Alex Binelas

Alex Binelas (born May 26, 2000) is an American college baseball third basemen for the Louisville Cardinals.

Career

Binelas attended Oak Creek High School in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.[1] In 2018, his senior year, he was named Player of the Year by the Greater Metro Conference and the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association after batting .508 with four home runs while also pitching to a 1.94 ERA.[2][3] He was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 35th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, instead choosing to honor his college commitment to play baseball at the University of Louisville.[4][5]

In 2019, Binelas' freshman season at Louisville, he played in 59 games (making 54 starts), hitting .291 with 14 home runs and 59 RBIs.[6][7] He was named a Freshman All-American by multiple media outlets including Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[8][9] After the season, he was invited to play for the Team USA Collegiate National Team, joining teammates Reid Detmers, Bobby Miller, and Michael Kirian.[10] As a sophomore in 2020, Binelas appeared in two games before suffering a hamate injury to his right hand, missing time due to the injury before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12]

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