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Nick Madrigal
Madrigal with the Charlotte Knights in 2019
Chicago White Sox – No. 1
Second baseman
Born: (1997-03-05) March 5, 1997 (age 27)
Sacramento, California
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 31, 2020, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
(through September 27, 2020)
Batting average.340
Home runs0
Runs batted in11
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
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Nicklaus M. Madrigal (born March 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020.

Amateur career

Madrigal attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. In 2015, his senior year, he batted .449 with 28 stolen bases.[1][2] He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 17th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.[3] He did not sign with the Indians and attended Oregon State University where he played college baseball for the Beavers.[4]

As a freshman at Oregon State, Madrigal started in 49 games and hit .333/.380/.456 with one home run and 29 runs batted in (RBIs). He was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was a first team All-Pac-12 selection.[5][6] In 2017, Madrigal's sophomore year, he batted .380 with four home runs and forty RBIs in sixty games and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. He was also named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team.[7] In 2018, as a junior, he slashed .367/.428/.511 with three home runs and 34 RBIs in 42 games.[8]

Professional career

Madrigal was selected fourth overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[9] He signed for $6,411,400,[10] and was assigned to the AZL White Sox before being promoted to the Kannapolis Intimidators in July[11] and the Winston-Salem Dash in August. In 43 games between the three clubs, Madrigal slashed .303/.353/.348 with 16 RBIs and eight stolen bases.[12] He returned to Winston-Salem to begin 2019 and was promoted to the Double-A Birmingham Barons in June after slashing .272/.346/.377 with 52 hits, 20 runs scored, and 17 stolen bases in 49 games with the team.[13] Madrigal was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game.[14] After the 2019 MLB Trade Deadline, Nick was promoted to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.[15]

On July 31, 2020, Madrigal was promoted to the MLB. He started at second base and batted ninth against the Kansas City Royals. He went 0-for-3.[16] On August 4, Madrigal suffered a separated shoulder while sliding into third base during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The next day he was placed on the injured list. Overall with the 2020 Chicago White Sox, Madrigal batted .340 with no home runs and 11 RBIs in 29 games.[17]

Personal life

His twin brother, Ty, played college baseball at Saint Mary's College of California.[18][19] He signed with the White Sox as an undrafted free agent on June 16, 2020.[20]

References

  1. ^ "2015 Indians 17th rd pick: SS Nick Madrigal". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  2. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Connor Letourneau | The (June 10, 2015). "Nick Madrigal, Oregon State Beavers recruit, goes to Cleveland Indians in 17th round". oregonlive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Indians draft Elk Grove's Madrigal in 17th round".
  4. ^ "Oregon State freshman Nick Madrigal making immediate impact at plate: Beavers rundown". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com. February 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Nick Madrigal works his infield magic at OSU". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. May 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Moran, Danny (March 25, 2017). "Nick Madrigal strives for greatness, and wants to push Oregon State to Omaha in the process". The Oregonian. OregonLive.com.
  7. ^ Hull, John. "Former Herd SS Madrigal named Pac-12 player of the year". Elk Grove Citizen.
  8. ^ Boone, Tony (June 28, 2018). "CWS notes: Nick Madrigal, Trevor Larnach, Cadyn Grenier leave Beavers with championship". Omaha World-Herald.
  9. ^ Van Schouwen, Daryl. "White Sox select second baseman Nick Madrigal with fourth pick in draft". Chicago Sun Times.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Paul. "White Sox sign first-round pick Nick Madrigal". chicagotribune.com.
  11. ^ Bokun, Ben. "White Sox first-round pick Nick Madrigal was magical in his Kannapolis debut". NBC Sports Chicago.
  12. ^ "Nick Madrigal Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  13. ^ Duber, Vinnie (June 5, 2019). "Highly ranked White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal getting promoted to Double-A Birmingham". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  14. ^ Jim Callis (June 28, 2019). "Here are the 2019 Futures Game rosters". MLB.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  15. ^ Pope, LaMond. "White Sox promote Nick Madrigal to Triple-A Charlotte while No. 3 pick Andrew Vaughn heads to Winston-Salem". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  16. ^ Scott Merkin (August 1, 2020). "No. 4 prospect Madrigal makes Majors debut". MLB.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  17. ^ https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-madrigal-663611?stats=career-r-hitting-mlb&year=2020
  18. ^ "Elk Grove's Madrigal brothers grow from tiny premature newborns to big baseball talents".
  19. ^ Intern, Jared Rebensdorf - Citizen Sports. "Madrigal twins creating their own paths to success, separately".
  20. ^ https://twitter.com/JamesFox917/status/1272888648166453252
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