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Nomar Mazara
Texas Rangers – No. 30
Right fielder
Born: (1995-04-26) April 26, 1995 (age 29)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 10, 2016, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through April 24, 2016)
Batting average.356
Home runs2
Runs batted in6
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Nomar Shamir Mazara Jiminian (born April 26, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball right fielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Mazara signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent to a $5 million signing bonus in July 2011; the bonus was a record for a non-American prospect.[1][2][3][4] He made his professional debut with the Arizona Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League in 2012, and compiled a.264 batting average, .383 on-base percentage, .448 slugging percentage, and six home runs in 54 games. In 2013, Mazara played in 126 games for the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .236 with a .310 on-base percentage, .382 slugging percentage, and 13 home runs.[5] Mazara returned to Hickory to start the 2014 season.[6] In August, he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League, skipping the Class-A Advanced level.[7] Mazara began the 2015 season with Frisco, and was promoted to the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on August 17. The Rangers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season to protect him from being eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 draft.[8]

Mazara began the 2016 season with Round Rock. The Rangers promoted Mazara to the major leagues on April 10, following an injury to Shin-Soo Choo. In his MLB debut, Mazara batted second and hit a single off of Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in his first at bat. Mazara followed that up with another single, and in his third at bat, his first major league home run off of Weaver. Mazara provided the only run for the Rangers in his debut, going 3-for-4.[9][10] Mazara batted .333 in April, and won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Newberg Report: Nomar Mazara could be a future cornerstone for Rangers". Texas Rangers. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Texas Rangers sign Dominican Nomar Mazara for $5 million record bonus". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Plan for 16-year-old Nomar Mazara". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rangers pay record $5 million bonus to 16-year-old Nomar Mazara". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Texas Rangers: Rangers prospect primer: Power-hitting OF Nomar Mazara comes with big expectations after inking record deal - SportsDay". SportsDay. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "Crawdads' Mazara up to challenge". HDR - Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ^ Texas Rangers promote two top prospects to Frisco
  8. ^ "Rangers set 40-man roster ahead of deadline". MLB.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  9. ^ "Nomar Mazara excited for Rangers debut". Star-Telegram. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. ^ "Texas Rangers: Nomar Mazara will be Rangers regular right fielder, hits second in MLB debut - SportsDay". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  11. ^ "Rangers' Nomar Mazara named AL Rookie of the Month for April". MLB.com (Press release). Major League Baseball. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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