Reymond Fuentes | |||
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Fuentes with Diamondbacks, 2017
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Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 14 | |||
Outfielder | |||
Born: Orlando, Florida |
February 12, 1991 |||
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MLB debut | |||
August 26, 2013, for the San Diego Padres | |||
MLB statistics (through June 13, 2017) |
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Batting average | .235 | ||
Home runs | 1 | ||
Runs batted in | 8 | ||
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Medal record | ||
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Men's baseball | ||
Representing Puerto Rico | ||
World Baseball Classic | ||
2017 Los Angeles | Team |
Reymond Fuentes (born February 12, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals.
Fuentes attended Fernando Callejo High School in Manatí, Puerto Rico where he was a sprint champion.
Fuentes was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft. He was the 28th overall pick of the draft, and was given a $1,134,000 signing bonus.
On December 6, 2010, he was traded to the San Diego Padres along with Anthony Rizzo, Casey Kelly, and Eric Patterson for first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Fuentes was ranked between the sixth and 10th best prospect in the Red Sox organization.
Fuentes spent 2011 with the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm where he hit .275 in 510 at-bats and stole 41 bases. In 2012, he played 134 games in center field with the Double-A San Antonio Missions where his average dropped to .218 in 473 at-bats. Fuentes again opened 2013 with the Missions and raised his average to .316 with 6 home runs and 29 stolen bases in 93 games, spending time at all 3 outfield positions. He was promoted to the Triple-A Tucson Padres on August 10 where he collected 23 hits in 14 games before his Major League call-up.