batting for the Akron Aeros in 2013

Urshela signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in July 2008.[1] He made his professional debut in 2009, playing for the Dominican Summer League Indians and the Arizona League Indians.[2] From 2010 to 2013, Urshela played one season each for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League, Lake County Captains of the Class A Midwest League, Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, and Akron Aeros of the Class AA Eastern League. Before the 2013 season he played for the Colombia national baseball team in the qualifiers for the World Baseball Classic.[3]

Urshela started 2014 back with Akron (now the "RubberDucks") and was promoted to the Columbus Clippers of the Class AAA International League during the season.[4][5] After the 2014 season, the Indians added Urshela to their 40-man roster.[6] He was named the Indians' fourth best prospect by MLB.com in 2015.[7]

Urshela began the 2015 season with Columbus. He was called up to the major leagues on June 8, 2015.[8] He got his first major league hit, a single, and first major league home run in the same game against the Seattle Mariners on June 11, 2015. His family was not there to see either hit, however, as they had to leave in the second inning to head home after a three-day visit.[9]

Urshela played for the Colombian national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[10]

Urshela opened the 2018 season on the disabled list.[11] After completing his rehab assignment in the minors, Urshela was designated for assignment on May 4.

Toronto Blue Jays

On May 9, Urshela was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations or a player to be named later.[12] He was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on June 26. He cleared waivers and was assigned outright to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on July 3.[13][14]

New York Yankees

On August 4, 2018, Urshela was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for cash considerations.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Lastoria, Tony. "Know your prospects: Giovanny Urshela". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Giovanny Urshela, A sprint Ascending". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "World Baseball Classic Colombian roster". World Baseball Classic. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Fred Cay. "RubberDucks 6, Curve 4: Giovanny Urshela is seeing benefits of work". www.ohio.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Giovanny Urshela impresses with Columbus Clippers -- Cleveland Indians AAA Insider". cleveland.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ Reedy, Joe (November 20, 2014). "Indians fill out 40-man roster". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Fagerstrom, August (June 7, 2015). "Indians option Ramirez, Chisenhall to Triple-A". MLB.com. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Indians send struggling Chisenhall, Ramirez to minors". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Urshela hits 1st big league homer, Indians top Mariners 6-0". ESPN. Associated Press. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/02/caa.html
  11. ↑ Hoynes, Paul. "Gio Urshela has hamstring injury and 4 other things we learned about the Cleveland Indians". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Blue Jays acquire Gio Urshela from Cleveland for future considerations". Sportsnet. May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  13. ↑ Wagner, Ben. Twitter.com https://twitter.com/benwag247/status/1011711073383112704. Retrieved 26 June 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ Blue Jays PR. Twitter.com https://twitter.com/BlueJaysPR/status/1014229803388604416. Retrieved 3 July 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "Blue Jays trade Gio Urshela to Yankees for cash considerations". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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