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GUILLERMO HEREDIA
• Traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in a five- • Made his major-league debut on 7/29/16 at
player deal in November 2018…Signed Chicago-NL as a defensive replacement in right FRONT OFFICE
with the Pittsburgh Pirates prior to the field.
2020 season…Claimed off waivers by the • Recorded his first hit four days later, 8/2,
New York Mets last August. an RBI single off Cy Young winner David
• Has played all three outfield positions, spending Price.
the majority of his time in center field (203 • His first home run came on 8/6, off the
games, 165 starts) and left field (143 games, 91 Angels’ Tyler Skaggs.
starts)…Has also appeared in 50 games (19 starts) • Has never appeared in a postseason game. MANAGER & STAFF
in right field.
• Has never been on the injured list in his
• Has just six errors in 739 total chances professional career.
(.991), 14 outfield assists and 10 Defensive • Played through Bankart lesion in his right
Runs Saved (DRS).
shoulder in 2017…Following the season,
• Did not have an error in 2018, one of underwent surgery on the shoulder…It
five qualifying major-league outfielders was performed by Dr. John Uribe in Miami
to post a 1.000 fielding percentage that on 10/9.
season, joining Mark Canha, Jon Jay, Josh GUILLERMO HEREDIA
Reddick and Mike Trout. minor league notes
• Is a career .274/.337/.397 (124-for-453) hitter with • Has played in 112 career minor-league games,
a .735 OPS and a 103 wRC+ against left-handed hitting .293/.389/.383 (117-for-400) with 15
pitching…Has 36 of his 66 career extra-base hits doubles, three triples, five home runs and 53 RBI.
in these situations, despite having 100 fewer at-
bats against southpaws. • Has split his time defensively between all
three outfield positions, starting 84 games
• Against right-handed pitching, has batted in center field, 13 in right field and nine in SEASON IN REVIEW
.211/.299/.300 (117-for-554) with a .599 left field.
OPS and a 69 wRC+…Averages one extra- • The vast majority of his minor-league experience
base hit every 18.5 at-bats against righties,
compared to one every 12.6 at-bats came in 2016 after signing with Seattle…Split
against lefties. the season between the Mariners’ Double- and
Triple-A affiliates before making his big-league
• Has hit .300 (6-for-20) in his career as a pinch debut in July.
hitter with one home run and as many walks (5)
as strikeouts (5). • Named a Southern League Mid-Season PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
All-Star with Jackson…Had a .405 on-base
• His pinch-hit homer came in 2019, when percentage in 58 games before the break,
he took Toronto LH Tim Mayza deep in walking (36) more times than he struck
the eighth inning on 4/14.
out (32).
• Has two career-game ending hits, both singles.
• Following the season, played 14 games
• His first career walk-off came on 5/18/17 for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League.
as a member of the Mariners…Broke a
4-4 tie with a pinch-hit single in the ninth personal BRAVES HISTORY
inning off Chicago-AL LH Dan Jennings.
• Grew up in Matanzas, Cuba, located on the
• His other such hit came almost exactly island’s northern coast, due east of Havana.
one year later, on 5/15/18…Singled in the • Played six seasons professionally in Cuba…In 374
bottom of the 11th inning off Texas LH games with the Matanzas Crocodiles, posted a
Alex Claudio.
.794 OPS and won two Gold Gloves in center
• He was Seattle’s nominee for the 2018 MLBPAA field.
Heart and Hustle Award…The award honors • Also played for Cuba in the 2013 World Baseball OPPONENTS
active players who demonstrate a passion for the Classic, starting six games in center field.
game of baseball and best embody the values,
spirit and traditions of the game…The award is • Is known to his fans in Cuba as “El Conde”
voted on by former players.
• Set single-season career highs in 2017 in hits
(96), doubles (16), home runs (6), RBI (24) and
total bases (130)…Played in 123 games for the
Mariners. MISCELLANEOUS

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