Jeimer Candelario

Jeimer Candelario
Candelario with the Detroit Tigers in 2018
Detroit Tigers – No. 46
Third baseman / First baseman
Born: (1993-11-24) November 24, 1993
New York City, New York
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 3, 2016, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average .233
Home runs 22
Runs batted in 70
Teams

Jeimer Candelario (born November 24, 1993) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Chicago Cubs.

Early life

Candelario was born in New York City and moved to the Dominican Republic when he was five years old so that his father could open a baseball training center.[1]

Career

Minors

Candelario signed with the Chicago Cubs in September 2010. He made his professional debut the next year with the Dominican Summer League Cubs. Candelario spent 2012 with the Boise Hawks of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League and the 2013 season with the Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League.[2] He spent 2014 with Kane County and the Daytona Cubs. He started 2015 with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and was promoted to the Tennessee Smokies of the Class AA Southern League during the season. The Cubs added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[3]

With the Iowa Cubs in 2016, Candelario batted .333 in his first 25 games for the Iowa Cubs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.[4]

Chicago Cubs

The Cubs promoted Candelario to the major league team on July 3, 2016, to replace Chris Coghlan, who was placed on the disabled list.[5] He made his major-league debut the same day, against the New York Mets. He was optioned back to Iowa on July 9.[6] Candelario appeared in five games for the Cubs in 2016 and finished with a .091 batting average. The Cubs went on to win the 2016 World Series. Candelario was not included on the Cubs' postseason roster, but was still on the 40-man roster at the time and won his first World Series title.[7]

Detroit Tigers

On July 31, 2017, Candelario was traded along with Isaac Paredes, and a player to be named later or cash considerations, to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson.[8] The Tigers assigned him to the Toledo Mud Hens of the Class AAA International League. On August 7, the Tigers promoted Candelario to the major leagues from Toledo.[9] With the 2017 Tigers, Candelario went 31-for-94 (.330) while hitting 2 home runs and driving in 13.

Candelario began the 2018 as the Tigers regular third baseman. On May 14, he was placed on the 10-day disabled list with left wrist tendinitis.[10] On May 26, in just his second game after returning from the disabled list, Candelario had the first multiple-homer game of his career as he went deep in his first two at-bats against Chicago White Sox starter Hector Santiago.[11] For the 2018 season, Candelario hit .224 with 19 home runs and 54 RBI.

References

  1. ↑ Adam Greene. "Smokies third baseman Jeimer Candelario focused on baseball at young age". KNS. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Future looks sweet for Cubs prospect Jeimer Candelario". Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cubs make roster moves for Rule 5 Draft". MLB.com.
  4. ↑ Mooney, Patrick (July 3, 2016). "Jeimer Candelario makes big-league debut as Cubs continue youth movement | NBC Sports Chicago". Csnchicago.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cubs place Chris Coghlan on DL, promote Jeimer Candelario". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Gonzales, Mark (July 9, 2016). "Cubs option Jeimer Candelario, recall Munenori Kawasaki". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Bastian, Jordan; Muskat, Carrie. "Chicago Cubs win 2016 World Series". MLB. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ Beck, Jason (July 31, 2017). "Tigers acquire prospect Candelario from Cubs". MLB.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  9. ↑ Beck, Jason (August 7, 2017). "Tigers call up infield prospect Candelario". MLB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Tigers put Jeimer Candelario on disabled list, recall Dawel Lugo". MLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Candelario stays hot, but Tigers hurt by HRs". MLB.com. 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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