Jorge Mateo

Jorge Mateo
New York Yankees – No. 93
Shortstop
Born: (1995-06-23) June 23, 1995
Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Jorge Luis Mateo (born June 23, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the New York Yankees organization.

Mateo signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in January 2012, receiving a $250,000 signing bonus.[1] He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Yankees 2. He played for the Dominican Summer League Yankees 1 in 2013 and the Gulf Coast Yankees in 2014.[2][3] In 2015, while playing for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League and the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, Mateo stole 82 bases.[4]

Mateo received a non-roster invitation to spring training in 2016. He began the season with Tampa, and was named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game.[5] On July 6, 2016, Mateo was suspended for two weeks due to violating the team's code of conduct policy, and could not participate in the Futures Game.[6] Mateo finished 2016 with a .254 batting average, 8 home runs and 47 RBI's, along with 36 RBI's.[7] The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the season.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Yankees prospects: Jorge Mateo impresses scouts". NJ.com. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "State of the organization: Shortstop". LoHud. October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "19-Year Old Jorge Mateo Is The Yankees' Shortstop Of The Future". Fangraphs. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/05/where_yankees_jorge_mateo_might_need_help_may_surp.html
  5. ↑ http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160629&content_id=186895726&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t587
  6. ↑ Tripodi, Chris. "Jorge Mateo faces 2 week suspension". MiLB. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=622761#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL
  8. ↑ http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/209196244/yankees-add-six-prospects-to-40-man-roster/
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