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Abiatal Avelino
Chicago Cubs
Shortstop
Born: (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29)
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 2018, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.278
Home runs0
Runs batted in1
Teams

Abiatal Avelino (born February 14, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Chicago Cubs organization. Avelino signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in 2011. He made his MLB debut for the San Francisco Giants in 2018.

Professional career

New York Yankees

Avelino signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in 2011.[1] He made his professional debut in 2012 with the DSL Yankees, hitting .302/.398/.374/.772 with 1 home run and 25 RBIs. He split the 2013 season between the Gulf Coast Yankees and the Staten Island Yankees, combining to hit .303/.381/.399/.780 with 23 RBIs, and was an MILB Yankees organization All Star.[2]

He split the 2014 season between the GCL Yankees and the Charleston RiverDogs, hitting a combined .247/.308/.351/.659 with 2 home runs and 15 RBIs.[1] He split the 2015 season between Charleston and the Tampa Yankees, hitting .260/.314/.334/.648 with 4 home runs, 27 RBIs, and 54 stolen bases in 488 at bats.[1] His 2016 season was split between Tampa and the Trenton Thunder, combining to hit .260/.320/.364/.684 with 6 home runs and 48 RBIs.[1]

He split the 2017 season between Tampa, Trenton, and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, combining to hit .254/.304/.356/.660 with 3 home runs and 36 RBIs.[1] In 2018, Avelino played for the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League, with whom he was a mid-season All Star, and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League, and Sacramento, and batted a combined .283/.329/.438 with 27 stolen bases in 477 at bats.[2][3][4]

San Francisco Giants

On August 31, 2018, the Yankees traded Avelino and minor-league RHP Juan De Paula to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Andrew McCutchen.[5] He played three games for the Sacramento River Cats of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, and was promoted to the major leagues on September 4, where he played six games for the Giants.[6][7]

In 2019, Avelino played most of the season with Sacramento, with whom he batted .283/.315/.444 with 12 home runs, 17 stolen bases, and 62 RBIs in 473 at bats.[1] He also had seven at bats for the Giants.[7] He was designated for assignment on August, 9, 2020. Avelino was released by the Giants organization on September 7.

Chicago Cubs

On November 20, 2020, Avelino signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs organization.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Abiatal Avelino". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Abiatal Avelino Stats, Highlights, Bio | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Milb.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Miller, Sean (May 17, 2018). "Thunder's Abiatal Avelino tearing up minor leagues in 2018". NJ.com. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Avelino supplying the noise for Thunder". MiLB.com. June 28, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Todd, Jeff (August 31, 2018). "Yankees to Acquire Andrew McCutchen". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Murphy, Bryan (April 9, 2018). "Giants to call up Abiatal Avelino, acquired in the Andrew McCutchen trade". McCovey Chronicles. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Abiatal Avelino Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
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