Juniel Querecuto

Juniel Alberto Querecuto (born September 19, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Juniel Querecuto
Querecuto with the Bowling Green Hot Rods in 2012
Arizona Diamondbacks
Infielder
Born: (1992-09-19) September 19, 1992
Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 2016, for the Tampa Bay Rays
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Batting average.091
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Teams

Professional career

Tampa Bay Rays

Querecuto signed with the Tampa Bay Rays organization as an international free agent on July 2, 2009.[1] In 2010, he made his professional baseball debut with the Gulf Coast League Rays. In 46 games, Querecuto batted .251 and recorded 11 runs batted in (RBI).[2] In 2011, he was assigned to the Short Season-A Hudson Valley Renegades, and hit .241 with 24 RBI in 70 games.[1] Querecuto continued to advance through the Rays minor league system, spending the entire 2012 season with the Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods. He played in 106 games, batting .249 with 32 RBI.[2]

Querecuto did not play at any level in 2013. In 2014, he was assigned to Bowling Green to open the season, and earned a promotion to the Advanced-A Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Florida State League in July. Appearing in a career-high 115 games, Querecuto hit .271 with two home runs and 45 RBI.[2] In the offseason, he played for the Cardenales de Lara of the Venezuelan Winter League.[2] He began the 2015 season with Charlotte, but later was promoted to the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits and Triple-A Durham Bulls. Querecuto recorded a .256 batting average with two home runs and 34 RBI in 89 games spread across all three levels.[2] He played in 53 games for the Cardenales in the offseason, hitting .352 and 19 RBI.[2] In 96 games with Montgomery and Durham in 2016, Querecuto batted .241 with three home runs and 38 RBI.[2]

Querecuto was called up to the major leagues for the first time on September 21, 2016.[3] He made his major league debut the next day. Querecuto appeared in four games for the Rays in 2016, and went 1-for-11 at the plate with a two-run triple.[1]

San Francisco Giants

Querecuto signed a minor league contact with the San Francisco Giants on November 19, 2016.[4] He elected free agency on November 6, 2017.

Arizona Diamondbacks

Querecuto signed with the Diamondbacks in March of 2018 as a minor league free agent and was assigned to the Double-A Jackson Generals. He was named a Southern League All-Star at midseason.[5] He resigned on a minor league deal on November 2, 2020.

Personal life

His father, Juan Querecuto, played 13 seasons with the Cardenales de Lara.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Juniel Querecuto Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. "Juniel Querecuto Register Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. "Rays' Juniel Querecuto: Contract selected by Rays". cbssports.com. September 21, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  4. Polishuk, Mark (November 19, 2016). "Minor MLB Transactions: 11/19/16". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  5. Springs, Tyler (June 6, 2018). "Five Generals named Mid-Season All-Stars". MiLB.com. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  6. Perez, Nelson (March 12, 2015). "Rays' prospect Juniel Querecuto follows in his father footsteps". torontoobserver.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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