Sherten Apostel

Sherten Wimbert Ramiro Apostel (born March 11, 1999) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball third basemen for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Sherten Apostel
Texas Rangers – No. 82
Third basemen
Born: (1999-03-11) March 11, 1999
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 2020, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.100
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

Career

Pittsburgh Pirates

Apostel signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent in 2015, for a signing bonus of US$200,000.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the DSL Pirates, hitting .205/.308/.275/.583 with one home run and 8 RBI in 48 games.[2] Apostel returned to the DSL Pirates in 2017, hitting .258/.422/.495/.917 with 9 home runs and 48 RBI in 61 games.[2] After spending the first half of the 2018 season in extended spring training, he was assigned to the Bristol Pirates and hit .259/.406/.460/.866 with 7 home runs and 26 RBI in 41 games.[3][2]

Texas Rangers

Apostel was traded to the Texas Rangers on August 17, 2018, as the PTBNL in the Keone Kela trade.[4][3] He was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League and hit .351/.469/.459/.929 with one home run and 10 RBI in 12 games.[5][6] Apostel was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League to open the 2019 season.[7][8] He turned in a .258/.325/.470/.795 batting line with 15 home runs and 43 RBI over 80 games for Hickory.[2][9] He was promoted to the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League on July 17.[10][11] He produced a .237/.352/.378/.730 slash line with 4 home runs and 16 RBI for Down East.[12][13]

Apostel was added to the Rangers' 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[14] He was called up to the major leagues for the first time on September 12, 2020, made his debut that day against the Oakland Athletics and recorded his first hit off of Yusmeiro Petit.[15]

References
  1. Jamey Newberg (February 22, 2019). "Confidence, clarity and confirmation: A behind-the-scenes look at the 'player to be named later' process". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. "Sherten Apostel Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. Doug Gulasy (August 17, 2018). "Pirates send minor-league third baseman Apostel to Rangers to complete Kela trade". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  4. Jeff Wilson (August 17, 2018). "Rangers complete July trades. Who are final two players to be named later?". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  5. Staff reports (August 31, 2018). "Spokane Indians reach tie for first place on heels of Sherten Apostel home run". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  6. Mark Parker (March 27, 2019). "Hickory Crawdads learn 2019 roster, including top two Rangers prospects". Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  7. Ashley Salinas (March 27, 2019). "Crawdads Announce Opening Night Roster". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  8. Jamey Newberg (July 1, 2019). "Ranking the best individual hitting, fielding and pitching tools in the Rangers' farm system". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  9. Jamey Newberg (July 22, 2019). "Long-term looks: With a 12-month overhaul, the Rangers have hope at the hot corner". The Athletic. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  10. Matt Present (August 20, 2019). "Apostel Homers Twice as Woodies Edge 'Peckers". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  11. Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel (August 23, 2019). "One Last Top 100 Prospects Shuffle". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  12. Jamey Newberg (September 26, 2019). "Breakouts: Six Rangers prospects who took the biggest leaps forward in 2019". The Athletic. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  13. Keegan Matheson (September 8, 2019). "Here are Saturday's 10 best prospect performers". MLB.com. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  14. Evan Grant (November 20, 2019). "Rangers add six prospects to 40-man roster, topped by OF Leody Taveras and 3B Sherten Apostel". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  15. T.R. Sullivan (September 12, 2020). "No time to change socks, still time for 1st hit". MLB.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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