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Noel Cuevas
Cuevas with the Great Lakes Loons in 2012
Free agent
Outfielder
Born: (1991-10-02) October 2, 1991 (age 33)
Camuy, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 2018, for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.230
Home runs2
Runs batted in10
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Noel A. Cuevas (born October 2, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies.

Career

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cuevas was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 21st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft out of Universidad Interamericana in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

After a brief appearance (3 games) with the Arizona League Dodgers in 2010, he began 2011 with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League (baseball), where he hit .285 in 60 games. He also appeared in 23 games with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, but hit just .220 with them. In 2012, he played 23 games in the Arizona League, 13 in the Pioneer League and 50 in the Midwest League with the Great Lakes Loons. Overall, he hit .267. In 2014, he spent the entire season with the Quakes and hit .284 with 12 homers and 66 RBI in 123 games. He made the mid-season California League all-star team.[1] He was promoted in 2014 to the AA Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League and hit .231 in 131 games.

Colorado Rockies

On December 16, 2014, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies as the player to be named later in the previous trade that sent pitcher Juan Nicasio to the Dodgers.[2] The Rockies added Cuevas to their 40-man roster on November 7, 2017.[3] He was called up to the majors for the first time on April 22, 2018, and made his debut that day. On September 3, 2019, Cuevas was designated for assignment. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[4]

Chicago Cubs

On January 22, 2020, Cuevas signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs. Cuevas was released by the Cubs organization on May 28, 2020.

References

  1. ^ Lindskog, Mike (June 7, 2013). "Mount, Cuevas to Represent Quakes at All-Star Game". milb.com.
  2. ^ Stephen, Eric (December 16, 2014). "Dodgers send Noel Cuevas to Rockies to complete Juan Nicasio trade". truebluela.com.
  3. ^ Todd, Jeff (November 7, 2017). "Minor MLB Transactions: 11/7/17". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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