Andrés Ávila (baseball)
Andres Avila | |
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Leones de Yucatán – No. 55 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico | June 20, 1990|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Andrés Ávila Navarro (born June 20, 1990) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican Baseball League.
Career
Avila signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Oakland Athletics on April 5, 2010. He played with their rookie Arizona League Athletics in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he advanced to the Class A Short Season Vermont Lake Monsters. He pitched for both the Class A Beloit Snappers and Class A Advanced Stockton Ports in 2013 and 2014. In 2015, he pitched for Stockton and the Double-A Midland RockHounds. During the 2016 season, he pitched for Midland, but he also made three postseason appearances for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.[1] He elected free agency after the season.
He then signed as a minor league free agent with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Braves in March 2017.[2]
On June 24, 2017, Avila signed with the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican Baseball League. He was traded to the Leones de Yucatán on June 25, 2017.
International career
Avila was selected for the Mexico national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic[3] and 2019 exhibition games against Japan.[4]
References
- ^ "Andres Avila Stats, Highlights, Bio". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ Eddy, Matt (March 29, 2017). "MINOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONS: MARCH 18-24". Baseball America. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Laymance, Austin (February 8, 2017). "A-Gon, Davis lead Mexico's WBC '17 roster". mlb.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ "Roster de México para ENEOS Samurai Japan Series". MiLB.com: The Official Site of Minor League Baseball (in Spanish). February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Arizona League Athletics players
- Baseball players from Sonora
- Beloit Snappers players
- Cañeros de Los Mochis players
- Leones de Yucatán players
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Midland RockHounds players
- Nashville Sounds players
- People from Guaymas
- Stockton Ports players
- Tigres de Quintana Roo players
- Vermont Lake Monsters players
- 2017 World Baseball Classic players
- Baseball stubs