Lewin Díaz

Lewin José Díaz (born November 19, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Lewin Díaz
Miami Marlins – No. 68
First Baseman
Born: (1996-11-19) November 19, 1996
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 15, 2020, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.154
Home runs0
Runs batted in3
Teams

Career

Minnesota Twins

Díaz signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent on November 21, 2013.[1] He played for the DSL Twins in 2014, hitting .257/.385/.451/.836 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI.[2] He split the 2015 season between the GCL Twins and the Elizabethton Twins, hitting a combined .233/.322/.371/.693 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI.[2] He returned to Elizabethton in 2016, and hit .310/.353/.575/.928 with 9 home runs and 37 RBI.[2] He played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2017, hitting .292/.329/.444/.773 with 12 home runs and 68 RBI. He spent the 2018 season with the Fort Myers Miracle, hitting .224/.255/.344/.599 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI.[2] He opened the 2019 season back with Fort Myers, before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on June 19. Between the two teams, he hit a combined .294/.336/.553/.889 with 19 home runs and 62 RBI.[3]

Miami Marlins

On July 27, 2019, Díaz was traded to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Sergio Romo, Chris Vallimont, and a PTBNL.[4][5] He was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp following the trade.[4] Over 31 games with Jacksonville, he batted .200 with eight home runs.

Díaz was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[6]

On August 15, 2020, Díaz was promoted to the major leagues. He made his debut that day against the Atlanta Braves and got his first major league hit in his only at-bat against Mark Melancon.

References
  1. Rhett Bollinger (January 19, 2018). "Diaz named MLB's 9th-ranked 1B prospect". MLB.com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. "Lewin Díaz Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  3. Betsy Helfand (July 27, 2019). "Twins acquire reliever Sergio Romo, two others for Lewin Diaz". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  4. Jordan McPherson (July 28, 2019). "Who is Lewin Diaz, the new Miami Marlins prospect acquired in the Sergio Romo trade?". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  5. Wells Desenbury (July 28, 2019). "Marlins acquire power-hitting prospect Lewin Diaz from Twins for reliever Sergio Romo". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  6. Jordan McPherson (November 20, 2019). "Marlins add top prospects eligible for Rule 5 draft to 40-man roster, DFA Wei-Yin Chen". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
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